2006-12-24 05:34:59 · 6 answers · asked by heather 1 in Pets ➔ Dogs
You need to give your first dog a ton of attention. Make sure he knows he is still number one. Do not force the puppy on him, do not let the puppy have or share the other dogs bed, bowl or private space. Let the older dog choose to be around the puppy. It will happen, he just needs to know he or she is the alpha.
2006-12-24 05:38:14 · answer #1 · answered by fancyname 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best way is to put up a baby gate with the dogs in adjoining rooms so they can see and, most important to a dog, smell each other. When your older dog is ok with this (and don't rush it), let them in a room together supervised. Use some common sense if you let them outside together so the puppy doesn't get hurt, especially if there's a large size difference.
Always greet, feed and pet your older dog first - he's the only one used to being an only dog. If your dog's well socialized and dog friendly, you should have no problems.
2006-12-24 05:52:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I got my puppy my two older dogs we're a little awkward @ her because the puppy kept trying to play and get in their faces; however I read (and saw) that the puppy would be put in her place by the older dog when they bark @ her and scare her. However if the puppy and the older dog get into it ( a fight) you are not suppose to seperate them by yourself but instead take a spray bottle put water in it and spray it in their faces. You are suppose to introduce the two dogs in a neutral enviorment. I introduce my dogs when I fist got my puppy and she was taught not to jump in my other dogs faces or on them (she was small though). My boyfriend's boxer was very curious and wanted to sniff her and play with her a a bit, my poodle mix was definately a "leave me alone" dog.
You have to be equal in everything. If you take both dogs out and they usually get treats you need to give the other one a treat as well. They need to be fed together and attention needs to be shared. You can't give the puppy more attention over the older dog or the older dog more attention than the puppy you need to be able to give equal amounts of attention through the day and night.
It will take awhile for the older dog to get use to the puppy (my dog finally understood that the puppy wasn't temporary but a permanant menber of our family). Also the puppy will be put in her/his place a lot by the older dog (my older dog would bark @ her and walk away or bark @ her multiple times until the puppy understood that this was not a "toy"). I have had my puppy for 2 months and I will still have to say she still gets in my older dog and my boyfriends dog face sometimes, but she pretty much ignores them and pays attention mostly to me. I have to give them equal seperate attention everyday and still make sure they get treats @ the same time (even if they didn't do anything). If my puppy goes outside to pee and my other two dogs (my boyfriend's dog) didn't go outside and pee I still have to give them both a treat. If I'm training my puppy her "sit" "stay" stuff and she gets treats I still have to give the older dogs treats.
When they get fed I feed them @ the same time and together (depending on what i'm feeding them) because my older dog likes to go to the puppies food when she's not eating and eat her food and my puppy likes to eat my older dog's food (and my puppy has puppy dog food and my older dog has senior dog food). It's really cute. I sometimes put my puppy in a seperate oom than my older dog to eat; however if they're being feed a "treat" then they eat together and fast lol. When I'm @ my boyfriend's they have sperate areas to which they have their bowls but you can see that my puppy likes to drink water from my boxers bowl and my boxer likes to eat my poodle mixes food. Sometimes I just don't bother and let them be @ least they're all eating something and getting along.
2006-12-24 06:08:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with the above posters and would add, to keep the new pup separated from the other dog when you're feeding them and when you're giving treats, toys, and chewies. Don't ever give the dogs a reason to go after each other, and manage your house so that they can have playtime together, without your older dog feeling like he needs to guard anything from your pup. Do, however, reward your older dog a lot for calm behavior around the new pup - just give treats to him so that the new pup doesn't interfere!
2006-12-24 05:50:44 · answer #4 · answered by Misa M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make sure that you pay as much attention to both dogs. Maybe even a little more to your old dog.
Make them sleep in the same room for a while.
Let them play together, and encourage it strongly. Pet them or give them a treat when they play nicely together. (growling and tackling is a good thing, it's their play so don't be mad or worried if they do!)
Feed them the same food and treats.
That should be good for now. Hopefully my advice works....it worked for me and my friends!
Good Luck!
2006-12-24 06:23:06 · answer #5 · answered by callyflower 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
make sure they get the same amount of attention. just put your puppy in the same room and let them sniff each other. there might be some fight but just disipline both of them. neither of them will get hurt. having puppies can be hard work but you just have to keep with it
2006-12-24 05:47:26 · answer #6 · answered by Kenz 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋