Hello everyone,
I am the new owner of a 8 week old australian shepherd puppy (male). Before getting him I currently have one other 9yo female black lab who is on the dominant side I believe. With other dogs, she either loves them and will play for hours or she if she doesn't like them, she will growl at them immediately. I really want my new boy and her to get along so when choosing him, I tried to get one of the less dominant ones in the litter. The first couple of introductions have been very good, they didn't really pay too much attention to each other and were very calm. However, now that the puppy is getting more comfortable with her, he will bark while try to jump up at her (which I believe to be playful) but she will growl when he does this. Unfortunately, the puppy doesn't really see this as a warning and tries to play even more. When this occurs, I seperate them so that the puppy wont get hurt. Does anyone have any advice on the best possible way to insure that these two will get along? Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
Thanks in advance,
Katie
I am the new owner of a 8 week old australian shepherd puppy (male). Before getting him I currently have one other 9yo female black lab who is on the dominant side I believe. With other dogs, she either loves them and will play for hours or she if she doesn't like them, she will growl at them immediately. I really want my new boy and her to get along so when choosing him, I tried to get one of the less dominant ones in the litter. The first couple of introductions have been very good, they didn't really pay too much attention to each other and were very calm. However, now that the puppy is getting more comfortable with her, he will bark while try to jump up at her (which I believe to be playful) but she will growl when he does this. Unfortunately, the puppy doesn't really see this as a warning and tries to play even more. When this occurs, I seperate them so that the puppy wont get hurt. Does anyone have any advice on the best possible way to insure that these two will get along? Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
Thanks in advance,
Katie