Wolfdog.org forum - View Single Post - Is it better to have another female or male puppy?? Why??

michaelundinaeichhorn · 11-04-2007, 13:41

Hello Michele,

we have 5 wolfdogs, one male and four females that all live together. In our case it works out very well but the reasons simply are that we are very experienced with handling big groups of dogs and have no difficulties in keeping the right rank order and that our Alpha female, that is the mother of the three others is an extremly good pack leader and keeps control.
I wouldn´t dare to get a new puppy in the situation you live in at the moment, to be honest I would wait till the second female is fully grown and the rankorder is stabile and then have a look on a new dog.
In you situation now extrem fights between the females are very likely to happen if you add a new dog to the pack, no matter which sex. There should be at least 2 years between the youngest dogs, everything else tends to be very exhausting.

Regards Ina

11-04-2007, 13:41	#9
michaelundinaeichhorn Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Bad Dürkheim Posts: 2,249	Hello Michele, we have 5 wolfdogs, one male and four females that all live together. In our case it works out very well but the reasons simply are that we are very experienced with handling big groups of dogs and have no difficulties in keeping the right rank order and that our Alpha female, that is the mother of the three others is an extremly good pack leader and keeps control. I wouldn´t dare to get a new puppy in the situation you live in at the moment, to be honest I would wait till the second female is fully grown and the rankorder is stabile and then have a look on a new dog. In you situation now extrem fights between the females are very likely to happen if you add a new dog to the pack, no matter which sex. There should be at least 2 years between the youngest dogs, everything else tends to be very exhausting. Regards Ina