Thanks! We're looking at a dog similar in size, age, and temprament to our current pooch.

Yes, we are prepared to deal with the time and cost. I'm more worried about Smudge (our current dog).

Our dog was a rescue dog who we adopted a couple of years ago.

He has a crate (we leave open but it's his den) in our bedroom. We don't have room for another crate in the bedroom but can put a bed in there. We can separate the dogs by keeping them in separate rooms if necessary (Smudge lives in our bedroom during the day when we're not home).

I'm not sure if he is the "jealous" type - hard to say, but he loves his mini-daschund playmate across the street.

So the 2-crate thing would be difficult but if it was the only way, we'd have to find space. My hope is we can keep them both in our bedroom during the day (loose hopefully) where Smudge has his crate and doggy #2 would have her bed.

I just want Smudge to be a happy dog. I hope this will help. He always lays around the house looking bored, but is extremely attached to us. He's very protective of his terrirtory with people he doesn't know. Not sure how this might impact another dog in the house.

thanks!