Need some feedback please

[crazybagladies]

I have a 5 month old black shar-pei puppy that is so sweet and mellow...
Because I have four kids, the youngest being a maniacal 3 years old, I keep Cubby in the kitchen so that my son won't rile him up too much.
A little play is good - but not complete craziness! HA

Anyway, I just purchased a black and tan mini doxie (longhair) female that I do intend to breed.

What is the best way to introduce cubby (my shar-pei) to the doxie?
I won't be able to bring the doxie home (her name is Symphony) until January 2nd -- so I'm trying to get as much info as possible before we get her.

Should they be in the same living space?
And how about potty training? Cubby goes outside when I take him -- but how do I now start housebreaking the doxie from scratch with Cubby around?

I'm very nervous that I won't do the right thing...

Any help would be SO appreciated!

God Bless!

Claudia

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[Doberluv]

I highly recommend that you don't get a puppy while you still have a puppy. Two puppies are very hard to manage and train. I'd wait till Cubby is about 2 years old, is "civilized" (lol) and has his training and loads of socialization to people and other dogs (including little dogs) under way. I'd hate to see anyone overwhelmed with two excitable, untrained pups at the same time....very hard to work with and they don't tend to bond as well to you, but rather to eachother which makes training even more difficult.

I also reommend you read the stickies (little blue thumbtack threads) in the breeding forum. I don't know if you've bred dogs before but these are very helpful and infomative. There's a lot to breeding responsibly and a lot of reasons why not to breed. There's more to it than putting two dogs together.

Best of luck!

[Herschel]

Two puppies: http://www.veterinarypartner.com/Content.plx?P=A&A=2043

By the way, is your Sharpei a male? If so, he needs to be neutered ASAP.

Are you sure you want to breed a Doxie? Do you realize that there is a high possibility of her dying while giving birth?