Should We Get a Second Australian Shepherd? (Caveats Apply)

by Marie
(Cleveland)

We have a 1.5 year Australian Shepherd who is a total velcro dog (and we love it). He is very social with both people and other dogs. To facilitate this we take him to doggie daycare. He loves it and comes home tired and content to chill.

We are considering adopting a one-year-old who is the exact same size as Koda. We will meet and greet of course to see if they would be playmates but our concern is we can’t afford daycare for both of them—so he would be gaining a brother, but losing daycare (at least with the frequency he enjoys now). I’m not sure if that would be a win or lose for him.

What are yours thoughts?

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