My brother is wanting to get a puppy. She will be coming home in two or three weeks. Since we are living in the same house I am worried about how Porky will react to her. Porky has been aggressive and very fearful towards puppies ever since his Pit Bull attack last summer. (the pit bull was 3 months old) He does really well with dogs that are his size or larger, but puppies terrify him.
What can I do to ensure that neither he nor the puppy gets hurt?? I'm really afraid he is going to try and bite her. She is a yellow lab/blue heeler cross so she will grow big quickly. I don't want her to learn that she has to mean to little dogs either, which is why I'm so worried about Porky's reaction. I was thinking of having Porky in his kennel when she comes home and introducing them slowly that way. Then after he starts showing interest other than growling or barking having them greet through a baby gate. Once they get used to that I was going to try to have them both on a leash to get to know each other better. Then finally they can both be loose around each other if the do well.
Any suggestions or do you think that plan would work?? I really want Porky to get over his irrational fear of puppies, and I'm afraid if this goes badly it will only make his problems with them worse. Thanks in advance for any help or advice you can give. :grin:
Dogs should always be introduced in neutral territory. More later.
Dr. Cesar Millan Leaky :2cents:
I would have them meet away from the house at a shopping center or even in front of the house in the street or sidewalk try walking them on leashes next to each other. You do have to try & have the meeting where the pup will not catch anything like Parvo. I think putting Porky in his crate is a bad idea, he may think he is being punished of course having a new pup in the house allot of people will want to interact with it right away. Always give Porky attention first before the pup that may help with the jealousy that usually occurs at first.Do not let the pup overhelm Porky Labs are very rough and rowdy most times if Porky cannot give the pup a correction at times it will make things worse in the future. You must try to protect Porky if the Lab pup is pushy and does not have manners around other dogs. I will try to find the article I read not too long ago that was insightful about this situation. If possible I would get a book about dog body language and multiple dog house holds.
Papbouv
Very good ideas! Thanks. I knew about the neutral territory thing, i just stupidly forgot about it. I didn't think about the Porky peceiving the crate as punishment, but i guess you are right there. I'm not too worried about her being pushy yet. I am really going to limit the time they have together. I share your concerns for her pushing Porky around once she's older. Right now, she is smaller than him. By the time she moves in with us she should be a little bit bigger than Porky, but not too much.
Also my husband and I aren't here permanently I just want to make sure they get along well while we are here. Jade will be outside a lot because that is what she is used to. My brother may end up changing his mind by then too. :dontknow: Its selfish to say this but I wish he would. I think it would be really dangerous for his dachshund Bandit. Bandit is VERY possessive of all his toys, etc.... so I can see lots of problems with him getting along with Jade.
We'll keep you all posted and I would defnately welcome any more great advice you have. Thanks so much!!
Buddy ( Doberman) is 2 years old, Patches is 28 months old this is what I had to do to keep Patches safe I also got Buddy at 16 weeks old so he was bigger than Patches right away. I kept Buddy on leash or had him dragging a leash Patches would go under the couch if she did not want to be around Buddy I also would give Buddy corrections when he got too rough. I also played musical dogs Buddy outside Patches inside or Patches outside Buddy in I also had a tie out cable for Buddy if I could not stay outside with them I would tie Buddy up so Patches could get away from Buddy if she wanted too. I also had a long line on Buddy when outside so I could control the situation. Dobermans & Labs are about the same energy level & roughness I never let them out together and just left them loose. Now Buddy is 2 years old I can leave them loose together but usually play fetch or Buddy has been on a long walk to get the edge off of him.A good dog is a tired dog Dobes & Labs require allot to exercise but forced exercise is a no-no until the growth plates are closed in a big dog about 18 months old.Dobes also smack everything with their front feet was really worried Buddy would smack Patches back he did a few times just lucky I guess this is the way I handled it.
Good Luck with the pup.
my dachshund was very fearful he was aggressive to so when we got paddy who was a rescue and very shy we just kept introducing them for 20mins at a time and then seperating them for 20mins and at first it was intense and then they had a little row and that ended there will be snarling barking and growling because from the beginning they will have to sort out who the leader of the pack is and once they sort that out they will be best friends paddy and bruno are best buddy's don't get me wrong they can still have a fight but at the end of the day they are kissing and it's all forgot about it. just remember when you introducing them don't show fear because you fear will be past on to you dog and he will go into fight or flight mode and neither is good short term.