Even if he’s not currently in pain, his system will be programmed to expect pain if bumped into. Feeling ‘delicate’, he will have learnt over the years to avoid physical interaction with other dogs.
Are they going to have to make the heartbreaking decision to give up on the puppy?
Darcy, an eleven-year-old Lhasa Apso, is the sweetest dog imaginable. Bruno, an Old English Bulldog is exceptionally good for a four-mont
h-old boisterous puppy.
The problem is when the two dogs are together.
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
Why is Blue growling at Teddy and Teddy barking back – and how can careful introduction change how they feel about each other? Here is another story where introducing puppy to an older dog is proving to be a problem. My last case of introducing puppy to an older dog Read more
When play fighting escalates between a puppy and an older dog, how can it be redirected before it becomes a habit – or something more serious? The play fighting immediately gets out of hand. Four month old Labrador puppy Harvey ‘attacks’ Bertie. Bertie, age ten, doesn’t get cross. He joins Read more