Stephanie's Dog Boarding and French Bulldog Breeding

04/07/2025

Understanding Littermate Syndrome in Puppies

Bringing home two puppies from the same litter might seem like a great idea—they’ll have built-in companionship, right? However, many dog owners are unaware of the challenges that come with Littermate Syndrome, a behavioral condition that can develop when sibling puppies are raised together.

What is Littermate Syndrome?

Littermate Syndrome is a set of behavioral issues that arise when two puppies from the same litter (or even unrelated puppies of the same age) are raised together. These issues often stem from excessive bonding between the puppies, making it difficult for them to develop independence and proper social skills.

Signs of Littermate Syndrome:

Severe Separation Anxiety: Puppies become highly distressed when separated, making training and socialization more difficult.

Fearfulness: They may become overly reliant on each other, leading to increased anxiety in new situations or around unfamiliar dogs and people.

Difficulty in Training: Since they focus more on each other than their human, training sessions can become ineffective.

Inter-Puppy Aggression: As they grow, fights between littermates can become more intense, sometimes escalating into serious conflicts.

How to Prevent Littermate Syndrome

If you’re raising two puppies together, consider these steps to ensure they grow into well-adjusted, independent dogs:

Separate Training Sessions: Train each puppy individually to ensure they learn to focus on you rather than each other.

Encourage Independence: Allow them to spend time apart daily so they learn to be comfortable alone.

Socialization: Expose each puppy to different people, dogs, and environments separately.

Individual Bonding: Spend one-on-one time with each puppy to strengthen your personal relationship with them.

Should You Get Two Puppies?

While raising two puppies is possible, it requires significant effort and commitment. If you’re considering adopting littermates, be prepared to implement structured training and socialization strategies to prevent Littermate Syndrome.

By understanding and addressing Littermate Syndrome early, you can help your puppies grow into happy, confident, and independent dogs!

10/31/2024

This little girl is retiring and looking for her forever 🏠


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10/28/2024

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10/25/2024

•Pet your dog, all the time
•Talk to your dog, all the time
•Allow your dog to follow you, all the time
•Allow your dog to be on your lap or laying on your feet, all the time
•Pet, soothe, comfort your dog when it whines or barks for attention...or is simply anxious
•Allow your dog to demand affection/interactions
•Be emotionally dependent on your dog to the point that unhealthy dependency and interactions are no longer noticed
•Allow your dog to do whatever it wants, whenever it wants—aka, provide no structure, rules, or accountability
•Foster an environment of chaos, stress, and anxiety
•Refuse to train and pattern calmness
•Refuse to crate train your dog
•Refuse to correct your dog when inappropriate behavior occurs
•Refuse to train your dog how to be independent/alone by using a “Place” command, “Downstay, and/or “away” time in the crate
•Let your dog out of the crate when it whines or barks
•Avoid training or anything that makes your dog temporarily uncomfortable or unhappy—in other words, cater to your dog’s every desire/need, designing your life around your dog, rather than having your dog fit into yours
•And many, many more...

Basically, baby, soothe, allow, enable, disable, lean on, omit teaching necessary life skills, prioritize what feels good for you rather than what does good for your dog, and through this master plan of leadership-free chaos, and systematic cultivation of creating a toxic dependency between dog and human...you’ll ensure that when you leave, your dog will be a true emotional mess, because you haven’t prepared them to be calm, obedient, strong, resilient, robust, independent, and alone.

09/03/2024

08/29/2024

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08/29/2024

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08/24/2024

‼️ WARNING ‼️
This is a friendly reminder for my clients and Maddy’s Groom Room clients.
Bordetella vaccine is a 6 month vaccine -NOT 12 months.
If you frequent a grooming facility or a boarding facility the Bordetella vaccine should be updated 2 weeks prior to arrival ( if needed )and then it should be updated every 6 months for proper protection.

We will be enforcing this policy very strongly. PLEASE-Help us keep your pets safe and healthy by keeping them up to date with their vaccines.

We require proof of…
Bordetella (6 months)
Distemper (1 year or 3 years)
Rabies (1 year or 3 years)
Negative f***l ( 6 months)
Flea prevention

Thank you!
Stephanie and Maddy

07/08/2024

Cinnabon is still looking for her forever lap.
🐾She is 4 months old
🐾Crate trained
🐾AKC registered
🐾Up to date on vaccines
🐾Dewormed
🐾Micro chipped
🐾Comes with a 1 year health guarantee.
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06/26/2024

Cinnabon is 3 months old
Ready for her forever 🏠
✅AKC registered
✅Micro chipped
✅Up to date on vaccines
✅Dewormed
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06/26/2024

Indie is officially retired! Thank you Dr Victoria and Valerie for taking good care of my girl today. Indie will be living her retirement here with us being spoiled by my daughter Cailyn.