The male lab has an unbelievalbe tempermant. he is very calm and patient. My 4 year old female wants to tear his face off. We cannot let them near each other unless we have the female on a chain. She growls at him and tries to attack him. He is 3 times her size and just turns and walks away. He doesnt want any trouble.If we let the female off the chain she would, without any doubt, tear him apart. We thought that she would get over it within a few days but in the 5 days that we have had him she has shown no improvment. We give both of them the same amount of attention and play time. They are both spayed and neutered... we just want for them to be able to sit in a room together peacefully... any suggestions?
2007-08-05 14:31:24 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Dogs
I had the exact same problem, when I brought my border collie puppy home, my female beagle would growl, show her teeth and nip at him. She will get used to him at some point, but only have them around eachother, when you're in the same room....have you ever seen Cesar Millan? he's a dog trainer and he has this technique, where when the dog is doing the unwanted behavior, you have you hand in a claw position, and you kind of give the dog a push and make a noise like "sshhttt"...i know it may sound weird, but you do that everytime the dog does the unwanted behavior, and reward her when she doesn't do it...its very effective!
2007-08-05 19:37:31 · answer #1 · answered by onlyxone 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it is not too soon. I think this is a great idea. Just make sure the b*tch is spayed before coming out to you. You could of only had the pup a couple of weeks so is not set in his ways yet, and 4 yrs is a good age gap so that they do not go too silly when playing. If this b*tch is well mannered then she will help bring the pup up nicely as well. If she does have major problems then that would also pass onto the pup, so just be careful of that. But in general, I do lots of homechecking for several rescues and I would most definitely tick a yes box for that situation. Couldn't be better.
2016-05-19 16:41:18 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This sounds mean but your going to have to take a wooden spoon to the female and say NO! Your going to have be tough on her. Tell her that its wrong. Also you can bring them beside each other and hold both of them one person to a dog. And pet the male and say nice and then pet the female. Tell her nice puppy. Take her snout and squeeze it and look in her face and say NICE! and hit it with your finger. Let her know she is going to have to live with him.
She must be jealous b/c of new puppy on her territory. Dogs are very territory on there Owners and house. GOOD LUCK tho.
2007-08-05 14:38:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This happened to a friend of mine. She got a professional dog behaviorist/trainer who helped her try to work it out. In her case, she had to take the dog back to the rescue and choose another dog. You could do that, but I'd try the trainer first for help.
2007-08-05 14:58:01 · answer #4 · answered by Bambi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're going to have to trade this dog in for someone not so threatening to your female. Unless you know a really good animal behaviorist?
TX Mom
2007-08-05 14:57:30 · answer #5 · answered by TX Mom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
separate the 2 of them.
2007-08-05 14:37:59 · answer #6 · answered by morganadams96 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋