I have four, as you know, and I love every one of them to bits, Anna, but, two (especially two big ones) is a good number. Life was much easier when it was just Lilly and Honey. Not that I don't love Murphy and Zipper, but it is twice as much poop, twice as much hair, twice as much food, twice the vet bills, etc etc etc. And I don't feel I have enough time to give them all the attention I would like to. I will not plan to ever have this many big dogs at one time again as long as I am working fulltime.