Adjustment to new brother & sister
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| Hi. Sounds like you have a fun household. Do you have pics? |
| I think in most cases it is best to let them sort it out themselves, they usually work things out. However, being that an oes puppy is a big boisterous ball of energy, I would just supervise to make sure the smaller ones aren't being hurt. |
| wacweb98, I feel your pain : ( Bosley is 7 months old today and he still has no concept of how to play nice with my two shelties. He will drag one around by the tail, and lay right on top of the other one, without even thinking about it. I keep them separated with a baby gate, or I supervise. It has been 4 months, and it is getting a wee bit better..but not much. They give him heck every time he is rough, but he thinks it is fun to get them all upset, so that doesn't help. He enjoys them attacking him : ( if I let them go at it. I would recommend you teach your pup the "off" command, with lots of treats. Don't punihs him for being a puppy, because then he will not like them at all. That would not be good. |
| My mother-in-law rescued an eight pound shih tzu a while back.
The first time she met Mojo (he was about 60 pounds then) she put him in his place! So funny to watch him walk way around her! Hopefully they will work it out themselves without getting hurt. |
I guess it sometimes takes them a while for that light bulb to come on  and figure out that it isn't always play. We have a new sheepie in the pack that does not listen to the warning growl or body language of the alphas and she got nipped on the ear last night. She is definitely an "in your face" type-a-girl. She's not mean, she just plays rough sometimes and is pushy/determined, lovable, sweet, Velcro-ish, happy, wiggly, oaf-ish. Oops... yeah, I've fallen in love
She and one of my 2 year olds (Emma) just now had an in-depth conversation about a Nylabone that Panda wanted. There are probably 20 of the darn things in the house but she wanted the one EMMA had. There was a lot of barking and growling (thankfully we haven't had any actual fighting). Emma was standing there with the Nylabone and Panda would try to grab hold of it to play. Emma kept telling her to leave it alone. After about 5 minutes, Panda actually backed down this time and I was very pleased to see it... until she went over and sat on Emma's back.  Will she ever learn?
Sorry I don't have any easy answers. I guess they have to simply figure it out with a bit influence from us. Try not to allow it escalate to an out and out fight... separate them before it gets to that point to give the alphas a rest from the puppy... give the puppy some down time. Grannie Annie told me that some of them learn with the first lesson and others... well, you know. Oh, I might have one idea! There is the saying that "a tired dog is a good dog". Let the puppy run and play outside alone 'til she's expended some of that super-puppy energy, THEN bring her in to interact with your alphas. She may be less exuberant with them. If you see that things are not improving or are getting worse, you might wish to seek assistance from a professional trainer. |
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