Angry Puppy!!?

Question

I have three dogs, a 2 year old male kelpie, a 1 and a half year old female border collie, and a 5 month old male red aussie cattle dog, my kelpie has established that he is the alpha dog when it comes to him and the border collie, then about 2 months ago we bought our cattle dog home, he stayed inside for a while because he was too little to stay outside, he was inside for about 3 weeks and then we put him outside with the other 2, we keep our two older dogs on one side of the backyard and our puppy on the other, they are divided by a gate that they can see each other through, every time i open the gate and the three dogs are together, my puppy just wont leave my other two dogs alone....he nips their necks, gets under their feet and just basically annoys them non stop, i can never break it up, and my other two dogs get very frustrated and growl and bite, i really dont know what to do cos wen i interfere my puppy bites me too and growls as well!! Its really upsetting! What do i do??!

Answer 1

Puppies are all like that--they want to play, and when the other dogs won't play back, the puppy tries to get their attention. He gets excited when the other dogs come in with him because he's not around them all the time. Throw him in there with the older two--not only will that calm him down a little, it will help his attitude. Once he learns that he's a little lower on the totem pole than the bigger ones he'll probably settle a little. As far as him growling and biting you, you need to stop that NOW. If you don't teach him now, it's going to be a much bigger problem when those aren't puppy teeth anymore. He has to learn his place with you, too.

Answer 2

Do Not, let that puppie bite and growl at you!!! You need to get control of that behavior, it will become very problematic, and a liability if you don't.
Dogs are pack animals, You are the leader of the pack. You are the alpha dog. If you have to keep them separated then why do you have them. Let them all be together, and establish their own hierarchy, as long as they know that you are the leader.
Also make sure that you have all of your dogs spayed and neutered. Neutering males will help with some of the aggression. If the female is not spayed then they will definatly fight over her.
Good luck with everything.

Answer 3

First of all you should never involve yourself in a dog fight. When animals fight instinct take over and everything becomes a threat. Your dogs need to sort this out for themselves and if you keep interfering they will never get the chance. Your puppy is testing the boundaries with his playmates and they are just letting them know when he's reached them. Next time they start, you need to stay away unless one of them get seriously injured, your puppy will back down once he realises they other two are the alpha dogs. If you must interfere, you should never step between them yourself but find a large towel or tarpulaine and throw it over the top of all three of them. As for your puppy biting at you and threatening you, you need to put a stop to it at once. If your puppy does it to you again, bare your teeth like your snarling at him and stare him down. If he doesn't back down from you, then flip him onto his back and hold him there with a firm grip on his throat while you lean over him. Make sure you keep eye contact, you don;t have to be exceptionally rough when you do this but make sure you do it quick and be firm,make sure he knows that your in charge.
In the wild dogs orgainse the pack through fighting. He;s challenging your dogs and you for leadership and if you let him have it, you'll have problems with him his whole life. You need to establish that you're the alpha now before he becomes continually agressive toward you and your dogs.

Good luck with your puppy.

Answer 4

Girl!!! you best get that pup under control you sounded like you had it together until you said that puppy was growling and nipping at you!!! you best get yourself established at the alpha leader of that little male "NOW" never let that pup come at you why that pup will be all over you....then next you best be putting the second dog in command with this one and let it put it in its place. and you should be there to watch that it doesnt get out of hand and the second in command only puts little rowdy one to the ground. soon as he learns his place there he can go play with all he big boys. with your supervision but be ready to step in and take control because they should all respect "YOU" if you are not sure...then call on the guy you got him from dog breeders are usually more than happy to help with a problem. or can point you to someone that can help you with it because the last thing you want to happen is for them to all think they are king of the hill.

Answer 5

As far as the dogs are concerned, let the older ones put the younger one in its place, as they are trying to do. Don't interfere, but keep a close eye on them.

As far as any of the dogs biting or growling at you, give them a serious ***-kicking. I'm not kidding. You're in charge. Don't take that crap from a dang dog. It actually makes dogs feel better to have an owner who isn't going to put up with their ****. It's closer to the natural pack set-up.

Answer 6

Well red puppy has a double whammy working for him.. Puppy and Herding. He's feeling his oats and doesn't feel too fearful of the nips and bites he gets. You'll have to get an expert opinion on how to modify this because you have more than one herding dog to deal with here. Plus the age differences. Good Luck on finding a Dog Whisperer.

Answer 7

to not sound harsh, yet each and every thing you have carried out so some distance is ineffective incorrect. indexed under are a pair of concepts: a million. Get a crate for the domestic dog for once you at the instant are not living house and/or are in mattress. doggies do not prefer to go of their "den" and, whilst they are able to conserving it, will do in spite of they are able to to maintain from doing so. it is the area you created by using confining him and is why he purely held it and whined. 2. once you're living house, for a on an identical time as, shop the domestic dog on a leash. once you notice him start to go in an beside the point place, supply the leash a tug to break him and take him over to the domestic dog pad. whilst he ultimately is going there, reward him with compliment and/or a take care of (Cheerios make for large domestic dog coaching treats, as they are sufficiently small to not harm domestic dog's weight loss application). at last, the domestic dog will seize on. 3. by no potential return and rigidity him to sniff it. he's already disassociated from the act of going and all he's questioning is why you're shoving his face into this stinky mess. It does not something to help the area and purely reasons greater issues. you additionally must reassess the full "not wanting the domestic dog outdoors" element.

Answer 8

keeping them apart is the wrong thing to do, let the older dogs school him.

Right now I have a 5 month old pitbull puppy doing the same thing, let them work it out.

Answer 9

puppys always want to play!
there very active and will not slow down until after about Two (2) years, you have a ways to go!

Answer 10

He is obviously looking for attention from his newest piers.. give the newest dogie some time to get use to its surroundings..