Comments on: Puppy too exuberant with older dog. UPDATED! http://thedish.sitstay.com/2009/08/04/puppy-too-exuberant-with-older-dog/ Dog Training, Tips and Opinions Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:46:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Wolf-Talker (R.Young) http://thedish.sitstay.com/2009/08/04/puppy-too-exuberant-with-older-dog/#comment-5691 Wolf-Talker (R.Young) Wed, 16 Feb 2011 14:07:23 +0000 http://thedish.sitstay.com/?p=882#comment-5691 Hello Darcie Puppies, aren't they wonderful. Little balls of Hair/Fur with boundless energy, sometimes too much energy for an older dog especially if the older one has not had a companion before. Puppies like children need to be monitored, their playtime needs to be structured, not only play but learning as well. It has to be fun and positive. Like children all of our dogs look to us for guidance, we must be there to teach them well. When you bring a young puppy into a home with an older dog, they say let them work it out and yes to a point this is true. But you must observe and know the signs. The older dog knows the rules and knows its place, the pup does not. This is where you come in, like a child you must teach the pup right from wrong, the pup will learn in time have patience, understand and every thing you want the pup to be will happen. Remember it must be done with LOVE! A Pup does not know words, it just hears Love or Anger! Hello Darcie
Puppies, aren’t they wonderful. Little balls of Hair/Fur with boundless energy, sometimes too much energy for an older dog especially if the older one has not had a companion before. Puppies like children need to be monitored, their playtime needs to be structured, not only play but learning as well. It has to be fun and positive. Like children all of our dogs look to us for guidance, we must be there to teach them well.
When you bring a young puppy into a home with an older dog, they say let them work it out and yes to a point this is true. But you must observe and know the signs. The older dog knows the rules and knows its place, the pup does not. This is where you come in, like a child you must teach the pup right from wrong, the pup will learn in time have patience, understand and every thing you want the pup to be will happen. Remember it must be done with LOVE!
A Pup does not know words, it just hears Love or Anger!

]]> By: Lisa Horneck http://thedish.sitstay.com/2009/08/04/puppy-too-exuberant-with-older-dog/#comment-137 Lisa Horneck Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:52:32 +0000 http://thedish.sitstay.com/?p=882#comment-137 Thanks for responding. There seem to be 2 schools of thought on this issue, your response and the other is to let them work it out. I believe that some of her behavior is due to her trying to dominate him, something she has been doing since the day I brought her home. Lots of people have told me that they need to figure out who is going to be the dominant one. But, if I am the boss, does it matter who comes next? You are right in that he is begging me to step in. He'll bark at her and then look at me. He'll go after her, stop, bark at her and then look at me. So, now I am stepping in and telling her to stop. She is already a little better, and I have come to recognize her worst times and not even give her a chance to jump on him, like when we get back from one of our walks. I know that she can play appropriately as she has had the chance to play with a smaller dog and was actually quite gentle with him. She seems to have an endless supply of energy so I play with her a lot already, but I will step it up so more since he won't play with her anymore. We started an obedience class several weeks ago, they use very positive methods for training. She is very smart and picks up on things very quickly. I just hope that they can be friends some day, that was the whole point of bringing home a second dog. Thanks for responding. There seem to be 2 schools of thought on this issue, your response and the other is to let them work it out. I believe that some of her behavior is due to her trying to dominate him, something she has been doing since the day I brought her home. Lots of people have told me that they need to figure out who is going to be the dominant one. But, if I am the boss, does it matter who comes next?

You are right in that he is begging me to step in. He’ll bark at her and then look at me. He’ll go after her, stop, bark at her and then look at me. So, now I am stepping in and telling her to stop. She is already a little better, and I have come to recognize her worst times and not even give her a chance to jump on him, like when we get back from one of our walks. I know that she can play appropriately as she has had the chance to play with a smaller dog and was actually quite gentle with him.

She seems to have an endless supply of energy so I play with her a lot already, but I will step it up so more since he won’t play with her anymore. We started an obedience class several weeks ago, they use very positive methods for training. She is very smart and picks up on things very quickly. I just hope that they can be friends some day, that was the whole point of bringing home a second dog.

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