The Pack Is Back [Updated] | The Bark
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At the end of last year, Cameron, Lola and I drove north to visit Shana Laursen of Greyhound Friends for Life at her remarkable, 1,000-acre facility in Auburn, Calif., where she cares for both Greyhound and mixed-breed rescues. We had been looking for small, male Terrier to complete our family 60s fashion of three female dogs, and saw a photo of a little brindled stray, a Jack Russell Terrier mix, being fostered by Shana, and we were admittedly smitten. We wondered as we made the trip to see our prospective new dog: would he disrupt the delicate balance among our three dogs? What a pleasant surprise when this small, oh-so-sweet, plucky boy pranced 60s fashion center-stage with confidence, like he d been among us all his life, completing our family so perfectly. All was definitely right in their world they were once again a pack of four.
Have you noticed that we re not alone in this scenario? Your friends at the dog park now have two, three or perhaps more dogs, often in a variety of types and sizes. These modern-day packs share a home, people and time together.
Historically, multi-dog households are nothing new. Working dogs have long helped with chores (herding, hunting, 60s fashion hauling, guarding), while pet dogs pulled indoor duty, cuddling with younger humans and keeping the pantry varmint-free. For the most part, harmony prevailed. Recently, our four-dog family suffered a loss, and we were down to three, all females. Then we adopted Charlie. As the youngest, and a latecomer with a relatively unknown provenance, he could easily have been a boat-rocker.
Imagine our relief when we discovered that it was quite the reverse. Everything 60s fashion got calmer, tension was defused, the two sibling 60s fashion sisters stopped bickering. There were no fights over bones or other prized trophies, such as everyone s favorite plush turtle; they even made room on the couch for the new boy. What gives? All our fears of jealousy, rivalry and snarling mayhem gave way to a go team attitude. The pack was back!
Karen London noted that even though she wasn t aware of any research on the number 60s fashion of dogs and decreased 60s fashion tensions/difficulties, she has observed that in households with big groups (five, six, seven), there is sometimes less competition over resources and some increased social flow compared with households of two or three dogs.
Patricia McConnell, seconded that, and added, Sometimes more is good. There does indeed seem to be a kind of social inhibition once you get a certain number of dogs together ... but, again, what that number is depends on many things, including the personalities of the dogs. Both cautioned that it doesn t always work out so smoothly. McConnell says, I have had clients who had two or three dogs who got along great until they got that new dog, and then everything went south. As London pointed out, It s all different if even one dog in the group is seriously aggressive 60s fashion toward other dogs.
Barbara Smuts observed that there seem to be at least three different ways in which a particular dog can enhance multi-dog dynamics: with a calm but very strong and firm leadership; a gentle but decisive intervention when tensions mount; or a good energy, 60s fashion cheering everyone up. She also noted that what I might want to pay attention to in my pack are tendencies to reconcile or console after a tense episode.
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At the end of last year, Cameron, Lola and I drove north to visit Shana Laursen of Greyhound Friends for Life at her remarkable, 1,000-acre facility in Auburn, Calif., where she cares for both Greyhound and mixed-breed rescues. We had been looking for small, male Terrier to complete our family 60s fashion of three female dogs, and saw a photo of a little brindled stray, a Jack Russell Terrier mix, being fostered by Shana, and we were admittedly smitten. We wondered as we made the trip to see our prospective new dog: would he disrupt the delicate balance among our three dogs? What a pleasant surprise when this small, oh-so-sweet, plucky boy pranced 60s fashion center-stage with confidence, like he d been among us all his life, completing our family so perfectly. All was definitely right in their world they were once again a pack of four.
Have you noticed that we re not alone in this scenario? Your friends at the dog park now have two, three or perhaps more dogs, often in a variety of types and sizes. These modern-day packs share a home, people and time together.
Historically, multi-dog households are nothing new. Working dogs have long helped with chores (herding, hunting, 60s fashion hauling, guarding), while pet dogs pulled indoor duty, cuddling with younger humans and keeping the pantry varmint-free. For the most part, harmony prevailed. Recently, our four-dog family suffered a loss, and we were down to three, all females. Then we adopted Charlie. As the youngest, and a latecomer with a relatively unknown provenance, he could easily have been a boat-rocker.
Imagine our relief when we discovered that it was quite the reverse. Everything 60s fashion got calmer, tension was defused, the two sibling 60s fashion sisters stopped bickering. There were no fights over bones or other prized trophies, such as everyone s favorite plush turtle; they even made room on the couch for the new boy. What gives? All our fears of jealousy, rivalry and snarling mayhem gave way to a go team attitude. The pack was back!
Karen London noted that even though she wasn t aware of any research on the number 60s fashion of dogs and decreased 60s fashion tensions/difficulties, she has observed that in households with big groups (five, six, seven), there is sometimes less competition over resources and some increased social flow compared with households of two or three dogs.
Patricia McConnell, seconded that, and added, Sometimes more is good. There does indeed seem to be a kind of social inhibition once you get a certain number of dogs together ... but, again, what that number is depends on many things, including the personalities of the dogs. Both cautioned that it doesn t always work out so smoothly. McConnell says, I have had clients who had two or three dogs who got along great until they got that new dog, and then everything went south. As London pointed out, It s all different if even one dog in the group is seriously aggressive 60s fashion toward other dogs.
Barbara Smuts observed that there seem to be at least three different ways in which a particular dog can enhance multi-dog dynamics: with a calm but very strong and firm leadership; a gentle but decisive intervention when tensions mount; or a good energy, 60s fashion cheering everyone up. She also noted that what I might want to pay attention to in my pack are tendencies to reconcile or console after a tense episode.
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