I would suggest holding off if one of the reasons is to calm a 5 month old, it will be a recipe for disaster cuz then you will have two monsters on your hands at times.
After I had my first dobe for a tad over two years, I sat back and realized what an excellent boy I had on my hands especially being a problem child. I decided to get a female for company as I was working Long hours.
It worked out good and Kaiser basically helped training the female. So a combination of my learned methods along the way and a mature mannered worked out great.
At least when they got pumped up when she was a pup, I could settle my old boy fast and she seen and caught on extremely fast.
Just my thoughts.
After I had my first dobe for a tad over two years, I sat back and realized what an excellent boy I had on my hands especially being a problem child. I decided to get a female for company as I was working Long hours.
It worked out good and Kaiser basically helped training the female. So a combination of my learned methods along the way and a mature mannered worked out great.
At least when they got pumped up when she was a pup, I could settle my old boy fast and she seen and caught on extremely fast.
Just my thoughts.