Originally posted by BCBlondie
I have four dogs! I want another dog though.. but the city limit is 4 per household. It's actually not as hard as you think, especially with two of the four being small dogs. But I guess it depends on the people as well... some people just can't handle more than one or two dogs.

The only thing about having 4 dogs is that everything takes longer and is more expensive. All four of mine are medium - long haired (well...I recently shaved my Sheltie so I guess that makes him short-haired now ), so it takes me about 2 hours to just wash them and then another 3 or so to groom them all! Also, the more dogs you have, the more food you have to buy! You also need to have more time to spend with each of them. Other than that, 4 dogs are great companionship and lots of fun!!
You and I must been typing at the same time. I didn't see your post until now.

What do people think when they come to your house and see all your dogs? Is there an odor?

I really don't think there's any extra odor with these two. And they eat so little, their food is no biggy. They hardly shed at all.

They require a completely different type of attention than Jake and Max. When I take Jake and Max out to the trail I don't bring the chis. When I sit on the sofa they like to cuddle with me, and that's not taking away from Max or Jake since they're not cuddlers. So really - once they're housetrained I don't think they'll require much extra time.

Vet bills will be unreal, though. That in itself is enough to make me think twice. Or more than twice. Well - they won't need lime or giardia vaccines, and probably won't need flea & tick meds.

Look at me trying to talk myself into keeping them!