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To: LakeLady
What a great thread! I missed the first one. I am a dog lover for sure, having two fur persons of my own. We just got a little 10 week old Bishon to join our now 9 year old Maltese! They are not adjusting to each other well, in fact, Lambchop, my eldest hates Misty, the new baby! Anyone tell me if this will ever work out? We are at our wits end over this. The pup wants to play, and attacks Lambchop until he is hiding and not wanting to come in the house!!! Any advice out there?
116 posted on 10/01/2004 7:57:51 PM PDT by ladyinred ("John Kerry reporting for spitball and typewriter duty.")
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To: ladyinred

oops, BICHON, I can spell it honest I can!


117 posted on 10/01/2004 7:58:50 PM PDT by ladyinred ("John Kerry reporting for spitball and typewriter duty.")
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To: ladyinred; All
"What a great thread! I missed the first one."
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If you want to see the two start-up threads, which were truly a hoot and a half, there are links to both of them in th body of this thread. It's a fun read.

I'm off to bed with my baby Basset; hubby's out in the dog house snoring already, y'all. I'm picking up the grandprincesses tomorrow for a visit and must be on my toes.
Oh God, a two year old and a 4 year old and three rowdy pups for a week. Better check in on me once in awhile to make sure I'm still alive.
Talk to you tomorrow.
LakeLady
121 posted on 10/01/2004 8:58:50 PM PDT by LakeLady (sKerry doesn't know his arse from a spider hole in the ground!)
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To: ladyinred

First question is, are they the same gender?

A male and female together usually get along. A pack can have both a male and female alpha . It gets a little sticky with 2 of the same sex. Wwith 2 of the same sex someone has to be the top dog and it isn't always the first dog.

Right now your older dog is having an adjustment problem because his routines have been disturbed. He used to be the center of your attention and now this little fur ball bundle of energy is getting much of it . He may not hate the new commer as much as he is annoyed with the dumbness and sheer energy of a pup.

Get a crate if you don't have one already and crate the new pup and spend some time with your older dog in sight of the puppy.

Then spend time with the pup wearing his fanny out. Teach him to play ball and make him/her run and spend some of that excess energy. Getting it on the end of a leash and walking till it's little legs are about to drop also helps. A tired puppy is a good puppy.

I made every mistake in the book , 2 puppies of the same gender together. Much of their time is spend in mock battles and once in a while it starts sounding and looking like the real thing. The down stay is the most important commandd in the book.

I strongly recommend obedience training even for a little dog. I had to do it because between the 2 of mine I have 125 lbs of dog.

Obedience training gives you a common language and it drumbs minding you into their little puppy brain. You will start out with a stay lasting 3 seconds and build your time up.

My Solitare will be a year old the end of this month and Jackie will reach a year in November. When they start getting too exuberant in the house I can put them on a down/stay for up to 90 minutes at a time.

Eventually you will be able to put the pup on a stay without it harrassing the senior dog.

Your pup Misty and your older Lambchop are both acting normally and can learn to get along but it takes patience.


156 posted on 10/05/2004 8:33:16 AM PDT by TASMANIANRED (What did Kerry know and when did he know it?)
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