Opinions on multiple dogs

Keep her...Keep her.....Keep her!  I am a firm believer in the more the merrier...hee hee.  I also believe that dogs pick their owners, and it's kind of like a soul-mate thing.  My husband and I also foster animals so I know exactly what you are going through.  You love all of them,  you lovingly nurse them back to good balance and you let them go.  You miss them but you somehow know they don't 'belong' with you. Sounds to me like you know she belongs with you and she knows she is home.  My mom always use to say, it is just another cup of water in the soup when we would drag some poor kid with no home life home for dinner, so i say to you, it is just another cup of kibble in the soup!  As far as good for her, dogs are pack animals.  They are secure in a pack, it balances them.  Besides I bet she has already decided what is best for her....and it is most definately you!

I think that the dog picks the owner too and it sounds like that is what is happening here. It might be devastating to her to go to someone else. 3 dogs would be too much for me though personally. But if she's fitting in with your family well now then it will probably be fine for you to have all 3.

If there are no intra-pack issues...which there can be, esp with b*tches...then keeping her is a good choice.

The time she is spending getting over her ear issue will be good. Too many times people get a dog in the "honeymoon period' of the 2-4 weeks after arrival and bond, and think it's great then the "issues" come up when the dog is feeling truly comfortavble in it's suroundings...comfortable to challenge for the human's attention...or rank...etc.

Bear the above in mind, and give it time. You breed isn't I think one with common dog/dog issues...so it's likely it'll work out. But I always like to throw a caution in...just in case.

The honeymoon period is something I am paying attention to. As she gets healthier and more comfortable she is getting more playful and is definitely more settled around the house. My dogs are spayed, and my foster dog is not. How could this affect their relationship as she settles in? (If I keep her she will be spayed pretty much immediately. Poor girl  has already had too many unwanted puppies.  )

Honestly? IMO spaying helps not at all if there is going to be an issue. Males yes....to an extent...but b*tches are well...b*tches and who knows really what any cat fight is "truly" about ya know? LOL...

There's even some study or another that was shared here I think that showed a slight increase in aggression in b*tches after a spay...but I think that was in b*tches that already had some aggro behavior. Not sure.

If your home has a present order then that helps....IMO 2-3 is much harder than anything over that...once you have 3 there's going to be someone at the bottom LOL!

The breed you have is working in your favor...you're not say working on fittng in an Akita LOL! Think positive...be positive and watch your girls for cues and to what's happening and who goes where...and help it along as you can.

I have 8 in my permanent pack,  varying ages and degrees of  energy.   The oldest is always with me.  She doesn't think of herself as a dog and that's perfectly okay with me.  The  next older 4 rotate sleeping out with us or with the rest of the family,  All of the regular "dogs"  rotate sleeping in thier crates from time to time to make sure they are comfy  and secure with them. The pups spend at least two nights a week sleeping with us. Everyone must get along, everyone one, except Jasmine must remember they are dogs, beloved furkids but still dogs.

Every walk, play session and feeding time manners are re-enforced.  I can walk 4 dogs at a time by myself. I have a large two legged family as well so it comes down to organization. I can be where I need to be when I need to be there. I have to budget to manage the 18 souls under my care, and that means creative budgeting!  Time, emotional and finacial.  Taking a couple of dogs to the kid's soccer games, even taking them to my therapy appointments

We have four dogs, three are large,  two are herding breeds! we do great and everyone loves each other. the last guy was a foster, our 5th foster to be exact and he happened to stick. if we knew we were going to keep one we would of picked the second foster the cute puppy! lol instead we kept the ungly, small, shih tzu- why? he just fit had more than enough spunk to kick it with the big dogs, got along with ferrets, and wore clothes to boot.

 sometimes they don't leave, and i'm guessing she already knows shes staying.

At this point, I can't imagine giving her up. I just can't say it out loud yet. She doesn't think she is going anywhere.

BTW...we do need pictures....it's the rules...

LOL!

My lovely Penny. How can I possibly give up this face.

I was just in the same position as you. I had two dogs and found a stray. I brought her in intending to find her a home, but she has ended up staying. There have been some challenges stemming from lack of socialization, but even when I had someone offering to take her, I couldn't let her go (her name is Penny too, btw). I say if you can afford her and she fits in, then keep her. I think you will know when you have reached your limit, and if it doesn't feel too crazy yet, it will probably work out. I dog sat for a friend last week bringing the total to four, and I definitely felt overwhelmed within the first two days, so I know three is it for me.

Interestingly, I have had three dogs before, sometimes for a few days and in one case, for two months. Each time I always felt like it was too much to take on permanently. Kind of like wandering through a herd of sheep, all the time. For some reason, though, its like Penny has always been with us. She just effortlessly fit right in.

We have 8 dogs 5 females all spayed we haven't had any agression with any of them

3 aussies one corgi and one pug the other 3 are males 2 aussies one corgie there all house dogs  

 We have three at our house, and I love it. At times it can be a bit crazy, but that craziness always makes me smile or laugh, rather than get stressed out. Our girls (one intact, one fixed) do everything together, and we haven't had any trouble, even though we have a very pushy (with her canine family) Aussie teenager at the moment.  They get along really well, and our male loves that he is the king of the crew.

With girls, I think it's just important to know the pack dynamics work (like others have said), because some do not get along well with others, while other girls are fine together.