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**soipguibbom** · 11-10-2010, 07:50 PM

I think dogs that are brought up together do notice a missing "friend".

But to answer your question, I don't know. I know some dogs love playing with other dogs. But just as many do not like other dogs. Some of those are fearful;, others just would prefer a good rumble-in-the-jungle versus a happy romp.

I've gone from 14 dogs to just 2. One of those I've had all that time; the other I've had since early 2007. And yet they seem to be just fine. They don't like each other (hubby almost had a fight yesterday morning when he had a brain lapse and did something stupid) and they don't want to play. They've gotten to where their kennels have to a few feet apart with something blocking their view.

Yet my dogs are happy. They "love" us. They enjoy playing with the kids. They enjoy the walks. I dunno. I can't say that my dogs are secretly pining away for other canine companionship (and in many ways, I don't even want to go down that route....the one where humans are given the power to say what a dog wants, likes, loves....i.e. such as not being on a chain or kenneled and given a couch of their own inside at all times).

11-10-2010, 07:50 PM	#2
soipguibbom Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 542 Senior Member	I think dogs that are brought up together do notice a missing "friend". But to answer your question, I don't know. I know some dogs love playing with other dogs. But just as many do not like other dogs. Some of those are fearful;, others just would prefer a good rumble-in-the-jungle versus a happy romp. I've gone from 14 dogs to just 2. One of those I've had all that time; the other I've had since early 2007. And yet they seem to be just fine. They don't like each other (hubby almost had a fight yesterday morning when he had a brain lapse and did something stupid) and they don't want to play. They've gotten to where their kennels have to a few feet apart with something blocking their view. Yet my dogs are happy. They "love" us. They enjoy playing with the kids. They enjoy the walks. I dunno. I can't say that my dogs are secretly pining away for other canine companionship (and in many ways, I don't even want to go down that route....the one where humans are given the power to say what a dog wants, likes, loves....i.e. such as not being on a chain or kenneled and given a couch of their own inside at all times).
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