Lots of inquiries on pet acquisition are centred around if it's a good idea to buy two puppies and raise them together, or people ask about getting their older dog a puppy to keep it company. Most people who don't ask at all have no clue about the issues with this.
The answer though, is simple - "NO!!! It's not a good idea!!!"
There are a number of reasons for this:
It's difficult enough to raise one pup and give it the socialization that it needs. Two pup homes almost always end up with dogs that only getting 1/2 of the amount of time they need to be properly socialized.
Dogs are pack animals. This is a much stronger drive than the average pet owner understands. People think that their little puppy comes from an animal that has been socialized for thousands of years, so how could this have any negative effect on them.
When puppies are raised together they become what we call DOGGY. This means they look at the other dog as their buddy and not the human that owns it. Dogs that are raised to run together often don't develop the kind of human bond that they would have had if they had been raised in a one dog family.
These dogs are more difficult to train. Because they don't have the strong human bond, they don't have the desire to engage their owners as much as those raised alone.
All dogs have a very strong pack instinct. The more dogs in a pack the stronger the instinct becomes. Raising 2 dogs together means an elevated pack drive, raising 3 dogs means an even higher pack drive.
Pack drive issues mean RANK ISSUES within the pack. Establishing RANK can often mean dog fights. Don't kid yourself that your 3kg little lap dog will not fight with its 4kg litter mate. This can become a big deal. This means dog fights when the dogs reach maturity (18 to 30 months of age).
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