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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rosalie" data-source="post: 521502" data-attributes="member: 102312">Raising two puppies together is not advised. They are now in the process of packing up, or forming a pack, and the mounting behaviour is their way of working out who's in charge.  It should be you.  By allowing two puppies to stay together past 7 1/2 weeks, you miss out on the chance for them to bond to humans, and they will only look to another dog for direction.  Later, you will wonder why they are untrainable... While their brains are still forming their attachment functions, you should send one out with someone else - whether or not it is a permanent home, or just a way of training them, they need to be trained and socialized individually.  Otherwise, you are raising two dogs to be good candidates for the pound.</blockquote>