I'm with that dude. And I hear you say months of research, yadda yadda. You are doing nothing wrong. Crate train, a little excersice,feed and hang out with them. They don't really need much more. They sleep 16+ hours a day. in these situations I usually say If two dogs are too hard for you life is gonna kick your ass. But give it some time before you give up. I've got 4 rescues that people threw away. So Ima little sensitive to this I can't handle a dog crap.