What is the best age to get a second dog?
Arnoldo Reilly
2025-06-27 03:56:17
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The ideal age to introduce a second dog is a challenge to determine. I was always a great believer in small age gaps, so that there is a closer bond and more playtime. My conclusion is that 18 months to 2 years is too small a gap. Four years now seems about right. I have lots of friends with various dogs and they seem to agree, on the whole. I got her when Buzz was 8 and he was thrilled to have a companion; it gave him a new lease of life, definitely. There are three and a half to four years between Sunny and Luna, Luna and Busy, and Busy and Ounce.