Twelve-year-old Cockerpoo Charlie has become increasingly agitated around the puppy as each day goes by. Why has Charlie become so stressed around the new puppy, and how can they calm the tension and rebuild harmony? Fortunately the 11-week old puppy is resilient. He’s a Cavapoochon. They have chosen to get Read more
I love it when people call me at the start. Puppy Parenting is about making sure things go in the right direction. It’s also about pre-empting possible future problems.
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.
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
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
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
They are now upping their socialisation of Digby and acclimatisation to things. Things such as traffic, noises, people of all sorts and ages, other dogs, the car and so on – within the restrictions of being unable to put him down until his injections are finished. He seems a stable and fearless pup.
How can an older dog learn to accept a lively new puppy in the home? Just twelve days ago I visited 10-year-old Chocolate Labrador Coco and new puppy Charlie. They knew things would be very difficult because Coco just doesn’t like other dogs full stop – they were expecting trouble. Read more
Bert was then on top of him giving him grief. The man then knelt down and stroked him on the head which, with Bert all over him, would have been the last thing he wanted. His warnings to Bert (and possibly the man too) went unheeded and nobody helped him out, so it quickly escalated.
Molly is inclined to be nervous, with noise and conflict stressing her in particular. This can make her unpredictable. She can’t tell the difference between play sparring and the real thing and she goes frantic, trying to break them up, whilst it causes them amusement.
This mustn’t continue.