How many dogs is best is a vexing question. Depends entirely on the dog of course, but also the owner. Domestic dogs, being nothing more than repackaged wolves, are pack animals by instinct, and a singleton dog will quickly assume the family of humans is the pack.
Two dogs is ok and fun as long as neither has pretensions of establishing pecking order. If you get one of the pair that does then the human pack leader has to keep an eye on them. You wont get much serious trouble tho, and they will play happily - often play fighting. Siblings are best in pairs.
Three dogs is much more interesting. You now have sub groups within the pack and the human pack leader has to have presence, be dominant and have acute awareness of current pack dynamics. There will be occasional scuffles. Two will play fight often, one will do it occasionally but with a slight touch of menace.
Four dogs and you have a whole world of trouble. Fights will break out, blood will get spilt, normally placid calm dogs will surprise you, Human pack members will get hurt. ( I have seen a soft goldie take another dogs eye out)
I am talking largish dogs here. If you have a pack of tiny dogs they just all get excited and noisy and yappy and nippy and uncontrollable and generally hateful and intolerable.
Last edited by: Zero on Wed 8 May 13 at 08:50
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