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I just bought two Husky puppies last week. They are close to two months old and we are having problems we need advice for.

The problem we're having is with the puppies attachment to one another. These pups are from the same litter, by the way. The one pup is pretty independent and does OK. The other smaller puppy howls every time they are separated by any distance. Even if she can see her sister she howls if she is unable to go to her. She is also a very jealous puppy. Their closeness is beginning to interfere with their training as they will not respond to us when they are together. I also believe it is interfering with them bonding with us like they should. What can we do? Even when separated one will howl, and the other cannot focus due to the others howling? Thanks for the help, and sorry for the long read.

It is critical that you address this issue right away. Both pups neex to learn to be individuals. That means you need to start takin them to VERY FUN places alone. I'd recommend taking a friend, drive to a local pet store, drop off one person and puppy and give 100s of small tasy food treats to the pup while there. The other person drive to a local park and do the same thing as well as take a walk and let the puppy sniff the world. Then switch- person A with puppy #1 goes to park and peron B with puppy #2 goes to pet store. Do this 2 times a day for 30 minutes each place.

Also, enroll them in seperate puppy play and socialization classes. DO NOT have them in the same class- not even 1 after the other. Have it on seperate nights of the week. For reasons such as this is why I tell people having 2 puppies at the same time is more than twice the amount of work as one. This takes time, energy, effort, money, gas, food, and patience. And all of it needs to be done or you are going to have big seperation anxiety issues later on.

Good luck, but I don't envy you the amount of work you need to do to do it right. Oh and sorry to say the work doesn't stop with puppy play class, this needs to continue for at least the first 18 months of their lives: individual classes, individual time apart from each other every single day, and individual time with you every day.
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