My friend has an 11 week old Pomeranian (4lb) and I have a JR x Shihtzu (8lb) who is 4 months. My dog is generally fantastic with other dogs, but for some reason keeps wanting to bite the Pom and is growling at him. Weve tried calming both dogs down and giving them treats when behaving well etc. but every now and then the Pom will annoy him and he'll be aggressive with him. Its more than just puppy play, and we've tried intorducing them on neautral ground. The pom seems to be quite indifferent, but the Jr x finds it hard to relax when he's near! Ive asked a similar question before about this prob. Also ive been mostly keeping them both on leads (which I know isnt ideal) but I cant trust my dog to be OK with this tiny pup.
2006-11-29 04:20:57 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Dogs
They are trying to find who is in charge. It sounds horrible but you can let them go they will not hurt each other. Don't get to worked up. The pom has to be taught not to annoy the other dogs and another dog is the only way it will learn.
I have a real hard time with siblings. Sounds like someone is going to be bloody everytime. They will come bouncing in the room together like nothing happened and Im having a heart attack from the sound.
My adult dogs often scare people when i have puppies they will not hurt them but they will make a god awful attacking sound. Its their way of teaching. The pom was probably taken from mom before she got to teach him.
2006-11-29 04:31:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They might never get along. You've created a small dog pack with two dogs. ONe will need to be alpha (the 2nd alpha under YOU that is, you are the supreme king of the land). These 2 are having a hard time falling into rank, so they are battling it out trying to place themselves above the other. As someone else said, you can try to correct the behavior by showing your dominance over them. IN the wild, the alpha wolf tells every other wolf in the pack when to do anything--including fight or play. You can try letting your dogs know that fighting will not be tolerated. YOu can also try making the one who seems least dominant to submit to the other. Since these are small dogs, you can put the least dominant one on the ground below the other when they they start to fight. Make him submit to the other. Also, whoever the more dominant one is needs to be fed first.....petted first....get everything first and best and that will help the less dominant one understand his rank and they may fall into place then.
2006-11-29 04:34:03 · answer #2 · answered by dogsaremypassion85 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Although this seems like a dominance issue, you can not allow this behavior and you must discipline your pup now, while he is younger... use a firm "no" or a loud rattling can... and pull him away. Repeat this every time he exhibits this behavior. I would also personally engage in play with the other puppy to assure your pup that this is what is expected of him... when he starts to become aggressive again... discipline him again.
good luck. It's better to nip this in the bottom when they are little so that it will not be an issue a few years down the road.
2006-11-29 06:20:35 · answer #3 · answered by Rose 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Our trainer told us that as the alpha in our home, we are not to allow this behavior. Our Border Collie puppy is regularly challenging our older American Eskimo Dog on a regular basis, and even being possesive of the humans in the house towards our AED. Our trainer told us to take our puppy by the scruff of the neck, stand behind and over her (this asserts your dominance) and tell her "no" in a growl sounding tone each and every time she attempts this behavior.
Basically, you have to get across to your dog that you are alpha and that this behavior will not be tolerated, ever. It will take time and persistence to overcome it... we're still addressing it with our puppy now and then, but it's becoming less and less often that we need to.
2006-11-29 04:27:28 · answer #4 · answered by Shadow's Melon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well as you know jrt are very feisty anyway, i have a jrtx yorkie and when she was a pup her play used to get a little out of hand aswell and i was always told to give her time out for 10mins.i always let her off lead though as beeing kept on can make things more difficult later on in life.i would relax a little and try them off lead,it's very rare that a puppy would attack.maybe your jrtx puppy play is much rougher then the average pup like my dog.remember terrier breeds do play very rough,if you continue to leave him on lead though and start to get anxious when you feel he is beeing vicious or snappy with the pom then he will pick up on this and as he grows older he'll become worse.good luck
2006-11-29 13:07:13 · answer #5 · answered by Heavenly20 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They sound like my kids - but seriously, I think it's the dominant male thing. Hopefully they will grow out of it when they are older - but until they do you are right in not trusting your dog with the pup and good luck :)
2006-11-29 04:29:49 · answer #6 · answered by nettyone2003 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hi,
You could try this book for training the puppies - personal recommendation to me...so far good with my puppy.
All the best
2006-11-29 06:58:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they'll grow out of it
2006-11-29 04:24:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋