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<blockquote data-quote="Zizzler" data-source="post: 2388975" data-attributes="member: 813432">So I have a puppy (6 month old lab mix) and I am definately interested in getting a second dog. I am a dog person and I love the company of canines, as does my boyfriend. Trust me, I know the responsibility doubles or even triples with a second dog. However, I don&#039;t know when is the best time to introduce another dog into my household. I am not worried about him being aggressive with another dog. I was personally thinking two/three years old would be best for my dog and me. Do you agree or do you see major faults in this decision?Also, I have noticed my puppy to have a shy, timid and almost aloof attitude towards strangers. It makes me nervous that later down the road, he will be not be the most desirable dog for bringing guests into the house and I have never had a dog behave this way. He is great, loving, playful, social w/ other dogs, even with strange dogs, but not that way at all with people. He is only comfortable/affectionate/social with close friends and family. Is this something I should be concerned about? He gets plenty of socialization w/ people (neighbors, friends, family) and I have noticed slight improvement w/ newcomers, and substantial comfort w/ repeating exposures to the same person. What should I do?Thx for your answers! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zizzler, post: 2388975, member: 813432"] So I have a puppy (6 month old lab mix) and I am definately interested in getting a second dog. I am a dog person and I love the company of canines, as does my boyfriend. Trust me, I know the responsibility doubles or even triples with a second dog. However, I don't know when is the best time to introduce another dog into my household. I am not worried about him being aggressive with another dog. I was personally thinking two/three years old would be best for my dog and me. Do you agree or do you see major faults in this decision? Also, I have noticed my puppy to have a shy, timid and almost aloof attitude towards strangers. It makes me nervous that later down the road, he will be not be the most desirable dog for bringing guests into the house and I have never had a dog behave this way. He is great, loving, playful, social w/ other dogs, even with strange dogs, but not that way at all with people. He is only comfortable/affectionate/social with close friends and family. Is this something I should be concerned about? He gets plenty of socialization w/ people (neighbors, friends, family) and I have noticed slight improvement w/ newcomers, and substantial comfort w/ repeating exposures to the same person. What should I do? Thx for your answers! :) [/QUOTE]

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