Basically we are planning getting a puppy with 2 pic already got the pigs they are very happy pigs and the pup is 10 weeks old and I really care for my pigs I really want the puppy but don’t want to disturb the pigs of the pup 
Can I get a dog with 2 pigs !?
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Truffolo
Adult Guinea Pig
Best to keep them separate, instinct can easily take over. Even what starts out as play can lead to injury or death as animals are guided by instinctive drives not reason or morality. The guinea pig cage needs to be extremely dog proof and in a room the dog can't access as having a dog nearby will stress the guinea pigs. Guinea pigs are fragile and just one clumsy jump or shake could severely injure or kill your pet guinea pigs. Even at ten weeks, a puppy is able to harm a guinea pig. Children need to be helped by adults so that the dog is under control or in another area of the house when the guinea pigs are being handled. I hope things turn out OK whichever choice you make.
Hi and welcome
Please don't mix dogs and piggies. an attack out of the blue literally takes only seconds; too fast for you to intervene. Not to mention your dog somehow getting into a separate piggy room. All it takes is one slip-up or a moment of distraction...
When you look more closely at the body language of the piggies in online video mixing videos, you will often find that they are actually stiff/wide eyed once you have learned to spot the subleties.
It is not just the bites; dogs shake their prey which can cause fatal internal bleeding in seemingly unharmed guinea pigs, which take a sudden turn for the worst in the days after.
And yes, I have lost my first own childhood piggy to a dog attack when our neighbour's dog managed to wiggle through their badly maintained fence and break into a lidded run on our lawn. We didn't find him until the next day (thankfully with a broken neck) flung into a raspberry thicket. It did make for a mostly sleepless night.
My sister had an even worse shock and a screaming fit, being greeted by the dog on the street outside our house with her piggy in his mouth when she came back home from school...
Most attacks happen by dogs whose owners think that they are 'safe' around prey animals.
Please don't mix dogs and piggies. an attack out of the blue literally takes only seconds; too fast for you to intervene. Not to mention your dog somehow getting into a separate piggy room. All it takes is one slip-up or a moment of distraction...
When you look more closely at the body language of the piggies in online video mixing videos, you will often find that they are actually stiff/wide eyed once you have learned to spot the subleties.
It is not just the bites; dogs shake their prey which can cause fatal internal bleeding in seemingly unharmed guinea pigs, which take a sudden turn for the worst in the days after.
And yes, I have lost my first own childhood piggy to a dog attack when our neighbour's dog managed to wiggle through their badly maintained fence and break into a lidded run on our lawn. We didn't find him until the next day (thankfully with a broken neck) flung into a raspberry thicket. It did make for a mostly sleepless night.
My sister had an even worse shock and a screaming fit, being greeted by the dog on the street outside our house with her piggy in his mouth when she came back home from school...
Most attacks happen by dogs whose owners think that they are 'safe' around prey animals.
Freela
Senior Guinea Pig
Many people have both dogs and guinea pigs, but caution is required here because a dog can easily (even unintentionally) injure or kill a guinea pig. Add in that one of these animals is naturally predator and the other is naturally prey and you can see how there is the potential for harm here. Guinea pigs should be in a secure room that a dog can't enter, and the cage should be made dog-proof as another layer or protection. Close supervision is a must. I would also suggest that when considering adding a dog, you choose a breed (or mix of breeds) that were not bred to hunt smaller animals. Instinct is powerful and dogs that have been genetically selected for having a high prey drive are going to be much more unpredictable around smaller animals.
OneDaySale
New Born Pup
I've had my dog (11 years soon) much longer than I've had Simon and Garf. The pigs are on a double stand, which keep them from seeing Snoopy all that much as she enters and exits the room (she's a Velcro dog, follows me from room to room and lays on her beds in the different rooms.
I think the breed consideration made by Freela is a great one; different dogs will react in their own ways. I have no concerns about Snoopy, but would exercise much caution with any other dog. (and no, Snoopy is never really given access to the pigs regardless of how comfortable I am with her)
I think the breed consideration made by Freela is a great one; different dogs will react in their own ways. I have no concerns about Snoopy, but would exercise much caution with any other dog. (and no, Snoopy is never really given access to the pigs regardless of how comfortable I am with her)