Hi there,
I have an interesting situation, I have a golden retriever who is 4, and a pug who is 1.5, and a cane corso who is 2.5. My corso, Hugo, lived with my ex until a few months ago when some problems arose and then he lived with my sister as I couldn't have 3 dogs where I was renting at the time. He is now coming home with me, to live with my golden, Zac, and my pug, Caelin.
Zac got to know Hugo as a puppy, because when we got Hugo Zac was around and they played and like eachother alot. They also lived together in the same house, and had a great relationship. My golden actually is dominant over Hugo, which is interesting. Perhaps because Hugo was a puppy when Zac was first getting to know him.
My pug and golden get along very well, they are best friends and snuggle in Zacs (golden) crate every night. Zac is VERY tolerant of Caelin, and has been with him since I brought him home as a tiny pug baby.
Caelin is stubborn and dominant, and has food aggression with my cats. Not with me or with Zac, he knows he is not the boss of me and has no aggression towards humans, tho he can be bossy and very active. He is a great little dog, however one of his things he does is bite the back of Zac's legs, not meanly but to get his attention, I suppose its a dominance thing, or he is trying to play? but my golden tolerates it, and will stop him if it gets too annoying from time to time with a bark or something.
So, my corso is coming home and I need to introduce him to Caelin. I am worried about Caelin pissing him off by being too dominant towards him. so I am wondering if anyone has any suggestions on the best way to handle things. They have met before, Hugo stayed at my house for two weeks before staying with my sister the past few months. Caelin would try to chase him away from his food bowel, snarling a bit, same as he does to the cats at times. I fed them separately, and did not leave them alone together. I had them separated by a baby gate to be safe and Hugo slept in my bedroom while he was at the house.
Hugo has not shown aggression to any other dogs. He if anything is passive with most other dogs. He ran from caelin, my pug.. but he is 140 lbs and a huge dog. Caelin is 16 lbs. Hugo is however dominant, with humans, and is willful. He is a wonderful dog, all three are wonderful... I will be doing dominance exercises with Hugo to show him his place in the pack so to speak, such as sitting for food and going through doors after me.
But I am wondering if anyone has ideas on how to have my pug and corso live together peacefully. Caelin is used to Zac tolerating him and I'd hate for him to harass Hugo so much that he got angry and accidently hurt him, as their size difference is large. My animals all get along well, my three cats and my golden and pug, and I am really wanting Hugo to be able to smoothly transition back into being a happy member of the family. He of course is already part of the family but hasn't been living with us.
any advice is appreciated!
Thanks alot.
I have an interesting situation, I have a golden retriever who is 4, and a pug who is 1.5, and a cane corso who is 2.5. My corso, Hugo, lived with my ex until a few months ago when some problems arose and then he lived with my sister as I couldn't have 3 dogs where I was renting at the time. He is now coming home with me, to live with my golden, Zac, and my pug, Caelin.
Zac got to know Hugo as a puppy, because when we got Hugo Zac was around and they played and like eachother alot. They also lived together in the same house, and had a great relationship. My golden actually is dominant over Hugo, which is interesting. Perhaps because Hugo was a puppy when Zac was first getting to know him.
My pug and golden get along very well, they are best friends and snuggle in Zacs (golden) crate every night. Zac is VERY tolerant of Caelin, and has been with him since I brought him home as a tiny pug baby.
Caelin is stubborn and dominant, and has food aggression with my cats. Not with me or with Zac, he knows he is not the boss of me and has no aggression towards humans, tho he can be bossy and very active. He is a great little dog, however one of his things he does is bite the back of Zac's legs, not meanly but to get his attention, I suppose its a dominance thing, or he is trying to play? but my golden tolerates it, and will stop him if it gets too annoying from time to time with a bark or something.
So, my corso is coming home and I need to introduce him to Caelin. I am worried about Caelin pissing him off by being too dominant towards him. so I am wondering if anyone has any suggestions on the best way to handle things. They have met before, Hugo stayed at my house for two weeks before staying with my sister the past few months. Caelin would try to chase him away from his food bowel, snarling a bit, same as he does to the cats at times. I fed them separately, and did not leave them alone together. I had them separated by a baby gate to be safe and Hugo slept in my bedroom while he was at the house.
Hugo has not shown aggression to any other dogs. He if anything is passive with most other dogs. He ran from caelin, my pug.. but he is 140 lbs and a huge dog. Caelin is 16 lbs. Hugo is however dominant, with humans, and is willful. He is a wonderful dog, all three are wonderful... I will be doing dominance exercises with Hugo to show him his place in the pack so to speak, such as sitting for food and going through doors after me.
But I am wondering if anyone has ideas on how to have my pug and corso live together peacefully. Caelin is used to Zac tolerating him and I'd hate for him to harass Hugo so much that he got angry and accidently hurt him, as their size difference is large. My animals all get along well, my three cats and my golden and pug, and I am really wanting Hugo to be able to smoothly transition back into being a happy member of the family. He of course is already part of the family but hasn't been living with us.
any advice is appreciated!
Thanks alot.