1 to 2 dogs...Help!

If you have a close friend see if their dog can visit for a little while.  Do this a few times and see how your Pom reacts.  I highly recommend having the dogs meet at a neutral location and walking back to your house together rather than just having the other dog "show up."  It's a subtle difference in a dog's mind.  It doesn't set off "INTRUDER" alarm.  It's more like "look who I brought home."

Hi, just speaking from my personal experience.  I love having two dogs.  I was just like you when we first thought about getting a new puppy.  Our pom was 3 back then and was a pretty laid back dog.  Somewhat of a couch potato.  But when we brought the GSD pup home, they had so much fun together.  They would play and chase each other and "fight" over the same bone(even though they each had one).  I was a bit concerned too because our pom was more of a people dog than a dog dog.  He won't pick fights with other dogs, but he doesn't actively seek them out to play either.  But everything turned out great in the end. 

You said your dog loves to play with other dogs.  In that case I wouldn't be very concerned if I were you.  When you go to look at puppies or another dog, ask if you can bring Keiichi along with you(most shelters or breeders will let you). 

I think Keiichi will love the new addition to your household.  They'll keep each other company and entertained when you can't.  Good luck and keep us updated!

I love having 2 dogs!  I like that they have a companion and that they are not lonely.  There are a bunch of small dogs that get surrendered to the indy humane society on michigan ave, I would look there. 

It's always nice to have differing points of view..... isn't it?  Either way, I thought I'd present mine.  We had a foster dog who we originally thought would be permanent here, but I found owning two dogs not to my liking.  I do have some health problems that sap my energy and have little left to spare, and that may have influenced this.  But rellay, I think I just prefer the special bond I share with my Little Misty.  Having one dog, it is really easy for me to take her nearly everywhere I go, and I do.  She goes to a few of my volunteer "jobs" with me, and when we travel it is very easy to take her along.  She's my constant, loyal companion.  We are especially bonded because I saw her through two major leg surgeries during her first year.  She is very special and very dear to me, and I don't feel like she or I need anything more. 

Not everyone gets into this kind of tight bond like I enjoy with this one dog, and prefer to have to two dogs who will play.

I think the first couple months of having two dogs for the first time can be a bit overwhelming. When I first got Shippo, I was completely exhausted. It's starting to wear off now, 3 months later lmao...

It sounds like your baby would do well with another.  I wished I  had done it sooner.  I waited til my dog was 7 to bring another in and she was put off with him and wanted him gone.  She would still prefer to be teh only dog after 2 years of adjusting to him...but he was 3 and young and playful and larger and she is getting old.  Maybe you think aobut an older dog about 3/4 to be the same "playing age" and weight/height.  Puppies are too much for older dogs I think.
 
It was very stressfull, the first 2 weeks, we 3 were on Rescue Remedy becuase she was nipping the new dog, I was crying all the time thinking I've messed up her perfect life.  My friends told me to hang in there, it would work out and it did.  NOw, I think she kinda of likes him sometimes, he has always adored her.  I always made sure to enforce her "alpha" status by feeding her first and not letting him on my bed initially.  Now I let him up on the bed.   
 
Walking 2 dogs was very hard at first, now I have rountine.

The age thing is important, I think.  Little Misty is 1.5 and the second dog we got was 6.  He was completely attention starved, due to his background, and just wanted human attention, he did not play at all.  He was here for almost six months.  I think if we had gotten a puppy, the outcome may have been different.  However, I do think Misty is a dog who really enjoys being an only dog and does best that way.  Since her "foster" brother went off to his new home this past week, she has relaxed completely--it was a very tense few months for her, trying to compete with him. 

Another difficulty here in owning the two dogs was the food and toy thing.  Misty can eat pretty much anything, she's got an iron stomach.  Also, she enjoys flossies and other chew treats at will.  The foster brother had a very sensitive stomach and was on a strict regiment of lamb and rice food with only very particular treats in between.  Feeding time, keeping him out of her food, and supervised chewing time for her when he coludn't get at the chewing items, was difficult. 

I think getting a second dog was one of the best decisions I've made in a long time, but for the first few weeks I questioned my sanity and probably even lost some of it.
 
I do have days when the two of them drive me nuts, but since a lot of the time I spend at home is on the computer doing school work, having Gracie around has made a huge difference for Boss.

Another "vote" cast for a happy two dog family.  There will be adjustment issues and there are some precautions to take, but our transition was a very good one and now, I don't think either could live without the other (we adopted Mia to keep Pofi company at the beginning of March).  You do need to put some thought into the choice, especially, I think, if it is another adult dog. Is the new dog a very dominant personality - where will you feed each dog - does your dog or the new dog "resource guard"?  But I think it can be GREAT!

I thought long and hard about adopting Odin. My main concern was that I would lose my special 1:1 time with Loki. I knew he would love to have a brother to play with, but I thought he might never want to play with us again. I brought him to the shelter to meet Odin and was amazed at how quickly they took to each other. It has been a change having two dogs--harder to walk, difficulty introducing our cat, etc. But Loki absolutely loves having a brother and if anything he is more affectionate and playful with us. I would change our decision for anything! []

We really didn't have much of a choice when it came to adding #2. Bf's grandpa died and nobody really wanted Sammy. Hes a min. pin. x, very hyper, not totally obedient and again really hyper. Dingo, our first dog, was used to being the only one, but after we got Sammy, we realized that he had been lonely. Sammy, 3 years later is still energetic([]) and now we have three.
Heres Sammy and Dingo