Now I feel extremely lucky that my 4year old girl dog really seems to love having our new 10 week old puppy around. They’re always playing together, with toys and play mouthing. She was always so sad when dogs came to visit but didn’t stay. Thanks for this information
My border terrier puppy jumped on another dog walker once ,his adult dog told her off by squishing her in the dirt she was a lot more respectful to people with dogs after that, she had no injury just her pride. Great video, don’t think I will subject my senior to another puppy let her retire gracefully. Thankyou
Aww, sorry to hear about Bosco I'm new to your channel and was looking forward to seeing more of him. I'm glad he had a happy life up until his passing, what an amazing pup
i wish i’d seen this before we got the puppy. Thanks so much for this advice. I started to figure it out on my own. The rest of my family needs to see this.
Fantastic advice.. We just brought home a new standard poodle to a home with a little dog a short while ago. Day 1, they were the same size, now the puppy is shy of 5 months and more than double the size. We do exactly as you are describing and it takes work to back up the old little guy but it has paid off well..
Hi! I’m a new sub! I have an 11 yr old Chihuahua and just got an 8 wk Blue Heeler a week ago. So happy you made a video specifically about this, as I am struggling with getting my older dog to welcome the pup into the fold. I will change my technique since I thought my older dog was being too mean and unfriendly with the pup. Also following so that I can best train my Heeler as he’s growing. Thank you!
So sorry to hear about Bosco’s passing. I just met him thru ur videos and fell in love. Didn’t realize he was gone 🥲 So nice that you have these videos to memorialize what an amazing dog he was 😍
My niece surprised me with a Maltipoo puppy for my birthday because my older dog is at the end of her years. She's blind, has arthritis etc..I got the puppy vaccinated, trained to do basic commands, fell in love with him. For 6 months, I really tried to get them to get along but in the end I decided I owed it to my older dog to go in peace when she's ready, not constantly being upset, snapping and barking at the puppy. I gave the Maltipoo back to my niece. She's keeping him but I'm sad that it came down to that choice. Thanks for this video. It helps to know I'm not alone.
So glad to see this. Over exuberant puppies too often get a pass, in the home and in the field. The most socially-appropriate dog I ever had was in a feral pack for his first two years. I wonder if puppies would be better off staying with the litter and mother for months and months.
Brought home my 4th puppy a few weeks ago with 5 year old lab at home. I've learned that dealing with situations is dependent upon age, personalitu and temperament of existing dog. If the existing dog is well socialized for the most part I let the adult dog correct the puppy and teach it manners. Btw the adult is 95 pounds and the puppy is 15 pounds and they pay great together. Except they will get a little manic because they don't want to stop and I do separate for breaks. Great advice. Ty.
I know this video was posted two years ago, but I recently brought home an 11 week old pit bull puppy. My adult dog is a ~6-7 year old pit bull. She is very healthy and dominant. The puppy gets on her nerves, but she corrects his behavior with growls and nips. I monitor the interactions, but I rarely intervine because my adult dog will defend herself and does not put up with his crap. Earlier today she gently pinned the puppy on his side and waited for him to calm down. He rolled over on his back and licked her face. Once he did that she walked away. He pounced on her again and she did the same thing. I think it all depends on the adult dog.
You need some really cool wallpaper installed on that wall first. Then you need to layer some nice pieces of artwork on top. Maybe use that killer Whale piece as a color palate to plan from. You could also ad some display shelving on either side of you and decorate them with some items. You could have the camera zoom out a bit to show what you’ve done on the wall. Good luck my man.
I recently came across your videos while watching Caesar vids😂. I have to say I find your approach and style infinitely more appealing! I have a 4 month old male Boston terrier. He. Is. Insane. He’s shown aggression to other dogs, both puppies and older dogs, and people. We love him dearly but cannot accept his bad behavior. Any tips would be greatly appreciated!! Thank you and keep up the fantastic work.
My five year old chihuahua mix is still really playful and energetic so I figured it was a good time to get another puppy. My 5-year old is also the center of my universe and I know when she passes it’s going to destroy me, I felt that having another dog to give my love and attention to would also be healthy for me. 😊
Thank you for this advice. We recently added a sixth puppy to our pack. Before he came everything was good. Now some of the other dogs are showing aggression towards one another which is upsetting but we are working on it. Always learning.:)
Needed this! We have a 4.5 month old female golden doodle and a 14 year old male malti-poo (whom we've had since he was 1). We wanted a puppy while he is still with us to help him regain some youth. Might have been something we should have pondered more before we brought her home, but it is done now. The pup wants so badly to play with him, but he isn't into it, especially because she's now double his size. Again, this is SO what I needed to hear/see (and had a question asked in the comments of another one of your videos). Thanks!
Decor suggestion.. A portrait either side of you of your ‘top dogs’ so to speak. Doberman’s have always been my favourite breed and I’ve fallen in love with Prince since seeing your videos. Would be really striking having him over your left shoulder.
My puppy was 16 lbs. when she met our Great Pyr, who is 120 lbs. Not a big deal then, but as the puppy has grown our GP, who is almost 9 years old, is getting beat up. We won't let the pup go near the GP unless she's on a leash or line. I wish I had known when we first brought her home. It's harder to break this habit in our puppy, but we need to protect our older girl. Thanks for the advice!
We waited until our oldest dog passed b4 I got another puppy. We had 2 dogs the surviving dog Duke my Welsh collie was 7½. He refused to be in the same room as Delta my shepherd until she was around 12 weeks unless she was asleep in her crate and from 12 weeks until nearly 20 weeks she had to be asleep at otherside of the room for him to be in the same room. We honestly thought had made a big mistake especially since it was only 3 months from losing our Leonberger to getting Delta but we noticed he'd started having accidents in the house and they stopped as soon as we brought her home and he was playing with us more than he had in yrs, so we let him go out of the way upstairs to the bedroom a place that was his only (well also the cats) and he set the pace on being in room by the time Delta was 6 months we were having to seperate them so that they chilled out and stopped playing like crazy for 5 mins. He did a lot of grumbles and growls at her when she was smaller telling her to back off so she then came to me to play. He still does that when he doesn't want to play (he's 9 now) and it takes 1 and she's OK ill go find somebody else. He hasn't done any of the extreme staying out of the way with our 5 month old Leonberger puppy but he has Delta who's only 20 months to pester and play with and Duke will join in if he wants. I was advised by a trainer that I make Duke be in the room with Delta or get rid of her as only way would be OK with her. So glad I ignored that and let him set the pace instead although it has made me less empathic with people selling their puppies after having a week because the older dog doesn't want to play or cuddle the puppy straight away
Thank You. Our 9 kg dachshund is almost 6 yrs old and can't walk due to ivdd .His back legs aren't good so he is more vulnerable and suffers more anxiety. We just brought home a 9 week old mini dachshund who is less then 2 kgs.and now slowly need to integrate them...thanks for this video and any extra tips for this situation would be appreciated
Wow, I guess I didn’t think this through. I have a 14 year old Yorkie and just got a 8 week old Yorkie. My older dog is not receiving her well. Wish I had seen this video earlier. I want my older dog to be comfortable with this.
Hi, I like your videos. Great content! I have a male chihuahua puppie who is 13 weeks old. I have Decided to buy one more dog, a American pit bull terrier, also male. The apbt is not born yet. But it will be delivered to me in October, when it’s 3 months old. What are your recommendations for me to do so they can be friends because I have heard that the combination of this two breeds is not good. Best regards!
We have a 3yr old German shorthair pointer he weights 80lbs and we got him at 8 weeks. He is a great well behaved dog and gets along great with all sizes of dogs. He has never mouthed or jumps on other dogs. He also has never played with toys with another dog either. He will just drop it and walk away. Doesn’t seem to be a dominate dog. We now just brought in a 3month old bloodhound puppy. The first day they meet went great!! Did it in the front yard and then went into the back yard. Puppy was timid when our 3yr old play bounded and ran around him. He did pee once from being scared. 3yr old never jumped on him or tan him over or even mouth him. The next day our new puppy just starts bitting, chasing, sometimes barking, takes toys away from our 3yr, and just won’t leave him alone. Every time our 3yr goes to get water/toys/comes to us for affection. He come over to drink/take away/ bit him. We have let our 3yr try and tell him to go away by pushing him over, pushing him down on the neck with his mouth and bark at him. Puppy has never made a noise as if he is hurt or run away. He just keeps going back for more. He has the curled up face too and he is leave red scratch. It’s been 5 days now of this and he won’t let up. He is very sweet to us and just does the more puppy play bits with us. Just don’t know what to do and our 3yr is getting stressed. We do the ear rubbing to reassure him. But we don’t want this to change him and do it to other dogs. Any advice would be wonderful.
I have a question for a reactive dog to other dogs on leash only. I have a dog that plays with other dogs frequently. However, if I take him on a walk he will be very reactive to other dogs. His loose leash walking is perfect besides that. When I mean perfect I mean the only time he tries to leave my side is to react to another dog. Hope you can help!
We have a 1 1/2 year old boxer and we just adopted a 9 month boxer/heeler mix. We did 2 meet & greets at the shelter just to be sure they get along ok, but I’m having a little problem with my older boxer being too rough. I’m trying to let him know he’s older but I’m the one in charge. Any advice?
Love your videos. We have a 16-year-old shih tzu who is blind and very slow. He can’t defend himself from a puppy! We were considering a standard poodle puppy but I’m concerned about the size difference and our old guy getting clobbered! But my young teen daughter is homeschooled now and I really want a dog she can work with, hike, agility, etc. She’s been asking for years. How do you make this decision wisely???
What do you think is the best age difference between dogs? I have a female standard poodle that is five years old and we are getting a moyen sized poodle puppy in the summer. I am hoping this is a good age difference and my older dog won’t have too much trouble adjusting.
Hi! I have a follow up quick question about this. My 4 months old puppy is finally big enough to play with our 35 kg 6 years old female. When they are outisde and playing, they both seem to really enjoy it and both of them are doing play bows, but it is ALWAYS the female that "wins" and it is ALWAYS the puppy that is being chased, never chasing her himself. She is a pretty dominant dog with a clear language and she is absolutely amazing with him, but I was wondering whether this type of play is okay. I hear from every source that dogs should take turns in play.
I have 2 puppies brothers about 7 months old. one keeps full on going after the other I am running out of things to try to deal with this any suggestions used to think it was food related until he would do that when we would pet him then go to his brother and pet him and vise versa
QUESTION ON LIVING TOGETHER I have an issue with the behaviour and listening from my 9 month Corso - only since we got our new Boxer puppy Gretel. Dot Corso is now all about the puppy and she has started to blow me off. She was great at listening, well-behaved and loved training before Gretel Boxer arrived. Gretel is very confident and full-on play fighting - I'm stopping the puppy when she goes nuts with the older pup and I limit their time together - what else can I do to get back my well-behaved, attentive Corso pup ?? Free-range dogs, especially Corsos. are not acceptable.
How can I introduce a puppy to a reactive older and bigger Doberman? I'm just cautious since they are so far apart in size. I've had experienced doing it before with my 5 yr old doberman and 3 month old mexican hairless puppy but it was bad at first because his nip/correction is a VEY BIG BITE for my very small puppy. The puppy was behaved and was just walking past behind my doberman but he didn't want the puppy near him. Good thing he wasn't aggressive to the pup, it was just a warning bite, but I don't want to have to go to the vet the next time I have a puppy over. Should I just separate them until the puppy is a little bit bigger? Or just constantly look out for the puppy so that the two of them won't come too close to each other??
Thank you. I have a 6 year old rescue I have had since she was a puppy. I just got a 12 week old pug and she try’s to play with my older dog. The older dog is just not into it.
Another great video. I have a young 4 month old puppy and we are thinking of getting another one at some point. Ideally I am thinking several months from now or when the first dog is a year old. When do you think would be the best time (what age the first dog should be) to bring another puppy in?
When your first dog is around 4 years old. Otherwise, you might have the problem, that the one around 1 year old is still not 100% trained, and might stop executing commands because the puppy is not doing it.
Wall color needs to change maybe a soft blue. Frame around whales too stoic. Pic of dogs or family in background and back camera out to be more inviting. Old office we were in the zone with you. This is sterile. Also our 8 month old nips at us when we correct her. She's a husky and still bitey. Maybe a future video on that. You've inspired us so much. Thank you
Sir I don't know if you will see this I came across this video video I have a question that you might be able to help with we have a puppy she is now 4 Months old she is a German shepherd we also have a six-year-old lab I tried to feed them together for the 1st time to see how it would go and it did not end up well she scratched the puppy on her snout causing a deep scratch or gash from her tooth... Eventually as a puppy gets bigger we are going to allow allow her to be with and leave her with the lab in their dog run area area for now we fear that something bad could happen any ideas or tips how we can get them to get along and how we can feed them at the same time in the same area
I have a 1.5 year old lab And a brand new 6 month old cavoodle We just had our first night And it's crazy, which was expected Lab is being quite rough with him and the little boy is non stop humping Any advice on what I should do?
I have a red nose pit and I just got 2 ten week old pues american bullies .I let my 2 year old red nose meet the pups in a play Pen and my red nose keep going around in circle looking at the pups .the pups wanted to get close to them .the smelled each other nose for 30mins then I wanted to see if the older dog wouldn't bit them .but she was gentel with them but she kept using her paw to move them trying to flip them over to smell them and she kept doing it for like 30 mins .I want to know what does this mean
We had our old dog pass away, and we had a golden we brought in before he left we got 2 more years out of our old dog, my wife surprised me with a puppy 3 months later and our golden has aggressively attacked the puppy, Ruu will drop a toy in front of the puppy and when the pup goes to investigate she gets attacked, we've taken the toys away when they are together and they are starting to play but Ruu is always just on the edge of aggressive, when my kids have gone and run with the dogs Ruu has recently started to nip and almost bite, I've had 5 bogs Ebb is the 6th but Ruu is the most aggressive I've ever seen... Any ideas on how I can help the two to get along
This was so helpful to me. We rescued a one year old Husky and he’s too rough on our older Pomeranian. It’s giving me so much anxiety. The husky was my husband’s idea and execution and I’m really upset.
Would you recommend any training for an older dog before getting a pup? What I’m worried about is my blue heeler (older dog) being aggressive with the pup. I picked him up at the age of 4 and never got to socialize him. He’s 8 now.
I have a 10 year old large breed dog We lost our 9 year old female earlier this year Yesterday we brought home a 2 1/2 month old pup I want to let Louie take charge but he’s so big I’m afraid he will hurt the pup Your advice is logical but I’m worried about the pup Louie is number one
How has it been going with your dogs? I’m in a similar situation my puppy is just too small and I’m really scared he’ll get seriously hurt if my dog snaps at him
Last Thursday Charlie the puppy was able to go out after his last parvo shot We took he and louie out for a walk , it was great they were good with each other They had a good day together it was a turning point Unfortunately Louie passed away on Friday morning Completely unexpected, he went peacefully at home on his bed next to our bed It was very sad 😞 Hang in there it will get better
Hey I love your videos..please try and pick up on answering this question as soon as you can??.with me it's the other way around.at home I have a 6 month old american bulldog cross Amstaff. Hes fine with other dogs out of the house .just wants to play..but I'm rescuing a neopoliton mastiff X cane corso this Friday latest Saturday who's 5 years old..has also lived with a dog and is fine with dogs when hes out ..I'm just worrying about bringing him home and noing the best and safest way to introduce the mastiff to my youngest dog.the youngest dog is fully under my control and defo ses me as the pack leader..plz plz try and help me put with a answer ASAP .or anyone who thinks they have the correct answer to get these dogs to greet eachother and become bestest of friends lol ..in the calmest .safest and best way possible?? Keep bringing your videos .they are extremely helpful ..the dog walking technique worked a treat in under 2 days to get my puppy to stop pulling.????
Can I ask a follow-up question? I had a 13 year old corgie mix (was a rescue and very timid) and a 3 yr old cattle dog (purchased as a pup. Everything was going fine until one day I came home to a massacre. The cattle dog mauled the corgie mix to death. In retrospect I should have been kenneling the cattle dog when I wasn't home. At the time I had been debating with myself on whether or not I should have the corgie put to sleep as she was having difficulty with walking. Could you speak on having a younger dog (not a puppy) and a much older dog and the dynamics of dominance between the 2? I've searched and can't find any info on the topic. And my mother in law just got a cattle dog pup and she has a very old jack russle who's going senile. I'd hate to see a repeat incident. Thank you.
So sad to hear what you experienced, and your tragic loss. Senior dogs, imo, should always be kept safe. Train a solid Leave-it to the young dog, and always supervise so you can step in to defend & protect the elder. Especially if they have handicaps or senility, it would be a cruel mistake to 'let nature take its course' again. If the newcomer is not respectful of the senile elder, allow the senior the dignity of not needing to compete for your attention... I may choose to keep them apart if it seems the elder has stress because of the new dog.
Have a 14 year old half toothless 11 pound shih tzu.. just got a 2 year old mutt from the pound.. she has no interest in him until she does n wants to attack hi n get aggressive.. he can't n won't defend himself.. I prop him up all day but he has lost his home in his old age n she is taking over. She is almost fully trained in every way but still looks at him like a squeaky toy.. any advice or tips.. I've been all over the net n this is the first situation that relates to our situation...
I have a 8 year old boston terrier and my friend has an american bully litter, american bullys xl gets really big fast do you recommend we get him or pass on the offer? Id appreciate your reply thank you!!
I have a new 8-week old husky mix and a 1 year old shihtzu terrier. my shihtzu isn't dominant and isn't teaching my husky puppy. whenever the husky puppy plays rough, my shihtzu just plays along with him but I'm scared that my shihtzu is getting hurt. I see that the husky puppy loves to bite her back and neck but she just plays along with it. she's not the type to yelp when hurt.
What if the older dog is a chihuahua and the puppy is a 16 week old German Shepherd, and the chihuahua growls and tries to go after the puppy? The puppy is much bigger than the chihuahua and tries to play with the chihuahua but the puppy is to hyper and full of energy and just wants to play, but my chihuahua wants nothing to do with her. Any suggestions?
I wish I would've found this before getting a puppy with our 11 year old lab. We recently lost our 10 year old GSD to cancer, so I thought a puppy would be a good idea. Every article I read said that it's good for an older dog to be around a puppy, it gets them a little more active and gives them a daily companion. I think I'm going to get a play pin that separates and block off half of the living room and limit their physical time for now. At what age do they know not to play rough with the older dog?
They don't "know" not to play rough with the older dog at any age. You have to teach them, exactly like Joel said. It could be 4 months that they're okay, or it could be 3 years. If you do nothing, the puppy will just bully, overpower and dominate the older dog once he is bigger and continue indefinitely. It may not be aggressive, but it is still unpleasant and unfair. A puppy for an older dog is great, if the older dog is used to raising puppies and enjoys it. An 11 year old lab who has never lived with a puppy (you didn't say what breed or sex) can go either way. If it is a GSD then you have an uphill battle ahead of you. A playpen when they're unsupervised is absolutely mandatory, as is a crate for the puppy. The lab needs plenty of 1 on 1 time with you. The puppy needs to be exhausted before you allow them near the lab. I'm kind of shocked people would write articles recommending getting a puppy with an older dog. There are older dogs who won't take a puppy's nonsense and will let them know right away what the parameters are, but there are other dogs that will become doormats and look to their humans to stop the abuse. It is a nuanced issue. The notion that they will become best friends is possible but you have to put in the work. Some adults enjoy puppies but you have to know your dog. I have some that love younger dogs and others who despise them. My friend brought a puppy home to his 13 year old dog but she was a take no shit kind of girl and the puppy didn't have a dominant bone in his body.
Just got a 12 week old Cane Corso puppy. I have a 8 year old Maltese and the puppy is always barking and , what I think is , trying to play with the Maltese. The Maltese does not want to play and his after the puppy and the puppy takes it as play because he’s in that paws down tail up position. I redirect but it’s never ending. Sometime if I get in between them and it works other times the cane Corso puppy jumps at me like no he’s not going to listen…. What can I do?
I have a ten week old Shih Tzu and a ten year old Puggle. The puppy is playful and jumpy and there are times when my older dog allows it, but when she has had enough.....she lets the puppy know. My concern is this; the puppy is fearless and sometimes doesn't listen to the correction. I swoop in and move them apart but how do I know if the correction is too much?
Without actually seeing your dogs it's difficult to give suggestions, but for in general: Let the senior dog give the youngster all the corrections it needs to learn some respect! It'll probably seem awful to YOU (teeth flying everywhere & hearing blood-curdling snarls & puppy yelps) but I wouldn't step in to stop the elder Puggle from doing its job. Youngsters can get really unruly & the best teacher is a stable elder dog. I had a client bring a genetically extreme hyper, tough 5 mo lab puppy to me. I worked with that puppy for hours trying to teach it, but it seemed quite unimpressed with any human corrections, including the Gentle Leader Headcollar, and only improved 20%... Until I brought in another client's Lab mix. He began to discipline the pup & I stepped in, thinking he was being too rough, but the puppy kept coming back at him with rebellion... So I let the elder Lab do his thing & hound the pup as they ran around the fenced yard. They ended up being great playmates after the pupper finally rolled for him showing deference. Puppy was 80% better with owner after just two sessions. Helper dogs are priceless. I would say, if the elder dog has a history of instability, has actually shaken & killed small animals, or goes from discipline-mode into anger, actually biting the youngster with intent to injure, only THEN would I step in to interfere. Otherwise, join Beckman's Dog Training Patreon, videotape your dogs & ask Mr.Beckman to take a look. Best of luck!
I have a 9 year old dog and she hates smaller dogs and puppies. I dont know why but just hates them and gets aggressive. Sometimes I am looking after a puppy in my home and usually just separate the two but was wondering, can I fix this issue?
Here's my situation, I had 3 pit bulls my 9 year old suddenly passed away my other 2 pit bulls seem really sad because they all grew up together one is actually worse then the other and now they're missing him. So we brought home a new puppy and now one of the older pit bulls is quiet he doesn't want to eat and it seems like he's going to bite the new puppy. When we hold the puppy he jumps up and lunges at him but not really A biting lunge just a lunge but we don't want to take a chance we just don't know if he will bite the new puppy.
Im currently struggling with this issue, sort of. My adult male intact dominant dobie is a JERK to my friends new belgain mal puppy. He wont let up on him. I have to keep him muzzled and keep him from staring at the puppy. He wont submit to me and that ive accepted the puppy and he wont even let up in the puppys home/territory. Its been a month and hes not letting it go. My dog is one of those dogs that understands he cannot bite through the muzzle but around the puppy he immediately lunges and tries to bite him with the muzzle on. So when my friend and i want to hang out and we have to have our digs with us, I sit on the bed with my dog and hang on to my dogs collar and we just have to sit there like that while we catch up and then when we see the puppy is getting tired, we encourage the puppy to nap aroubd the corner and out of sight of my dog. Its frustrating. Both my friend and i are gonna have our dogs for a long time and we want them to learn to get along so we can do stuff together. My dog acts like a grumpy old man as soon as the puppy is around. His growls/vocalisations are different with the puppy than in any other situation. His voice gets very deep and very serious and intense.
I have a 13 year old Mal-Shi and she is generally okay with dogs but doesn’t love them. She is definitely an older girl and I don’t think it’s fair to take away the love and attention she should be getting in her final years or however long we have left with her. I would love to get a puppy but I don’t need one, especially if it means sacrificing the happiness of my current pooch. My girl still has plenty of energy and life left in her but I’d worry that a puppy would be too much for her. People are genuinely surprised by her age, the only thing that gives it away a bit is the sensitivity, she’s never particularly loved strangers or younger kids but she’s become a lot less tolerant of them, she won’t bite but will yelp and growl especially if they are touching her wrong or come up from behind. I think if I were to get a puppy she would be stressed and not at all happy. That’s not something I want for my dog.
We have a 6 months old female Shepsky, we are thinking about adding an Akita puppy to our home, is it good idea with just age difference of 3 months between them ? Or should we wait another 6 months ?
It's better if they are closer in age and grow up together in that younger age. The further in age they are, the harder it could be for them to accept one another. When I was younger we had a Brussel's Griffon puppy who was about 6 months old and then my sister brought home a Shih Tzu puppy who was only three months old and they accepted one another pretty quickly and became best friends. The Shih Tzu finally passed last October at 15 years old but they had lived with one another for that long. The Brussels DOES NOT like other dogs but the Shih Tzu was the only dog he accepted because they grew old together starting from when they were puppies.
I have a 9 year old German shepherd female and we recently brought home a 9 month old blue heeler male. My issue that I’m having is my German shepherd is taking toys from our heeler, not letting him play. Even when I’m out there trying to play fetch she will take the fisbee/ball and nip at the heeler. I got our heeler pup a herding ball to help prevent him nipping and biting our toddlers, but our German shepherd won’t let him play and he is too scared to play when she is in the backyard too! Help!!
Help!! 4 month old Rottweiler and 11 yo Shih poo. If the Shih poo corrects or growls for puppy getting in his space Rottie is fighting back. He’s 55lb and older dog 20 lb. How do I stop this before older dog gets hurt.
Just brought a 9 month old lab/husky mix into our home. We have a 13 year old jack Russell mix. She’s not handling it well. The pup has weight and height on her, not sure if that matters. We are backing up the older dog
lol I have a completely different problem. My new puppy (a Burmese mountain dog/maremma) isn’t bugging my older dog (kinda German Shepard but a lot of other breeds) but my older dog just completely avoids him. He’s very shy around everything, how would I deal with getting the older dog more comfortable?
@@saramations thanks! He is crate trained and he is in the kitchen and the 3 year old dog is in the family room but we are having trouble training them to stop playing so my husband and I can be in the same room together😂.
You mentioned that if the older dog is 3, 4, 5 years old it's totally different than a 10 year old dog. Can you elaborate on that? We have a happy go lucky 2 year old boxer mix that is trustworthy and well behaved (still working on the walk at times) and we are preparing to bring home a puppy in the next few months.
I think he means that a younger first dog will be much more receptive to play, not likely to have arthritis and more easily defend itself than an older dog so u won't hv to worry as much about giving the "older" dog backup. Of course it's better if Joel answers this and anything he says of course tops my response. 🐾❤️🙏🏽
So I have a 1 1/2 year old boy shih tzu (not spayed yet) and we’re bringing a girl puppy schnauzer home (emotional support) the thing is we don’t want him trying to get on top of her since she’s a baby, is that something we should be worried about. Should we get them both spayed asap? Or just keep an eye on them
Female dogs are spayed. Male dogs get neutered. You need to know the difference between dominant humping and sexual humping/other behaviors. If she is old enough to have her first heat cycle just get her spayed. Dont neuter your boy unless there are other major behavior issues like peeing on everything.
Ok so I have a 9 year old Pitbull being introduced to a 7 week old. My puppy seems to be pretty nerves around Bentley(older guy) but today I seen Halo(puppy) playing with his toy and Bentley snapped at him. What do I do in the situation where the older dog randomly does thing?
my older dog is afraid of the puppy we introduced them 1. the gate between them they started to play 2. we then put them both on leashes that wentt well but my older dog wanted nothing to do with this puppy.... he was brought up with my older dog and they were t ogether for 6 years, he was very depressed and was moping around - so we figured let me get a dog- no we got a puppy... any suggestions please
Thank you so much!!! You've just made my day (and my attitude) a lot better. I've only had one other puppy, and that was 15 years ago. I've forgotten how craaaazy puppies are...and she's 4 months old...and we have an 8 year old dog who is totally annoyed with us for getting this new little vermin, that is disrupting his once tranquil, pampered lifestyle! I am just about at my wits end, but I think you've giving me hope. Now if only you'll assure me that we turn the magic corner at 5 months old, and we will be past the nightmarish nipping and biting!! ;)
I am panicking and really need some advice. I hav a senior Male German Shepard /Lab mix Not fixed. We are suppose to get a Male Rottie puppy in about 3 weeks. I came across a post on FB that has lead me to believe that this will be a disaster waiting to happen. That when the Rottie reaches approx 2 years old they will fight for dominance and have to live separated Forever!! Regardless on if I get the puppy fixed or not. (I would prefer not to.) Please share your advice before my brain explodes from panic😢
Hi Joel. My husband and I recently adopted a 5 month old husky female. It seems she will be fine with our 12 year old male GSD, 9 year old male pittie, but our 1 1/2 year old female border collie/ Pyrenees mix is coming for blood. All dogs are fixed except the BC mix. We have been walking one in one with the new dog and resident dog. Currently they are living separately with the new dog on her own and the other three together to allow for adjustment. When one dog steps up, the other two are ready to back the fight. Please help!
I am having this problem right now with a 10 week Labrador pup snapping at my older Labrador who is 9 years old. He just won't chastise the puppy so I have to take my older boy to the bedroom to get some peace. When I tell the puppy off he lunges at me trying to bite me and I just don't what else to do. Please help!!
My 10week old is terrorizing my sweet 14 year old. I thought he was being evil, it makes me feel better to know that a lot of puppies can do that. I will continue to correct him, which is what I’ve been doing but I feel like I’m going crazy. My 14 yo growls at him but he does not get close so I think that’s why my puppy is now trying to get a reaction from him 😖
My 5 year old dog isn’t a big fan of my new puppy mainly when the puppy is right in his face other then that he keeps his eye on the puppy but is slowly getting more relaxed around him but still doesn’t like him right beside him.how should I proceed? I’m thinking just getting them comfortable in the same area split with a gate so they can still see and smell each other.couple times a day I’ll let my dog smell the puppy’s ass and he’s ok with that.maybe it’s the amount of energy the puppy has when he’s on all 4s instead of in my hands I don’t know?
Now I feel extremely lucky that my 4year old girl dog really seems to love having our new 10 week old puppy around. They’re always playing together, with toys and play mouthing. She was always so sad when dogs came to visit but didn’t stay. Thanks for this information
My border terrier puppy jumped on another dog walker once ,his adult dog told her off by squishing her in the dirt she was a lot more respectful to people with dogs after that, she had no injury just her pride. Great video, don’t think I will subject my senior to another puppy let her retire gracefully. Thankyou
Just started watching recently, I love to see this channel is growing.
I'll be getting a dog soon, so glad I found such a solid training philosophy.
Aww, sorry to hear about Bosco I'm new to your channel and was looking forward to seeing more of him. I'm glad he had a happy life up until his passing, what an amazing pup
Thank you!!! I have a new puppy with older dogs in the house. This is so helpful. Your videos are incredible.
You just recommended this video to me. Thank you for your answer!! Keep going with this content. Currently learning a lot
Thank you for explaining everything, it is very informative. Now I know what to do before I bring home the pup next week :)
Again, thanks!
i wish i’d seen this before we got the puppy. Thanks so much for this advice. I started to figure it out on my own. The rest of my family needs to see this.
Thank you for the tips!
Just gained a subscriber!!! Just what I was looking for gave good advice and got to the point! Thank you!
Needed this today. Thanks a lot, Joe.
Fantastic advice.. We just brought home a new standard poodle to a home with a little dog a short while ago. Day 1, they were the same size, now the puppy is shy of 5 months and more than double the size. We do exactly as you are describing and it takes work to back up the old little guy but it has paid off well..
This is my current problem i hope this helps
Hi! I’m a new sub! I have an 11 yr old Chihuahua and just got an 8 wk Blue Heeler a week ago. So happy you made a video specifically about this, as I am struggling with getting my older dog to welcome the pup into the fold. I will change my technique since I thought my older dog was being too mean and unfriendly with the pup. Also following so that I can best train my Heeler as he’s growing. Thank you!
So sorry to hear about Bosco’s passing. I just met him thru ur videos and fell in love. Didn’t realize he was gone 🥲
So nice that you have these videos to memorialize what an amazing dog he was 😍
I’m so glad I can still share him with you all.
Rip Bosco ❤
Ty for this... much needed info!
My niece surprised me with a Maltipoo puppy for my birthday because my older dog is at the end of her years. She's blind, has arthritis etc..I got the puppy vaccinated, trained to do basic commands, fell in love with him. For 6 months, I really tried to get them to get along but in the end I decided I owed it to my older dog to go in peace when she's ready, not constantly being upset, snapping and barking at the puppy. I gave the Maltipoo back to my niece. She's keeping him but I'm sad that it came down to that choice. Thanks for this video. It helps to know I'm not alone.
You waited to long . Poor pup
Yeah I don't know why people do this but a dog is never a surprise gift that is way more involved than a surprise gift should be.
A lot of good advice. Great video
So glad to see this. Over exuberant puppies too often get a pass, in the home and in the field. The most socially-appropriate dog I ever had was in a feral pack for his first two years. I wonder if puppies would be better off staying with the litter and mother for months and months.
Thanks for this.
this was just the thing i needed thank you.
Brought home my 4th puppy a few weeks ago with 5 year old lab at home. I've learned that dealing with situations is dependent upon age, personalitu and temperament of existing dog. If the existing dog is well socialized for the most part I let the adult dog correct the puppy and teach it manners. Btw the adult is 95 pounds and the puppy is 15 pounds and they pay great together. Except they will get a little manic because they don't want to stop and I do separate for breaks. Great advice. Ty.
Nice office.
Plants are nice.
And a small liquor bar.
And a coffee station.
I know this video was posted two years ago, but I recently brought home an 11 week old pit bull puppy. My adult dog is a ~6-7 year old pit bull. She is very healthy and dominant. The puppy gets on her nerves, but she corrects his behavior with growls and nips. I monitor the interactions, but I rarely intervine because my adult dog will defend herself and does not put up with his crap. Earlier today she gently pinned the puppy on his side and waited for him to calm down. He rolled over on his back and licked her face. Once he did that she walked away. He pounced on her again and she did the same thing. I think it all depends on the adult dog.
You need some really cool wallpaper installed on that wall first. Then you need to layer some nice pieces of artwork on top. Maybe use that killer Whale piece as a color palate to plan from. You could also ad some display shelving on either side of you and decorate them with some items. You could have the camera zoom out a bit to show what you’ve done on the wall. Good luck my man.
I recently came across your videos while watching Caesar vids😂. I have to say I find your approach and style infinitely more appealing! I have a 4 month old male Boston terrier. He. Is. Insane. He’s shown aggression to other dogs, both puppies and older dogs, and people. We love him dearly but cannot accept his bad behavior. Any tips would be greatly appreciated!! Thank you and keep up the fantastic work.
Makes sense and very insightful!
My five year old chihuahua mix is still really playful and energetic so I figured it was a good time to get another puppy. My 5-year old is also the center of my universe and I know when she passes it’s going to destroy me, I felt that having another dog to give my love and attention to would also be healthy for me. 😊
Thank you for this advice. We recently added a sixth puppy to our pack. Before he came everything was good. Now some of the other dogs are showing aggression towards one another which is upsetting but we are working on it. Always learning.:)
Needed this! We have a 4.5 month old female golden doodle and a 14 year old male malti-poo (whom we've had since he was 1). We wanted a puppy while he is still with us to help him regain some youth. Might have been something we should have pondered more before we brought her home, but it is done now. The pup wants so badly to play with him, but he isn't into it, especially because she's now double his size. Again, this is SO what I needed to hear/see (and had a question asked in the comments of another one of your videos). Thanks!
Decor suggestion.. A portrait either side of you of your ‘top dogs’ so to speak. Doberman’s have always been my favourite breed and I’ve fallen in love with Prince since seeing your videos. Would be really striking having him over your left shoulder.
Great idea
My puppy was 16 lbs. when she met our Great Pyr, who is 120 lbs. Not a big deal then, but as the puppy has grown our GP, who is almost 9 years old, is getting beat up. We won't let the pup go near the GP unless she's on a leash or line. I wish I had known when we first brought her home. It's harder to break this habit in our puppy, but we need to protect our older girl. Thanks for the advice!
We waited until our oldest dog passed b4 I got another puppy. We had 2 dogs the surviving dog Duke my Welsh collie was 7½. He refused to be in the same room as Delta my shepherd until she was around 12 weeks unless she was asleep in her crate and from 12 weeks until nearly 20 weeks she had to be asleep at otherside of the room for him to be in the same room. We honestly thought had made a big mistake especially since it was only 3 months from losing our Leonberger to getting Delta but we noticed he'd started having accidents in the house and they stopped as soon as we brought her home and he was playing with us more than he had in yrs, so we let him go out of the way upstairs to the bedroom a place that was his only (well also the cats) and he set the pace on being in room by the time Delta was 6 months we were having to seperate them so that they chilled out and stopped playing like crazy for 5 mins. He did a lot of grumbles and growls at her when she was smaller telling her to back off so she then came to me to play. He still does that when he doesn't want to play (he's 9 now) and it takes 1 and she's OK ill go find somebody else. He hasn't done any of the extreme staying out of the way with our 5 month old Leonberger puppy but he has Delta who's only 20 months to pester and play with and Duke will join in if he wants. I was advised by a trainer that I make Duke be in the room with Delta or get rid of her as only way would be OK with her. So glad I ignored that and let him set the pace instead although it has made me less empathic with people selling their puppies after having a week because the older dog doesn't want to play or cuddle the puppy straight away
Thank You. Our 9 kg dachshund is almost 6 yrs old and can't walk due to ivdd .His back legs aren't good so he is more vulnerable and suffers more anxiety. We just brought home a 9 week old mini dachshund who is less then 2 kgs.and now slowly need to integrate them...thanks for this video and any extra tips for this situation would be appreciated
Wow, I guess I didn’t think this through. I have a 14 year old Yorkie and just got a 8 week old Yorkie. My older dog is not receiving her well. Wish I had seen this video earlier. I want my older dog to be comfortable with this.
How is it going now? Are they getting along?
Helpful, thanks
Hi, I like your videos. Great content!
I have a male chihuahua puppie who is 13 weeks old. I have Decided to buy one more dog, a American pit bull terrier, also male. The apbt is not born yet. But it will be delivered to me in October, when it’s 3 months old.
What are your recommendations for me to do so they can be friends because I have heard that the combination of this two breeds is not good.
Best regards!
We have a 3yr old German shorthair pointer he weights 80lbs and we got him at 8 weeks. He is a great well behaved dog and gets along great with all sizes of dogs. He has never mouthed or jumps on other dogs. He also has never played with toys with another dog either. He will just drop it and walk away. Doesn’t seem to be a dominate dog.
We now just brought in a 3month old bloodhound puppy. The first day they meet went great!! Did it in the front yard and then went into the back yard. Puppy was timid when our 3yr old play bounded and ran around him. He did pee once from being scared. 3yr old never jumped on him or tan him over or even mouth him.
The next day our new puppy just starts bitting, chasing, sometimes barking, takes toys away from our 3yr, and just won’t leave him alone. Every time our 3yr goes to get water/toys/comes to us for affection. He come over to drink/take away/ bit him. We have let our 3yr try and tell him to go away by pushing him over, pushing him down on the neck with his mouth and bark at him. Puppy has never made a noise as if he is hurt or run away. He just keeps going back for more. He has the curled up face too and he is leave red scratch. It’s been 5 days now of this and he won’t let up.
He is very sweet to us and just does the more puppy play bits with us.
Just don’t know what to do and our 3yr is getting stressed. We do the ear rubbing to reassure him. But we don’t want this to change him and do it to other dogs.
Any advice would be wonderful.
Our puppy has multiple crew toys as well and a big back yard to run around in. But he just keeps going for a 3yr
At what age can I start training my puppy to heel?
I have a question for a reactive dog to other dogs on leash only. I have a dog that plays with other dogs frequently. However, if I take him on a walk he will be very reactive to other dogs. His loose leash walking is perfect besides that. When I mean perfect I mean the only time he tries to leave my side is to react to another dog. Hope you can help!
We have a 1 1/2 year old boxer and we just adopted a 9 month boxer/heeler mix. We did 2 meet & greets at the shelter just to be sure they get along ok, but I’m having a little problem with my older boxer being too rough. I’m trying to let him know he’s older but I’m the one in charge. Any advice?
Love your videos. We have a 16-year-old shih tzu who is blind and very slow. He can’t defend himself from a puppy! We were considering a standard poodle puppy but I’m concerned about the size difference and our old guy getting clobbered! But my young teen daughter is homeschooled now and I really want a dog she can work with, hike, agility, etc. She’s been asking for years. How do you make this decision wisely???
What do you think is the best age difference between dogs? I have a female standard poodle that is five years old and we are getting a moyen sized poodle puppy in the summer. I am hoping this is a good age difference and my older dog won’t have too much trouble adjusting.
Hi! I have a follow up quick question about this. My 4 months old puppy is finally big enough to play with our 35 kg 6 years old female. When they are outisde and playing, they both seem to really enjoy it and both of them are doing play bows, but it is ALWAYS the female that "wins" and it is ALWAYS the puppy that is being chased, never chasing her himself. She is a pretty dominant dog with a clear language and she is absolutely amazing with him, but I was wondering whether this type of play is okay. I hear from every source that dogs should take turns in play.
I have 2 puppies brothers about 7 months old. one keeps full on going after the other I am running out of things to try to deal with this any suggestions used to think it was food related until he would do that when we would pet him then go to his brother and pet him and vise versa
Dog wall paper would be great.
QUESTION ON LIVING TOGETHER I have an issue with the behaviour and listening from my 9 month Corso - only since we got our new Boxer puppy Gretel. Dot Corso is now all about the puppy and she has started to blow me off. She was great at listening, well-behaved and loved training before Gretel Boxer arrived. Gretel is very confident and full-on play fighting - I'm stopping the puppy when she goes nuts with the older pup and I limit their time together - what else can I do to get back my well-behaved, attentive Corso pup ?? Free-range dogs, especially Corsos. are not acceptable.
You could hang up a painted version of different dog breeds around you! 🥰
How can I introduce a puppy to a reactive older and bigger Doberman? I'm just cautious since they are so far apart in size. I've had experienced doing it before with my 5 yr old doberman and 3 month old mexican hairless puppy but it was bad at first because his nip/correction is a VEY BIG BITE for my very small puppy. The puppy was behaved and was just walking past behind my doberman but he didn't want the puppy near him. Good thing he wasn't aggressive to the pup, it was just a warning bite, but I don't want to have to go to the vet the next time I have a puppy over. Should I just separate them until the puppy is a little bit bigger? Or just constantly look out for the puppy so that the two of them won't come too close to each other??
I'm adding a new puppy to my assistance dogs life because he's 7 now and can't work for ever. Thank you for this
Thank you. I have a 6 year old rescue I have had since she was a puppy. I just got a 12 week old pug and she try’s to play with my older dog. The older dog is just not into it.
Another great video. I have a young 4 month old puppy and we are thinking of getting another one at some point. Ideally I am thinking several months from now or when the first dog is a year old. When do you think would be the best time (what age the first dog should be) to bring another puppy in?
When your first dog is around 4 years old. Otherwise, you might have the problem, that the one around 1 year old is still not 100% trained, and might stop executing commands because the puppy is not doing it.
Wall color needs to change maybe a soft blue. Frame around whales too stoic. Pic of dogs or family in background and back camera out to be more inviting. Old office we were in the zone with you. This is sterile. Also our 8 month old nips at us when we correct her. She's a husky and still bitey. Maybe a future video on that. You've inspired us so much. Thank you
Sir I don't know if you will see this I came across this video video I have a question that you might be able to help with we have a puppy she is now 4 Months old she is a German shepherd we also have a six-year-old lab I tried to feed them together for the 1st time to see how it would go and it did not end up well she scratched the puppy on her snout causing a deep scratch or gash from her tooth... Eventually as a puppy gets bigger we are going to allow allow her to be with and leave her with the lab in their dog run area area for now we fear that something bad could happen any ideas or tips how we can get them to get along and how we can feed them at the same time in the same area
I have a 1.5 year old lab
And a brand new 6 month old cavoodle
We just had our first night
And it's crazy, which was expected
Lab is being quite rough with him and the little boy is non stop humping
Any advice on what I should do?
I have a red nose pit and I just got 2 ten week old pues american bullies .I let my 2 year old red nose meet the pups in a play Pen and my red nose keep going around in circle looking at the pups .the pups wanted to get close to them .the smelled each other nose for 30mins then I wanted to see if the older dog wouldn't bit them .but she was gentel with them but she kept using her paw to move them trying to flip them over to smell them and she kept doing it for like 30 mins .I want to know what does this mean
We had our old dog pass away, and we had a golden we brought in before he left we got 2 more years out of our old dog, my wife surprised me with a puppy 3 months later and our golden has aggressively attacked the puppy, Ruu will drop a toy in front of the puppy and when the pup goes to investigate she gets attacked, we've taken the toys away when they are together and they are starting to play but Ruu is always just on the edge of aggressive, when my kids have gone and run with the dogs Ruu has recently started to nip and almost bite, I've had 5 bogs Ebb is the 6th but Ruu is the most aggressive I've ever seen... Any ideas on how I can help the two to get along
This was so helpful to me. We rescued a one year old Husky and he’s too rough on our older Pomeranian. It’s giving me so much anxiety. The husky was my husband’s idea and execution and I’m really upset.
Good timing, bringing home a puppy in 3 weeks and we have a 13 year old dog too.
How did it work out?
Would you recommend any training for an older dog before getting a pup? What I’m worried about is my blue heeler (older dog) being aggressive with the pup. I picked him up at the age of 4 and never got to socialize him. He’s 8 now.
How did it end up?
I have a 10 year old large breed dog
We lost our 9 year old female earlier this year
Yesterday we brought home a 2 1/2 month old pup
I want to let Louie take charge but he’s so big I’m afraid he will hurt the pup
Your advice is logical but I’m worried about the pup
Louie is number one
How has it been going with your dogs? I’m in a similar situation my puppy is just too small and I’m really scared he’ll get seriously hurt if my dog snaps at him
Last Thursday Charlie the puppy was able to go out after his last parvo shot
We took he and louie out for a walk , it was great they were good with each other
They had a good day together it was a turning point
Unfortunately Louie passed away on Friday morning
Completely unexpected, he went peacefully at home on his bed next to our bed
It was very sad 😞
Hang in there it will get better
Hey I love your videos..please try and pick up on answering this question as soon as you can??.with me it's the other way around.at home I have a 6 month old american bulldog cross Amstaff. Hes fine with other dogs out of the house .just wants to play..but I'm rescuing a neopoliton mastiff X cane corso this Friday latest Saturday who's 5 years old..has also lived with a dog and is fine with dogs when hes out ..I'm just worrying about bringing him home and noing the best and safest way to introduce the mastiff to my youngest dog.the youngest dog is fully under my control and defo ses me as the pack leader..plz plz try and help me put with a answer ASAP .or anyone who thinks they have the correct answer to get these dogs to greet eachother and become bestest of friends lol ..in the calmest .safest and best way possible?? Keep bringing your videos .they are extremely helpful ..the dog walking technique worked a treat in under 2 days to get my puppy to stop pulling.????
Can I ask a follow-up question? I had a 13 year old corgie mix (was a rescue and very timid) and a 3 yr old cattle dog (purchased as a pup. Everything was going fine until one day I came home to a massacre. The cattle dog mauled the corgie mix to death. In retrospect I should have been kenneling the cattle dog when I wasn't home. At the time I had been debating with myself on whether or not I should have the corgie put to sleep as she was having difficulty with walking.
Could you speak on having a younger dog (not a puppy) and a much older dog and the dynamics of dominance between the 2?
I've searched and can't find any info on the topic.
And my mother in law just got a cattle dog pup and she has a very old jack russle who's going senile. I'd hate to see a repeat incident.
Thank you.
So sad to hear what you experienced, and your tragic loss. Senior dogs, imo, should always be kept safe. Train a solid Leave-it to the young dog, and always supervise so you can step in to defend & protect the elder. Especially if they have handicaps or senility, it would be a cruel mistake to 'let nature take its course' again. If the newcomer is not respectful of the senile elder, allow the senior the dignity of not needing to compete for your attention... I may choose to keep them apart if it seems the elder has stress because of the new dog.
Have a 14 year old half toothless 11 pound shih tzu.. just got a 2 year old mutt from the pound.. she has no interest in him until she does n wants to attack hi n get aggressive.. he can't n won't defend himself.. I prop him up all day but he has lost his home in his old age n she is taking over. She is almost fully trained in every way but still looks at him like a squeaky toy.. any advice or tips.. I've been all over the net n this is the first situation that relates to our situation...
You could put up "tip of week" behind you
I have a 8 year old boston terrier and my friend has an american bully litter, american bullys xl gets really big fast do you recommend we get him or pass on the offer?
Id appreciate your reply thank you!!
Did you do it?
I have a new 8-week old husky mix and a 1 year old shihtzu terrier. my shihtzu isn't dominant and isn't teaching my husky puppy. whenever the husky puppy plays rough, my shihtzu just plays along with him but I'm scared that my shihtzu is getting hurt. I see that the husky puppy loves to bite her back and neck but she just plays along with it. she's not the type to yelp when hurt.
What if the older dog is a chihuahua and the puppy is a 16 week old German Shepherd, and the chihuahua growls and tries to go after the puppy? The puppy is much bigger than the chihuahua and tries to play with the chihuahua but the puppy is to hyper and full of energy and just wants to play, but my chihuahua wants nothing to do with her. Any suggestions?
I wish I would've found this before getting a puppy with our 11 year old lab. We recently lost our 10 year old GSD to cancer, so I thought a puppy would be a good idea. Every article I read said that it's good for an older dog to be around a puppy, it gets them a little more active and gives them a daily companion.
I think I'm going to get a play pin that separates and block off half of the living room and limit their physical time for now. At what age do they know not to play rough with the older dog?
They don't "know" not to play rough with the older dog at any age. You have to teach them, exactly like Joel said. It could be 4 months that they're okay, or it could be 3 years. If you do nothing, the puppy will just bully, overpower and dominate the older dog once he is bigger and continue indefinitely. It may not be aggressive, but it is still unpleasant and unfair.
A puppy for an older dog is great, if the older dog is used to raising puppies and enjoys it. An 11 year old lab who has never lived with a puppy (you didn't say what breed or sex) can go either way. If it is a GSD then you have an uphill battle ahead of you.
A playpen when they're unsupervised is absolutely mandatory, as is a crate for the puppy. The lab needs plenty of 1 on 1 time with you. The puppy needs to be exhausted before you allow them near the lab.
I'm kind of shocked people would write articles recommending getting a puppy with an older dog. There are older dogs who won't take a puppy's nonsense and will let them know right away what the parameters are, but there are other dogs that will become doormats and look to their humans to stop the abuse. It is a nuanced issue. The notion that they will become best friends is possible but you have to put in the work.
Some adults enjoy puppies but you have to know your dog. I have some that love younger dogs and others who despise them. My friend brought a puppy home to his 13 year old dog but she was a take no shit kind of girl and the puppy didn't have a dominant bone in his body.
Curious about introducing a "young" dog, about 2 ish to a puppy that's about 8 months who's been at the house for over 3 months
Great advice! Question: anyone told you that you look a bit like Michael Keaton? You could totally cosplay as Keaton's Batman. Or BeeltleJuice... 😀
Just got a 12 week old Cane Corso puppy. I have a 8 year old Maltese and the puppy is always barking and , what I think is , trying to play with the Maltese. The Maltese does not want to play and his after the puppy and the puppy takes it as play because he’s in that paws down tail up position. I redirect but it’s never ending. Sometime if I get in between them and it works other times the cane Corso puppy jumps at me like no he’s not going to listen…. What can I do?
I have a ten week old Shih Tzu and a ten year old Puggle. The puppy is playful and jumpy and there are times when my older dog allows it, but when she has had enough.....she lets the puppy know. My concern is this; the puppy is fearless and sometimes doesn't listen to the correction. I swoop in and move them apart but how do I know if the correction is too much?
Without actually seeing your dogs it's difficult to give suggestions, but for in general: Let the senior dog give the youngster all the corrections it needs to learn some respect! It'll probably seem awful to YOU (teeth flying everywhere & hearing blood-curdling snarls & puppy yelps) but I wouldn't step in to stop the elder Puggle from doing its job. Youngsters can get really unruly & the best teacher is a stable elder dog.
I had a client bring a genetically extreme hyper, tough 5 mo lab puppy to me. I worked with that puppy for hours trying to teach it, but it seemed quite unimpressed with any human corrections, including the Gentle Leader Headcollar, and only improved 20%... Until I brought in another client's Lab mix. He began to discipline the pup & I stepped in, thinking he was being too rough, but the puppy kept coming back at him with rebellion... So I let the elder Lab do his thing & hound the pup as they ran around the fenced yard. They ended up being great playmates after the pupper finally rolled for him showing deference. Puppy was 80% better with owner after just two sessions. Helper dogs are priceless.
I would say, if the elder dog has a history of instability, has actually shaken & killed small animals, or goes from discipline-mode into anger, actually biting the youngster with intent to injure, only THEN would I step in to interfere. Otherwise, join Beckman's Dog Training Patreon, videotape your dogs & ask Mr.Beckman to take a look. Best of luck!
I have a 9 year old dog and she hates smaller dogs and puppies. I dont know why but just hates them and gets aggressive. Sometimes I am looking after a puppy in my home and usually just separate the two but was wondering, can I fix this issue?
Here's my situation, I had 3 pit bulls my 9 year old suddenly passed away my other 2 pit bulls seem really sad because they all grew up together one is actually worse then the other and now they're missing him. So we brought home a new puppy and now one of the older pit bulls is quiet he doesn't want to eat and it seems like he's going to bite the new puppy. When we hold the puppy he jumps up and lunges at him but not really A biting lunge just a lunge but we don't want to take a chance we just don't know if he will bite the new puppy.
Im currently struggling with this issue, sort of. My adult male intact dominant dobie is a JERK to my friends new belgain mal puppy. He wont let up on him. I have to keep him muzzled and keep him from staring at the puppy. He wont submit to me and that ive accepted the puppy and he wont even let up in the puppys home/territory. Its been a month and hes not letting it go. My dog is one of those dogs that understands he cannot bite through the muzzle but around the puppy he immediately lunges and tries to bite him with the muzzle on. So when my friend and i want to hang out and we have to have our digs with us, I sit on the bed with my dog and hang on to my dogs collar and we just have to sit there like that while we catch up and then when we see the puppy is getting tired, we encourage the puppy to nap aroubd the corner and out of sight of my dog. Its frustrating. Both my friend and i are gonna have our dogs for a long time and we want them to learn to get along so we can do stuff together. My dog acts like a grumpy old man as soon as the puppy is around. His growls/vocalisations are different with the puppy than in any other situation. His voice gets very deep and very serious and intense.
I have a 13 year old Mal-Shi and she is generally okay with dogs but doesn’t love them. She is definitely an older girl and I don’t think it’s fair to take away the love and attention she should be getting in her final years or however long we have left with her. I would love to get a puppy but I don’t need one, especially if it means sacrificing the happiness of my current pooch. My girl still has plenty of energy and life left in her but I’d worry that a puppy would be too much for her. People are genuinely surprised by her age, the only thing that gives it away a bit is the sensitivity, she’s never particularly loved strangers or younger kids but she’s become a lot less tolerant of them, she won’t bite but will yelp and growl especially if they are touching her wrong or come up from behind. I think if I were to get a puppy she would be stressed and not at all happy. That’s not something I want for my dog.
We have a 6 months old female Shepsky, we are thinking about adding an Akita puppy to our home, is it good idea with just age difference of 3 months between them ? Or should we wait another 6 months ?
It's better if they are closer in age and grow up together in that younger age. The further in age they are, the harder it could be for them to accept one another. When I was younger we had a Brussel's Griffon puppy who was about 6 months old and then my sister brought home a Shih Tzu puppy who was only three months old and they accepted one another pretty quickly and became best friends. The Shih Tzu finally passed last October at 15 years old but they had lived with one another for that long. The Brussels DOES NOT like other dogs but the Shih Tzu was the only dog he accepted because they grew old together starting from when they were puppies.
What if I'm having a hard time discerning between my older dog trying to attack and just putting the puppy in it's place?
That’s what I’m worried about as well
I have a 9 year old German shepherd female and we recently brought home a 9 month old blue heeler male.
My issue that I’m having is my German shepherd is taking toys from our heeler, not letting him play. Even when I’m out there trying to play fetch she will take the fisbee/ball and nip at the heeler.
I got our heeler pup a herding ball to help prevent him nipping and biting our toddlers, but our German shepherd won’t let him play and he is too scared to play when she is in the backyard too! Help!!
Help!! 4 month old Rottweiler and 11 yo Shih poo. If the Shih poo corrects or growls for puppy getting in his space Rottie is fighting back. He’s 55lb and older dog 20 lb. How do I stop this before older dog gets hurt.
Sir my old dog is bite playing too much with the new puppy sir is it normal
Just brought a 9 month old lab/husky mix into our home. We have a 13 year old jack Russell mix. She’s not handling it well. The pup has weight and height on her, not sure if that matters. We are backing up the older dog
How did it end up going?
@@stevhml It’s been a year and they are getting along. They both went through training separate and together last year
@@aimeejusino6597 ok that's good to hear
I have a 11 month old puppy and a 10 week old puppy. the older pup is acting territorial. any suggestions?
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lol I have a completely different problem. My new puppy (a Burmese mountain dog/maremma) isn’t bugging my older dog (kinda German Shepard but a lot of other breeds) but my older dog just completely avoids him. He’s very shy around everything, how would I deal with getting the older dog more comfortable?
What do you suggest if your 5 month old and 3 year old will not stop playing? It is non stop playing.
Put the puppy in the crate. He needs naps (and or break times) and it's your responsibility to determine when. Good luck!
@@saramations thanks! He is crate trained and he is in the kitchen and the 3 year old dog is in the family room but we are having trouble training them to stop playing so my husband and I can be in the same room together😂.
Great advice. Our 6 month lab is terrorizing our 8 year old beagle. Thank you
You mentioned that if the older dog is 3, 4, 5 years old it's totally different than a 10 year old dog. Can you elaborate on that? We have a happy go lucky 2 year old boxer mix that is trustworthy and well behaved (still working on the walk at times) and we are preparing to bring home a puppy in the next few months.
I think he means that a younger first dog will be much more receptive to play, not likely to have arthritis and more easily defend itself than an older dog so u won't hv to worry as much about giving the "older" dog backup. Of course it's better if Joel answers this and anything he says of course tops my response. 🐾❤️🙏🏽
So I have a 1 1/2 year old boy shih tzu (not spayed yet) and we’re bringing a girl puppy schnauzer home (emotional support) the thing is we don’t want him trying to get on top of her since she’s a baby, is that something we should be worried about. Should we get them both spayed asap? Or just keep an eye on them
Female dogs are spayed. Male dogs get neutered. You need to know the difference between dominant humping and sexual humping/other behaviors. If she is old enough to have her first heat cycle just get her spayed. Dont neuter your boy unless there are other major behavior issues like peeing on everything.
Ok so I have a 9 year old Pitbull being introduced to a 7 week old. My puppy seems to be pretty nerves around Bentley(older guy) but today I seen Halo(puppy) playing with his toy and Bentley snapped at him.
What do I do in the situation where the older dog randomly does thing?
How is it going?
Hi I m from india can i get a female gaddi dog cause I already ve a dashanhound 14 moth old female. Please suggest me.
my older dog is afraid of the puppy we introduced them 1. the gate between them they started to play 2. we then put them both on leashes that wentt well but my older dog wanted nothing to do with this puppy.... he was brought up with my older dog and they were t ogether for 6 years, he was very depressed and was moping around - so we figured let me get a dog- no we got a puppy... any suggestions please
Thank you so much!!! You've just made my day (and my attitude) a lot better. I've only had one other puppy, and that was 15 years ago. I've forgotten how craaaazy puppies are...and she's 4 months old...and we have an 8 year old dog who is totally annoyed with us for getting this new little vermin, that is disrupting his once tranquil, pampered lifestyle! I am just about at my wits end, but I think you've giving me hope. Now if only you'll assure me that we turn the magic corner at 5 months old, and we will be past the nightmarish nipping and biting!! ;)
I am panicking and really need some advice. I hav a senior Male German Shepard /Lab mix Not fixed. We are suppose to get a Male Rottie puppy in about 3 weeks. I came across a post on FB that has lead me to believe that this will be a disaster waiting to happen. That when the Rottie reaches approx 2 years old they will fight for dominance and have to live separated Forever!! Regardless on if I get the puppy fixed or not. (I would prefer not to.) Please share your advice before my brain explodes from panic😢
Hi Joel. My husband and I recently adopted a 5 month old husky female. It seems she will be fine with our 12 year old male GSD, 9 year old male pittie, but our 1 1/2 year old female border collie/ Pyrenees mix is coming for blood. All dogs are fixed except the BC mix. We have been walking one in one with the new dog and resident dog. Currently they are living separately with the new dog on her own and the other three together to allow for adjustment. When one dog steps up, the other two are ready to back the fight. Please help!
Probably bad enough having multiple males, but a lot worse when there's also females around.
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I am having this problem right now with a 10 week Labrador pup snapping at my older Labrador who is 9 years old. He just won't chastise the puppy so I have to take my older boy to the bedroom to get some peace. When I tell the puppy off he lunges at me trying to bite me and I just don't what else to do. Please help!!
Update?!
My 10week old is terrorizing my sweet 14 year old. I thought he was being evil, it makes me feel better to know that a lot of puppies can do that. I will continue to correct him, which is what I’ve been doing but I feel like I’m going crazy. My 14 yo growls at him but he does not get close so I think that’s why my puppy is now trying to get a reaction from him 😖
what if the older dog gets too aggressive with the puppy?
My 5 year old dog isn’t a big fan of my new puppy mainly when the puppy is right in his face other then that he keeps his eye on the puppy but is slowly getting more relaxed around him but still doesn’t like him right beside him.how should I proceed? I’m thinking just getting them comfortable in the same area split with a gate so they can still see and smell each other.couple times a day I’ll let my dog smell the puppy’s ass and he’s ok with that.maybe it’s the amount of energy the puppy has when he’s on all 4s instead of in my hands I don’t know?