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I am looking for people who have had success raising two puppy littermates?

I have two rottweiler pups and so far so good with training. Just looking for statistics on how many people have had success versus people who had problems such as litter mate syndrome etc.. I have a male and female. Please no comments on how wrong it is on having littermates, I am just looking for people's previous experiences, good or bad.

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1. its fine. just make sure they have social time with other dogs one on one not with their littermate and it should all be good
2. my neighbors dogs are 2 years old and there liter mates (male and female). The dogs are happy, obedient and wonderful dogs. Its also fun watching them wrestle around for the same toy ! You have to neuter or spay one of the dogs before their 6 months old !
3. Hi, <<<< This is Velvet & I have her litter mate, Blazer. They have been raised together in our home since birth & there has never been an issue. They are now 9 years old & of course they have been spayed & neutered. Good luck to you & the puppies.
4. I have 7 month old littermates and they are doing very well together. My friend has 2 others out of the same litter and again they are doing fantastic...both sets are a brother and sister pair......I think it is more if you have the time to commit to raising 2 pups..it is not easy...double trouble literally haha... You will do fine as long as you take the time to work with them..double time good luck ps.. I also have 2 female 11 week old littermates I will be raising together
5. I have raised several pairs of littermates together and they have all done great. Like kids, they sometimes have their "spats" but they are each other's best friends. They did great.
6. Since you have one male and one female and as long as you spay and neuter them you should not have big issues. You may have the normal dominance thing as they near maturity but once that is sorted out they should be fine. People have problems when they try and keep two of the same sex littermats in the smae household. Many breeds can or will not live in the same house with a member of the same sex. They will fight. Just work on training with them and make sure you are the learder of the household and you should be fine.
7. Just be sure that you get both dogs neutered ... the chances of littermates actually mating when they live in the same house together are FAR TOO HIGH, and the puppies would all have to be put to sleep because of the 'genetic problems' they'd have. Other than that, though, the dogs should actually be BETTER as companions for each other and for you ... but Rottweilers are very large dogs, and they need a good yard with a HIGH fence to play in ... and you should always be with them when there are any children around. Most Rotts don't attack children, but they can get hurt when the 'play' gets too rough.
8. Two of our Huskies are littermates, male & female too. We have had no problems at all between them or between them and the rest of the kids with the exception of when Molly went into heat. Poor Demon caught a lot of ****. That has been dealt with now. 25 years of being owned by Siberian Huskies. I currently have 14 Huskies most of whom were rescued by us from people who didn’t know what they were getting into. http://www.dogster.com/dogs/486763
9. I feel for you - I also have 2 pups - lab mix litter mates, brother & sister. I've read alot on the internet that's negative about have 2 puppies at the same time. But if you have the time (I work from a home office), patience, money and energy it is a wonderful, heartwarming, rewarding experience. It helps that my vet has been very supportive of our having two pups. My pups teach eachother and learn quickly and they sleep through the night without a problem. So far they've been EASIER to potty train than I expected because they learn from eachother. of course they get in twice as much trouble but it just means we have to supervise and make the effort to train them all the more. We are being very careful about making sure they bond with us as well as eachother and make sure to spend time alone with each of them. So far, it's a fantastic (although exhausting) life changing experience and I wouldn't trade having two over one for anything! I did the same thing when I got cats years ago, I found raising two at the same time shows you how different their personalities are and let's you appreciate their differences. Ask any parent of twins if it's worth it :-) The hardest thing? Getting them to answer to their individual names! They will both respond to either name so far, so we'll spend more time one on one with that. Good luck and ignore all those negative people!
10. There is no reason to be negative here. You can raise littermates, it takes a bit more time and effort on your part in the beginning. I have two shetland sheepdogs, now four years old, a male and a female. He is neutered, she is spayed. They are best friends, no competition between them. In fact, there has never even been a growl or raised lip between them. They can share food, bones, toys with no problem. Just be sure to spend time with each of them and most important, take them to a puppy class or canine good citizen class. Socialize them. Put in a little extra time now and enjoy a lifetime with your dogs. Good luck.
11. well i always get dogs in pairs cause my belief is they should have a playmate. haha. really.. ok well i have had 2 yellow labs in the past both males and they were awesome. good behaviors no problems with them at all good hunting dogs and pointers. friendly with kids and people. then we moved. well we got 2 brittany spaniels now and a female black lab. first we had one brittany spaniel and then said we need another one for him so we went to get another one same thing male, and found out there from the same litter.. same age so that was really cool... there well behaved once they grew out of there chewing, biting and tearing up furniture stage. omg so much money but i didnt care i love my animals well we moved with them to indiana and now have them and a black lab. she took about a weeks adjusting for them to get used to her. now they are and she gets jeolous so the more love to go around i guess. lol. that is it. thats my story. littermates are great. i think.. good luck..