Raising 2 Big Dogs: Double the Trouble, Twice the Fun

I’ve always been in a one-dog family, but now that we have two large dogs, I’m convinced we’ll never go back to one dog.

My two boys, Duke (the chocolate Lab) and Silas (the Rhodesian Ridgeback/Lab mix), enjoy lounging on our patio on a warm spring day. (Photo by author)

Scruffy, Skittles, Scrappy, Silas, and Duke: those are the names of the five dogs I’ve had in my life. Prior to Duke joining our family, I never had more than one dog at a…