Its fustrating but whatever I do I can get him to stop. They are both male and I can keep them apart because I do not have enough space in my garden. What can I do?
I am afraid that the big one will get really angry one day and bite the younger one.
2006-09-21 06:37:53 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Dogs
I do not want to neutered either of them at least for now, I asked for the young one and the doctor said he must at least be 1 year old. They do not have other issues. They eat from the same bowl, even though I have a different one for each of them. Also they get quite well with other male dogs.
As I said I cant seperate them due to space.
Thanks to everyone that is answering me.
2006-09-21 06:57:30 · update #1
Show the 8month old dog that you are dominate dog. Your puppy is showing dominance to your older dog... that is why this is happening. It is not a hormonal thing. Trust me. Although neutering your dog may help because he will have less testosterone and therefore have less drive to be dominant.
Then next time you catch your dog doing this in a calm assertive manner make a loud noise in your throat and pull the pup off of the other one. Then stand in between the pup and the older dog. Show the pup you will not allow this behavior.
This may help.
Your younger dog needs to recognize that you are the enforcer. That does not mean beat him. Hardly. You just have to be the dominate force in the house.
Watch the Dog Whisperer if you have national geographic channel. Or look up Cesar Milan online. His advice and techniques work wonders.
Good luck.
2006-09-21 06:43:44 · answer #1 · answered by Kamunyak 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The older one will give warnings. The puppy may not be a threat and the older one may just not care. Its a pack thing and the puppy wants to be in charge. If the 3 yr old decides he is not going to let him he should be able to do it without hurting him. The 3 yr old may already be giving warning and the puppy isn't listening. The older may snap at him very loud and aggressively but as soon as the pup gets off he will stop. Dogs know each other and each others limits.
My dogs can be mean to mean dogs. I can not foster aggressive dogs because of mine being so dominant, but the last excessively dominant I had was a puppy. They never hurt him but they did have to be rough with him. (He still never caught on) I have an 8 week old black and white beagle I am fostering with them now and she is pushy but not dominant. She scares me because she will take anything she can from them. One of mine was chewing on a rawhide he found under the bed when I was cleaning and the little bitty britches was putting her mouth in his to chew on it too. HE growled ferociously but never bit her or hurt her enough to make her stop. He is also the one my neighbors call cujo because he is going to kill their weiner dog somehow some way he is determined. He has taken my privacy fence in his mouth broken the board and spit it aside. The weiner dog comes at my fence aggressively and mine retaliate in the same manner.
Expecially dogs that are living together they each know and learn their limits with each other
2006-09-21 06:50:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is just a dominance play between them. Dont worry and just let them work it out. If your 8 month old is not yet fixed (which I really recommend for all pet dogs) he is reaching his hormonal peak too (10 months). Your dogs will establish and maintain their own heirarchy and they should be left alone. Your adult dog will let your puppy know if he is being obnoxious. Dogs sqaubble often and the general rule of thumb is: if there is no blood there is no problem. You really dont want to interfere unless absolutely needed.(ie... blood) To much managing will create a dog that doesnt know how to chill out when the other dog tells him to knock it off. They dont get the opportunity to get a mild scolding from the other dog.
PS...just because people watch a few episodes of Cesar Milan doesnt mean they know dogs. I can watch a few episodes of This Old House...doesnt mean I am a carpenter.
2006-09-21 06:59:37 · answer #3 · answered by madfly80 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can be a play full thing at this point for the pup but it will turn into a dominance thing soon the older dog will get angry with it and put the pup in it's place in the pack.
2006-09-21 06:44:50 · answer #4 · answered by daddyo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, the only thing that will help is getting him neutered. Really, if you try to scold him or spank him for doing this, he will have issues and it will cause friction between him and the other dog. Sometimes, the older dog will show him who's boss and growl to say get away from me or else I will bite you where it hurts! Trust me, I've been through this and its the only way, snip-snip!
Good luck!
2006-09-21 06:43:35 · answer #5 · answered by ckalmaoui 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is what dogs do. It may be that your pup needs to be bitten by the adult in order to get the point. Are there other issues between them? If so, a trainer should be consulted.
If he isn't neutered, that could help, as well.
2006-09-21 06:46:31 · answer #6 · answered by melissa k 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have worked for two different vets. Dogs only have to be six months old to be neutered. Go find a different veterinarian. Anyway, you could try keeping them separated or just continue being patient and telling your dog, "No!" firmly when he starts humping the other one.
2006-09-21 07:19:29 · answer #7 · answered by Meredith 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes animals do not 'hump' for sexual reasons, most of the time, like in situations like yours, it is a sign of dominence, or an attempt to show dominence. Your three year old one might one day show his dominence in his own way, but it is only natural. If you can't keep them a part nature might have to take it's course. There can only be one alpha in a group, and one of them must assert that in one form or another
2006-09-21 07:09:00 · answer #8 · answered by Morgan C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He wouldn't bite him....not seriously anyway, unless he feels threatened. the humping is your puppy trying to dominate your other dog, not out of sexual frustration. This can be solved just by getting him neutered. Dogs become a lot more docile after getting fixed, and it prevents different kinds of cancer. also any sexual frustration your dog has will be eliminated.
2006-09-21 06:44:46 · answer #9 · answered by Chit P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a dominance thing. All you can do is try to keep them seperated. The older one will let the younger one know to stop when he's had enough.
2006-09-21 06:41:49 · answer #10 · answered by dabean003 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋