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04/05/2025

Understanding Littermate Syndrome in Puppies

Bringing home two puppies from the same litter might seem like a great idea—they’ll have built-in companionship, right? However, many dog owners are unaware of the challenges that come with Littermate Syndrome, a behavioral condition that can develop when sibling puppies are raised together.

What is Littermate Syndrome?

Littermate Syndrome is a set of behavioral issues that arise when two puppies from the same litter (or even unrelated puppies of the same age) are raised together. These issues often stem from excessive bonding between the puppies, making it difficult for them to develop independence and proper social skills.

Signs of Littermate Syndrome:

Severe Separation Anxiety: Puppies become highly distressed when separated, making training and socialization more difficult.

Fearfulness: They may become overly reliant on each other, leading to increased anxiety in new situations or around unfamiliar dogs and people.

Difficulty in Training: Since they focus more on each other than their human, training sessions can become ineffective.

Inter-Puppy Aggression: As they grow, fights between littermates can become more intense, sometimes escalating into serious conflicts.

How to Prevent Littermate Syndrome

If you’re raising two puppies together, consider these steps to ensure they grow into well-adjusted, independent dogs:

Separate Training Sessions: Train each puppy individually to ensure they learn to focus on you rather than each other.

Encourage Independence: Allow them to spend time apart daily so they learn to be comfortable alone.

Socialization: Expose each puppy to different people, dogs, and environments separately.

Individual Bonding: Spend one-on-one time with each puppy to strengthen your personal relationship with them.

Should You Get Two Puppies?

While raising two puppies is possible, it requires significant effort and commitment. If you’re considering adopting littermates, be prepared to implement structured training and socialization strategies to prevent Littermate Syndrome.

By understanding and addressing Littermate Syndrome early, you can help your puppies grow into happy, confident, and independent dogs!

04/02/2025

Our latest training achievements 🙂 we’re moving on up

03/20/2025

So we have come across this in Bailey it’s new and we wanted to see just how much she guarded things. So outside her crate she would full on bite and chase the other animals away so we used the crate this time to kinda give her some space and protect the other animals as well from being charged at while she has treats and or toys. Not sure why she’s developed this as she has no need to she’s always given toys and bones like everyone else. So with the crate we have managed to be able to touch it with toys and walk by it now and the other dogs she looks up and goes back to chewing oppose to trying to bark growl and or lunge at the crate. Baby steps but hoping we can show her she doesn’t need to protect her toys or bones she will always get her own stuff.

03/20/2025

So a few days ago and in the beginning of baileys training anytime ppl would approach or catch her off guard she would go into a fit of frenzy barking and running backwards with her tail tucked. Now a couple days working on it and she can watch ppl walk by and talk and be loud and not feel the need to run away or bark and even tho they are distracting she is starting to listen to cues and recall while distracted yay Bailey

03/20/2025

Squirrel testing with Bailey seems she has a bird and squirrel prey drive so we worked on this a bit as well so she knows she can’t chase and can disengage to be u see control again even tho she would rather go and chase the squirrel. Only spent an hour on this and this was the first raw footage of after an hour working on her.

03/20/2025

Bailey first time meeting a dog on walks since our little barking issue the other day. We have worked on gaining confidence by giving her more space while things approach her to show her she’s fine and doesn’t need to react to what’s going on. She did very well no growling no barking and she disengaged and came to me when recalled. Super proud of her

03/20/2025

Bailey free play session encouraging her to play sniff around and explore new environments to gain confidence in new areas and touching new things.

03/20/2025

Socializing and cues with distractions and recall under distractions training

03/20/2025

Bailey leash manners , loose leash walking and healing with no pulling while out in public training.

03/20/2025

Bailey exploring new environments got to meet and see a cop as well to get her ok with uniforms. Played some ball and practiced recall with distractions while on a long line. Really impressed with how far this girl has gone in short time.

03/20/2025

Free play with Bailey while we made noises working on the car and got her used to scary things. She did well and even investigated. She’s finally gaining some much needed confidence in new things.

03/20/2025

Free play session with Bailey and we put dig on cue so maybe she can help her parents plant stuff in the garden this summer.

03/19/2025

Animal pet pictures for Easter located orleans pet store

03/18/2025

03/16/2025

Bailey getting some much needed window training omg 🤣 this girl Barks at everything she sees so we spent 3 hours just watching the rain fall listening to thunder and watching ppl walk back and forth and dogs passing by so much better great job little girl.

03/15/2025

03/15/2025

03/15/2025

Bailey went home for 3 day break and now back for a second week board and train. This is her first night back. Seems everyone missed one another. This girl is such a gem to be around.