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Some back story, when I moved for school I moved into a house (we bought the house for Dreizehn so it’s basically one of the biggest dog houses ever). No apartment complex, town home, mobile home park, etc, will rent or whatever to somebody with an "aggressive" breed. Anyways, long story short, finding a roommate is HARD. In my 5 months here I've gotten maybe 100 emails of people who were "interested" but then MAYBE I would hear back from 20% of them when I responded. After that the number would slowly dwindle more and more. I had a roommate for a few months and when he left I had 2 almost roommates who dropped out at the last minute. It sucks! I FINALLY found a roommate (and a girl, yay!) who sounded great in email, better on the phone, and I loved her in person. he has a stable job, we share a lot of the same interests, we seem to be really similar in many ways which should make her easy to live with, and she needs a place to live.
The downside? She has a male Doberman.
She's currently living in an apartment because her vet entered Duke (her dog) in the system as a Great Dane mix but her lease is up and she really wants to find him a place with a yard. Duke is 6 years old, neutered, crate trained, and very well socialized. She says he’s never met an enemy be it dog or human. She works a busy schedule so the dog spends a lot of time crated during the day but she usually comes home from work for lunch and dinner for an hour and lets him out to potty and to play with him. She seems like a very competent dog owner. When I met her we let the dogs meet and they got along great and after much thought I told her that I’d love for her to move in.
I want to say that yes, Dreizehn is my first Doberman, but I've been working with dogs for years and I’m well aware of the issues with male-male aggression. Dreizehn has yet to exhibit any aggression himself but they won’t be out together often and when they are it will be completely, 100% supervised. I know how to break up a dog fight, as does my boyfriend, and I’m going to make sure that this girl does also. When they are out I plan to remove all the toys and possible food to lessen any chance of something going wrong. I just want to know from you guys, especially the ones that have (or have had) multiple males, is there anything else I should do? Are there specific things that I should look out for?
The downside? She has a male Doberman.
She's currently living in an apartment because her vet entered Duke (her dog) in the system as a Great Dane mix but her lease is up and she really wants to find him a place with a yard. Duke is 6 years old, neutered, crate trained, and very well socialized. She says he’s never met an enemy be it dog or human. She works a busy schedule so the dog spends a lot of time crated during the day but she usually comes home from work for lunch and dinner for an hour and lets him out to potty and to play with him. She seems like a very competent dog owner. When I met her we let the dogs meet and they got along great and after much thought I told her that I’d love for her to move in.
I want to say that yes, Dreizehn is my first Doberman, but I've been working with dogs for years and I’m well aware of the issues with male-male aggression. Dreizehn has yet to exhibit any aggression himself but they won’t be out together often and when they are it will be completely, 100% supervised. I know how to break up a dog fight, as does my boyfriend, and I’m going to make sure that this girl does also. When they are out I plan to remove all the toys and possible food to lessen any chance of something going wrong. I just want to know from you guys, especially the ones that have (or have had) multiple males, is there anything else I should do? Are there specific things that I should look out for?