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As many of you know (or possibly just a few of you) my grandmother is now living with us for a while and she brought her dog Peanut, a Pomeranian. We have two dogs living int he house before Peanut arrived, that would be my Lucas (Malamute) and my roommates Pog (Rottweiler). Lucas has a prey drive.
We've let Lucas and Peanut meet so far, Pog has yet to see him, we've been rotating them successfully and if there are any major problems we can continue to rotate them, but it would be easier if we didn't have to.
So far Lucas and Peanut have been OK. There have been a few small issues however.
Peanut seems a bit afraid of Lucas, and today when Lucas came inside (on the opposite side of the room from Peanut) Peanut started barking a growling at him a small bit. I put Lucas in my room and my grandmother told Peanut "NO!" and put him in his spot. I know many of you won't agree with reprimanding for growling/barking like that, but he's not my dog and I can only try and suggest things. I think Peanut may have been scared since Lucas was coming in his direction and because Lucas is so big and so Peanut acted definsevly since he couldn't run anywhere as he was on the couch. I also don't know what to do in that situation as I haven't really dealt with it before. That was the first incident. Nothing happened and all was ok after.
About 5 hrs after the growling from Peanut I took Lucas back out into the living area and Peanut was there laying with my grandmother. Peanut was fine. Lucas laid next to me and all was ok. Lucas even went up to my grandmother, my grandmother petted Lucas, then pet Peanut, and neither made any move towards aggression.
Today however Lucas growled at Peanut when Peanut barked at the door. It seemed to me that Lucas thought Peanut was barking at me, as I was at the door at the time, so Lucas acted defensively to that. He only gave a short, low growl and that was it. They where fine and have been absolutely fine together since then.
They do not play together, and I don't want them to mainly due to size difference. What I was wondering is if this should be considered a serious problem, or if it seems like something that is just adjusting type things to new living mates?? I also would like some more advice on how to handle a situation like that for the future? What I did was just remove the problem (seperating them) for a while.
And so you all know, they are NEVER left together without supervision and when they are together they are heavily supervised. Neither are going to be given much trust together. So whatchya think??
*****one more thing******
I wanted to add another incident (turned out good but could've easily been bad)....I want to give as much information as I can
I was in my room with my door open with Lucas laying by my side. Peanut was in my grandmother's room and I thought the door was closed, but it was open. I saw Peanut run down the hallway out of my grandmothers room so I got up to grab Lucas and close the door just in case.
Peanut got back to my room and stood at the door looking at Lucas and ran back down the hallway. I almost had Lucas' collar, but I triped and fell on my face as Lucas ran down the hallway after Peanut. I got up quick and ran towards them about to yell "Leave it" afraid Lucas was hunting Peanut down ( :yikes: ), but I saw Lucas run right past Peanut. I ran straight toward them, but it gave Lucas time to turn around and just kinda look at peanut. It seemed like he more wanted to play cause he was waggy (good wagging, not slow methodical wagging) and wasn't stiff at all. But I grabbed Lucas and brought him to my room. To me this is a good sign, not that I will let it happen again cause it could easily turn bad, but it just makes me wonder.
Lucas has a prey drive, I know that for sure! He will chase cats, squirrels, oppossums, and racoons if given the chance, but every chance he's had with a small dog he has never once tried to chase it down or even look like he wanted to chase it. Why is that?
We've let Lucas and Peanut meet so far, Pog has yet to see him, we've been rotating them successfully and if there are any major problems we can continue to rotate them, but it would be easier if we didn't have to.
So far Lucas and Peanut have been OK. There have been a few small issues however.
Peanut seems a bit afraid of Lucas, and today when Lucas came inside (on the opposite side of the room from Peanut) Peanut started barking a growling at him a small bit. I put Lucas in my room and my grandmother told Peanut "NO!" and put him in his spot. I know many of you won't agree with reprimanding for growling/barking like that, but he's not my dog and I can only try and suggest things. I think Peanut may have been scared since Lucas was coming in his direction and because Lucas is so big and so Peanut acted definsevly since he couldn't run anywhere as he was on the couch. I also don't know what to do in that situation as I haven't really dealt with it before. That was the first incident. Nothing happened and all was ok after.
About 5 hrs after the growling from Peanut I took Lucas back out into the living area and Peanut was there laying with my grandmother. Peanut was fine. Lucas laid next to me and all was ok. Lucas even went up to my grandmother, my grandmother petted Lucas, then pet Peanut, and neither made any move towards aggression.
Today however Lucas growled at Peanut when Peanut barked at the door. It seemed to me that Lucas thought Peanut was barking at me, as I was at the door at the time, so Lucas acted defensively to that. He only gave a short, low growl and that was it. They where fine and have been absolutely fine together since then.
They do not play together, and I don't want them to mainly due to size difference. What I was wondering is if this should be considered a serious problem, or if it seems like something that is just adjusting type things to new living mates?? I also would like some more advice on how to handle a situation like that for the future? What I did was just remove the problem (seperating them) for a while.
And so you all know, they are NEVER left together without supervision and when they are together they are heavily supervised. Neither are going to be given much trust together. So whatchya think??
*****one more thing******
I wanted to add another incident (turned out good but could've easily been bad)....I want to give as much information as I can
I was in my room with my door open with Lucas laying by my side. Peanut was in my grandmother's room and I thought the door was closed, but it was open. I saw Peanut run down the hallway out of my grandmothers room so I got up to grab Lucas and close the door just in case.
Peanut got back to my room and stood at the door looking at Lucas and ran back down the hallway. I almost had Lucas' collar, but I triped and fell on my face as Lucas ran down the hallway after Peanut. I got up quick and ran towards them about to yell "Leave it" afraid Lucas was hunting Peanut down ( :yikes: ), but I saw Lucas run right past Peanut. I ran straight toward them, but it gave Lucas time to turn around and just kinda look at peanut. It seemed like he more wanted to play cause he was waggy (good wagging, not slow methodical wagging) and wasn't stiff at all. But I grabbed Lucas and brought him to my room. To me this is a good sign, not that I will let it happen again cause it could easily turn bad, but it just makes me wonder.
Lucas has a prey drive, I know that for sure! He will chase cats, squirrels, oppossums, and racoons if given the chance, but every chance he's had with a small dog he has never once tried to chase it down or even look like he wanted to chase it. Why is that?
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