Is adopting two puppies at once bad? Do I need to rehome one?

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We recently adopted two 8 week old female puppies. After doing more research we discovered that everyone says not to adopt them at the same time because it will end badly. If this is true, do we need to rehome one of them? And what can we do to make their transitions easier? Pet's info: Dog | Chihuahua | Female | unspayed | 2 months and 9 days old | 3 lbs

Andrea M. Brodie, DVM · Accepted Answer

I see no reason why you could not adopt two 8 week old puppies at the same time. As a matter of fact they will not be so lonely when they come to their new home. They can comfort each other and I think they will be much better socialised with other dogs and people if they grow up together. No, you do not have to rehome one of them. Make sure they are wormed every two weeks until the age of three months and get fed good quality brandname complete puppy food for toy breeds and get the full course of vaccinations (3-4 rounds of vaccinations, depending on when vaccinations are started).

Is adopting two puppies at once bad? Do I need to rehome one?

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