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Offline Annette

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Black Labs
« on: September 11, 2011, 06:10:28 PM »
My son wants to get 2 pups and asked what is better....2 males, 2 females or one of each...?
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Re: Black Labs
« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2011, 06:51:17 PM »
generally speaking one of each is better.  I have had better luck with 2 males and my worst battles were always 2 females.  Not labs specifically but multiple large breeds.

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Re: Black Labs
« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2011, 06:54:47 PM »
Two puppies at the same time will take a lot of work.  They tend to teach each other bad habits.  I would say two females if I were to get two labs.  Female labs by my experience are easier for me to train.  Others may have a different opinion.  Just in the past the males I have had seemed to have their own itinerary more than the females.

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Re: Black Labs
« Reply #3 on: September 11, 2011, 07:03:43 PM »
Two puppies at the same time will take a lot of work.  They tend to teach each other bad habits.  I would say two females if I were to get two labs.  Female labs by my experience are easier for me to train.  Others may have a different opinion.  Just in the past the males I have had seemed to have their own itinerary more than the females.
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Re: Black Labs
« Reply #4 on: September 11, 2011, 08:27:45 PM »
Thanks , I'll Pass along the advice!
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Re: Black Labs
« Reply #5 on: September 11, 2011, 08:34:00 PM »
I have two litter mates, and they are a boy and girl.  They have had only a few fights in there 3 years of life, and most of that was due to my mistakes when it came to giving them canned food. (the only thing they need to be seperated from each other in)  They are connected at the hip, and cant even be in seperate rooms without checking on each other. They both work great together, regarledss of the hunt or the event.  :tup:
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Re: Black Labs
« Reply #6 on: September 11, 2011, 08:46:44 PM »
females hands down, i have 2 males that are as smart as a bag of hammers. 1 old female that hunts her butt off at 10 yrs old. i'll never get another male.
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Re: Black Labs
« Reply #7 on: September 12, 2011, 07:08:36 AM »
Seth got pretty lucky in my opinion. Anyone who has ever kept two littermates I've ever seen had dogs which are absolute disasters. The pups bond to each other and don't often bond to the owner and establish a decent pack order. I'd wait at least a year preferably two. Give you time to concentrate on getting one to where he/she should be before taking on the next one. Also, spread them out and when they get old, one can be retired or, have workload dimenished and the other will still have some time left in him. just my thought. I'd never do littermates myself as pets. If they were strickly kennel dogs for work maybe.
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Re: Black Labs
« Reply #8 on: September 12, 2011, 07:15:47 AM »
I had a set of brothers it was quite the experience don't think I would recommend it.

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Re: Black Labs
« Reply #9 on: September 13, 2011, 05:37:44 PM »
Seth got pretty lucky in my opinion. Anyone who has ever kept two littermates I've ever seen had dogs which are absolute disasters. The pups bond to each other and don't often bond to the owner and establish a decent pack order. I'd wait at least a year preferably two. Give you time to concentrate on getting one to where he/she should be before taking on the next one. Also, spread them out and when they get old, one can be retired or, have workload dimenished and the other will still have some time left in him. just my thought. I'd never do littermates myself as pets. If they were strickly kennel dogs for work maybe.
  There were a few bumps in the road, where I actually wanted to get rid of my female lab, then one day when I was at the point of putting her on craigs list, she turned around.  She now is a superb hunter, and beats her brother hands down in Upland.   :chuckle:
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