I have a 3 year old yellow lab which we adopted from the spca. She has always been very submissive and a wonderful family member. About a month ago, we picked up a black lab pup, and although he is very clever and seems to learn quick, I am having problems with him biting my older dog too hard on the ears and the neck, to the point where her ears are hurting her and there is bleeding. She does not yelp to let him know that he is hurting her, but she will pin him when we are outside. I understand that dog play may seem violent, but when they are together outside, his hackles will go up when she puts him in his place, he will snap at her face, and yet she goes back for more. they never really lie with each other due to the pups constant bugging of her. I quess I am wondering what I can do to ensure that there will be a happy home for these two, and make sure he doesnt hurt her ears anymore.
2007-03-02 03:14:32 · 4 answers · asked by saskhunter805 1 in Pets ➔ Dogs
dogs have no long term memory to speak of. you have to catch the pup in the act and discipline it immediately. some may say it will grow out of the behavior but you have to assert yourself as the dominant figure in the household because the other dog does not sound like it will.
good luck
2007-03-02 03:30:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The puppy is trying out his dominance and the older dog will put up with for a while and as you said put the pup in his place. It is nothing to worry about cause they need to work it out amongst themselves. The older dog will not be walked on or abused by the pup and will stop it when she has had enough.
I have the same issue with a German Sheppard pup (14 months) and two 10 year old (ChowX & LabX). The pup is very active and the other two just want to lay in the sun. When the two older ones put her in her place she sounds like she is being killed. I leave them alone cause they need to work it out for themselves.
The pup will push her luck and you can tell by her body language that she is actually being submissive to the older dogs. But she is a constant irretant.
2007-03-02 03:52:07 · answer #2 · answered by bluebonnetgranny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our choc.lab/rotti mix. 9 month old pup, Charlie, does that to his dad, Woodie, all the time (choc. lab). When we first brought Charlie home from our neighbors Woodie would snap at Charlie everytime Charlie tried to bite him. We made the mistake of yelling at Woodie when he tried to set some boundaries so know Woodie is afraid to snap at Charlie when Charlie is hurting him. A very handy thing that we used is a shock collor. And no there not mean (especially fo ra lab who has a lot of muscle around their neck). You can buy one of these collors and then jsut set it to different levels. i would buy a stubborn dog collor because you may find out that the highest setting on the collor and remote you get wont work so of course it would go to waste. But if you get a stubborn dog setting hten it goes up very high and you can just raise the setting untill you find a setting the will fase him. And once again these are not mean they are very good, unfortunately we lost ours in the woods or somewhere. And then when he goes to bite your dog you can just give him a little zap and then he'll very quickly learn not to bite your other dog!
HOPE THIS HELPS! AND GOOD LUCK!
2007-03-02 03:51:50 · answer #3 · answered by it's me 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i would take him to the vet for some training.
2007-03-02 03:23:04 · answer #4 · answered by Jumping Martian 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋