Fear
Nervous Dog Meets New Puppy — Confidence Takes Time
Nervous dog Tom is yet another Staffie who is fearful of the outside world and reluctant to walk.
Tom drools when he is scared. He does a lot of drooling on walks.
Aggression
St Bernard and Boxer Fighting After Living Happily Together
Why would two dogs who once played happily suddenly begin fighting the moment they saw each other? Great Dane Blue and Boxer Sebastian lived happily together with their owners. Both dogs have their own traits – Blue is a bit needy probably due to health issues when he was a Read more
Aggression
Older French Bulldog Aggressive Towards New Boston Terrier Puppy
Why would an older dog suddenly become hostile after a new puppy arrived in the house? Their older dog and the new puppy can’t be together. Frenchie Pepe, now four years old, is not getting on with the new puppy. This isn’t so surprising seeing as he doesn’t like dogs Read more
Fear
French Bulldog Puppy in Panic When Left Alone
At my suggestion, they have just filmed her to find that she runs about in a panic from the moment the leave, defecating as she goes. She pees all over the place. She is constantly pacing, running back and forth and jumping at the door. It seems she does this the whole time that they are absent.
Aggression
Jack Russell Charlie and the New Puppy He Didn’t Want
What happens when an older dog’s warnings about a new puppy are ignored? A new puppy isn’t what Jack Russell Charlie wanted at all. There were two older dogs in the house when he himself arrived as a puppy ten years ago. The three dogs got on fine. A couple of years ago Read more
Aggression
Xolo Ollin Becomes Possessive Around the New Puppy
Ollin is a Xoloitzcuintli. I have never even heard of a Xoloitzcuintli before let alone visited one. Why would a normally gentle dog suddenly become possessive and agitated after a new puppy arrives? Where did the possessive behaviour come from? Ollin has been perfectly happy with her humans touching something she’s Read more
Aggression
She Growls at the New Puppy
Why was gentle Fen growling at the new puppy Bailey? They were shocked when Fen growled at the new puppy. I look at this very differently. Hooray for the older dog growling! The thirteen-week-old pug puppy is let free in the room, in Labrador Fen’s room. He’s allowed to get Read more
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Big Dogue de Bordeaux is Scared of the Puppy
What do you do when your older dog seems frightened of a new puppy instead of welcoming them? Here is two-year old Dogue de Bordeaux, Maisie, in her favourite safe place, under a chair in the corner of the kitchen. Maisie is frightened of a lot of things. She is Read more
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Helping a New Puppy Settle While Introducing Two Resident Dogs
How do you help a new puppy settle in when there are already dogs living next door? They had picked up their new puppy, thirteen week old Maltese, Oakley, the day before I came. He now lives with a couple and their two young sons aged eleven and eight. About Read more
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Tiny Dog Struggles with a Bouncy Mastiff Puppy
What happens when a tiny adult dog suddenly has to share her home with a giant, bouncy Mastiff puppy? Little three-year-old Shiloh is really tiny, and a large. A bouncy three-month old Mastiff (you could say Massive) puppy is the last thing she wants in her home, let alone near Read more