Comments on: What Is The Best Age Gap Between Dogs?

By: Colleen

Colleen — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 02:11:29 +0000

In reply to Rob. Thank you for asking this! Our lab will be 6 years old in January. And she goes to daycare and plays there but at home when I'm trying to work she wants me to play. But I'm afraid she'd hate a sibling because she us the only child and the queen of this house. Lol.

By: Valerie Cocking

Valerie Cocking — Mon, 26 May 2025 15:22:31 +0000

I have an eight year old lab who is well trained, sociable, laid back and friendly but a bit lazy and could do with a playmate to get him involved and playful again. I am 74 and couldn’t cope with a boisterous new puppy, but I am certainly fit enough to go for hour long walks etc. I have a garden and live in a rural area with lots of lovely woodland and beach walks. I am thinking of adopting a lab of say 3, 4, 5 or 6 years old as a friend for my lab. I was thinking if adopting an ex guide dog but they would be already 8 years so I would prefer a slightly younger dog to boost my boys energy. Could you advise me of the best age and the best way to find his playmate?

By: Sammie@LabSiteHQ

Sammie@LabSiteHQ — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 20:43:37 +0000

In reply to Rob. Hi Rob - with the right management this age gap can work well. There are some tips here for helping things go smoothly :) thelabradorsite.com/introducing-puppy-to-older-dog/

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 16:11:15 +0000

We have a 5 1/2 year old female lab. We are thinking of getting another lab puppy. I’m concerned that that’s too much of an age gap. Also, she has been the queen here for her whole life. I don’t want her to feel bad about sharing her parents with a puppy. Any thoughts?

By: Norm

Norm — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 16:52:24 +0000

We had 2 brothers from the same litter unfortunately we had to put one down at age 6 due to medical issues that came on abruptly so now we are thinking of getting another dog not sure if we should get a puppy or older dog the bread is Lab king shepherd and how soon after it has been 1 month

By: Kate

Kate — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 06:54:51 +0000

Age gap of 14 years over here!!! Fortunately it is going well so far – the older one is still very active (not quite as active as the pup) and puppy is learning from him every day. I am lucky that we have other family dogs closer in age to puppy so she has playmates for the rough and tumble and a calm old dog to teach her that the world isn’t too scary! It’s hard work managing the very different needs of a geriatric and a juvenile – routine is a big part of that. And the puppy loves her crate so that’s a bonus

By: Alba

Alba — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 21:29:55 +0000

I have 2… 12 years. I might have waited too much but it just wasn’t my moment before. Fortunately it worked out really well, they don’t play rough and my older one is super patient with the pup (11mo now…) who sometimes is a bit of handful…
But fortunately is just going well

By: Dave Miller

Dave Miller — Sat, 20 May 2023 21:45:21 +0000

We have always had two. Age gaps have been 3-4 years. Older English Labs have always been great mentors. Really eliminated “house training” and a lot of “basic training” type skills. 4 Labs over 30+ years. Loss of the older dog has not been a notable issue although the survivor def. picked up on everyones’ saddness.

By: Sunny

Sunny — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 16:22:22 +0000

Seeking feedback:
We have a 1 year old female chocolate lab.
We want to get her a half sister (same mom different dad). She would be 1.5 years old when the second arrives. Our first is very social and plays well with many dogs both girls and boys. I have heard both views on girls not getting along while others they are fine.
I’d prefer another girl but would like feedback!

By: G

Mon, 09 Dec 2019 06:46:40 +0000

We got 8 week old litter sisters when our old girl was 10, it was a little crazy at times but some hard work and perseverance had paid off, both litter sisters are now 18 months and on their way to being fully trained gun dogs. We sadly lost our old girl a few days ago (almost 12) and the pups miss her but they have each other for company which is great. I wouldn’t suggest to anyone who doesn’t have a lot of dog experience to get litter sisters, it is a lot of hard work and dedication, even teaching them their names can be hard work as I’m pretty sure for the first 6 months they both thought their names were ‘Lexi, Ruby!’.