i know that there are similar questions but i was hoping yall could help me out with my particular problem. i have a 1 year dachsund/shih tzu and we wanted to get her a friend, so we got a 10 week old jack russell terrier/chihuahua/beagle puppy to keep her company (we got her yesterday). i would really like for them to be (for lack of a better word) friends. the puppy wants to play with the 1-year old and sometimes theyll sniff each other, but mostly, when i put them together, the 1 year old wil sit to the side and the puppy will come to me. the puppy wil often come and sniff the 1 year old, but the older dog acts scared of the puppy and will not really come near her and moves whenever the puppy comes near her. we have tried to give the older dog more affection so she wont get jealous, but she does not have a dominant personality so we dont know if she is jealous, feeling left out or anything. do you think this is something to be waited out?
2007-03-25 12:24:03 · 4 answers · asked by jesse_4jesus 2 in Pets ➔ Dogs
ocassionally, theyll play with each other, but not very often.
2007-03-25 12:25:54 · update #1
oh yeah. the puppy is a spittin' image of the older dog. thats why we got her. they are so cute. :)
2007-03-25 12:34:09 · update #2
how much time. 2 weeks? 1 year?
2007-03-25 12:39:02 · update #3
All you need to do is put them behind a baby gate for them to get used to each other w/o being scared of the other getting close to them. about four times a day open the gate for them to sniff each other and play (hopefully). this technique will work in no time!
2007-03-25 13:07:08 · answer #1 · answered by Radar M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
eventually they both will become best of friends I use 2 have to dogs 2 and they where so close they looked like brother and sister
2007-03-25 12:32:50 · answer #2 · answered by da babygrl 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, don't force them, watch to make sure that no one gets hurt, but let them check each other out. They'll be friends, just takes time.
2007-03-25 12:33:52 · answer #3 · answered by DP 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
they just need time to know each other, it took my dogs time to even go in the same room with each other
2007-03-25 12:30:39 · answer #4 · answered by jadedearing 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋