I understand, I have 4 curlies. Last year when Hunter was 10 months old I brought home the two puppies and they were 12 weeks old. It was necessary to establish the balance of an older puppy wanting to play with his new younger brother and sister, with fun, love, and enough discipline to keep control of the lot, we did it.
It takes sometime, they learn from each other, we did obediance classes to. Last October I introduced my little girl who was then 12 weeks old it was only like having one new child join the day care. It was fun to watch the interaction, the gentleness, tolerance of the older pups with the little girl. I think its a great to watch all the interacting between them.
You get to watch the pac animal instinctual behavior. It allows dogs to be dogs, to communicate as dogs do with each other. Not always a human to dog or dog to human communication.
Kudo's to those who take on the task of a multiple dog family !!!!
My dogs are now 24 months, 2 are 17 months and my little girl is 9 months old. Basicly still puppies. Now, its realatively sane in my house