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My aggressive GSD needs a friend. What second dog should I adopt?

Updated on September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | German Shepherd | Male | unneutered | 1 year and 6 months old

My kids wants to have another dog at home with bruno so I am very tens and in depressed as in my life time I never grow two dogs at same time but my kids wants to have gsd only and bruno gsd is very naughty always pushing running aggressive so I don't kno for what dog I should go now to adopt should I adopt gsd or some other dog please suggest me

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Answered By Jessica Keay, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on June 13th, 2017

If your german shepard is not well behaved or aggressive I would highly recommend getting him under control before bringing a new dog into the situation. If he is aggressive as in growling/biting at people he should see a veterinary behaviorist. If he is just wild/doesn't listen, he should go to a dog trainer (with you) to get under control. Ask your veterinarian for a recommendation for a trainer because not all trainers are equal. Once your dog is under control you can consider adding another dog into the household IF your dog is not aggressive to other dogs. You may consider working with a dog rescue who can find a dog for you that gets along well with other large dogs and will allow you to test the dogs out together. Breed doesn't matter as much as personality of the individual dogs.

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