Only a few weeks left - panic and worry - but toal excitement

[Angels of Fur]

Hello All fellow Cocker Spaniel Lovers

I recently found this website and been reading the forums and finally became a member!! 

I find the posts really interesting and how people have the same love of Animals is amazing 

I will be collecting my first cocker of 2 on 1st May  He is a Choc Tan and will be 8 weeks old - Named him Alfie. Then 16th May our little Golden Cocker will come home (currently with her mummy - At my aunts ) and she will be called Honey.

Ive spent considerable amount so far - bedding, tags, chews all that nice jazz but my bank feels light  All in the name of the game.

How will it work introducing them to each other - as Alfie will hopefully have started to settle down and then 2 weeks later another little arrival!!  Im worried how Alfie will react to Honeys arrival.
Honey was only a litter of 1 - Alfie was a ltter of 8 (both separate breeders) i have access to Honey each week to see her grow  how fat already taking all of mummies milk  she looks more like a fat guninee pig - but slowly changing. By seeing Honey she can get used to us before she comes home at least - and she has no brothers or sisters.
Will i be able to introduce Alfie to Honey at my Aunts house prior to bringing them home - Both houses have dogs ( all vaccinated ) ?

xx

[kalem]

Sure someone with a whole load of experience will be along soon,

Just want to say congratulations, and two is definitely a bit greedy, so any probs just pop one in the post to me

next couple of weeks wont take long, catch up on some sleep if i were you,  welcome and some pics please.

[Claire83]

Hiya and welcome.

You sound like a Saint taking on 2 little rascals.  I'm sure they will be fine it sounds like you're pretty much there with your preparations. And Honey and Alfie sound beautiful...pics needed BTW...it's a must on here don't ya know 

Congratulations on your babies.......and  like Kalu said, get plenty of sleep!   

Good luck. XX

[Angels of Fur]

well i just want to give them all my time and love and effort and i cant wait!!
Photo of Honey will be on Shortly at 3weeks old - Alfie will follow when we collect in 3 weeks.
Went to visit Honey last night and although she is only a litter of one - i was worried she would have no interaction with other brother and sisters, i needn't really worry - she had re-action with the older dogs - Ollie who would be her cousin only 1year old loved to play with her under supervision and same as the other older dogs - hope interaction with older dogs wont be a problem?? xx

[*Theresa*]

2 Puppies.....now that's just showing off   

Good luck, stock up on your sleep while you can 

[Angels of Fur]

Thanks, i know how greedy 
Cant wait to bring them home - time just goes by so slowly - almost as though the magical special day will never happen!! x

[Cayley]

Hi

I'm not sure if you've seen this but it explains about getting two puppies at once and what you need to do for it to work  .

http://www.cockersonline.co.uk/discuss/index.php?topic=2017.0

[Coco]

Ohhh, how exciting, 2 puppies      I can't even find one   

How did you come to getting two puppies at once, was it planned from the beginning or one of those funny things that seems to happen when puppies get involved 

[Angels of Fur]

Well my aunt was meant to do us a family deal - BOGOF! but unfortunately had only a litter of one.
So we went on the search for a breeder....there will only be 2 weeks between them as per my original post. Its all been planned - 2 to keep each other company especially as me and my partner work full time.
Thankfully - my mum will do the popping in during the day whilst im at work !! Thank god for parents!

I just hope they like each other !!

Thanks for the link too...... much appreciated - ill have a little look now.

Honey (in the pic) she is a fat little bloater having access to all the milk....but i love her so much already and how she needs to grow into her skin!! xx

[EmmaA]

How exciting, you are so lucky getting 2. I hope the introductions go well and that they are both well behaved for you.
I wanted 2 and there was only another little boy left in Eric's litter but financial restrictions took over. I hope to get another one in maybe 2-3 years when my family has settled down a bit (Eric is 5 months and I have a 2 year old human daughter).
Good Luck

[mrsjenwood]

We get our golden cocker girl Molly in just over 2 weeks and like you very excited.  Honey looks like she has white on her nose and head, which Molly has.  Molly is from a litter of 2 and like Honey very fat.  Congrats on your little (or large) bundle of joys. 

I'm sure we will be sharing our experiences shortly.