Introducing Tempest

[Patty]

Welcome to the beautiful Tempest.

[tlish]

you're very brave!! but she is so cute, who could resist?

[lisastewart]

She has settled in quite well, she is a very mellow girl. Whenever I take Trog to visit his breeder, he joins right in with her pack of 8 like he never left. Susan kept two girls from each litter and has been fortunate to never hAve a conflict. I had problems once when getting a dog back after 4 years when the owner died. My 3 boys accepted her, but the two girls wanted to drive her out, so we kept two separate packs for 6 hrs till the older girls pAssed away, then Katie was given free range of the house. She welcomed Trog and the two whippets into our house at age 13 spent a couple yrs snuggling them

[Quercus]

@tanza:

As they say… it works till it doesn't. When I got my very first two, Maggii and OJ, (not related but 2wks apart in age, I thought the same thing, funny thing was, Maggii did not agree with me.... she never really like OJ and would not have missed him, had he disappeared! I was very careful picking out these two girls based a lot on temperament and so far, so good. They say that litter mates do not always work out because of just that, litter mates... they have since birth been "social climbing" to be pack leaders. That said, if the two are of moderate temperaments, that would be more likely to work.

I still believe in the general rule of thumb, that opposite sexes are best, not always the case but in 90% of the cases, it is.... (again IMO)

I agree about the general rule for sure. Although,I am starting to think that the secret to getting two females to work out, is to have one (or more) that is completely unreactive to the other…not necessarily status related...but just doesn't really care if the other one gets her feathers ruffled. I have been lucky enough to have two pairings like that. Luna clearly deferred to Bella, and just didn't get bothered by posturing. Blondie isn't submissive to Ivy in most situations, but she doesn't let Ivy's blustering get to her at all. Ivy would like everyone to think that she is in charge, but nobody really listens to her Now, when Ivy and Bella were together, they were constantly on each other's last nerve...and a fight was always just about to break out.

I think that siblings *might work out better in a same sex pairing, because they would have sorted out their order as infants...unless they both tend to have reactive personalities.

Just thinking out loud

[Nemo]

Oh wow, you definitely won't be bored for the next couple of years. I hope everyone gets along.

I must admit, I'm a little anxious for when I get my third dog next year (fingers crossed). You just don't know who is going to like who.

[agilebasenji]

very cute! love the name.

[Andrew]

Lisa, you're killing me here. You're everywhere I turn, scattering those cute little puppy pictures like they're completely harmless.
I think my boyfriend is starting to get worried…

And on the girl/girl pairing, I agree with Quercus, in my extremely limited experience (I've had 2 girls for 2 years now). After hearing that 2 girls usually don't work well, I was not planning on a 2nd girl. However, Callie is completely non-reactive to Lola. Lola likes to be in charge, call the shots, and be the big dog. Callie just couldn't care less. She lets Lola walk all over her, and it works just fine for them both. Callie stands up for herself with other basenji bitches, but simply does not buy into Lola's drama. If she did, it certainly would not work out at all.

[dmey]

im very jealous.. Hopefully next year i will get another B>>>> Right now, Ayo is a handfull and im really not in good economic condition to get another one.. HOpefully next year will be better. I really want to live ina new place before i get another one…..

[wizard]

Such a prety girl!

[Kirsten]

What cuties!! GL with them:) I would have chosen Tempest for Ariel's call name, but it was too close to our labradoodles name, Tessie.