Kashing Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 My girl fd and I living with my friend, he has a maltese puppy probably 9 wks old. The problem I worry about is my GSD puppy is coming after xmas (8 wks old at xmas). Can the maltese(11~12wks old at xmas) live without GSD? once I took the maltess's toy and he chased me and bite me....I worried about the maltese will bully my gsd.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdierikx Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 If all members of the house apply the same boundaries to both dogs with regards to acceptable behaviour, I don't see a problem with the pups being friends. I have 3 foster pups here - a Beagle, a Cavalier, and a Chihuahua cross... they all get on just fine - even if the Chi X is a bit rough on the others, they can outrun him... lol! I also have crates to separate them when I'm not around to supervise their play. T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WreckitWhippet Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 Everyone in the house needs to be on the same page, regarding the routine and discipline of each puppy. Without it, you will be dealing very quickly with a GSD puppy that is capable of retaliating or simply injuring the Malt during play. You will need somewhere to seperate both puppies, when there isn't anyone around to supervise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 Kashing- if you CLICK here you will find lots of sensible information for people getting new puppies You sound as if you will be having a busy Christmas!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moselle Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 Training and instilling good manners is a must and I would NEVER leave them alone together when nobody is around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ons Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 my crotchedy old maltese (RIP my darling Daisy) and my golden retriever puppy were the bestest of friends. I just never left them unsupervised. You have two pups that you can train and teach manners. I would work out what is acceptable behaviour and what is not particularly on the basis that the GSD is going to be much larger than the maltese so boundaries will need to be stricter. Have a good chat to your friend about it all and your girlfriend as well to set those boundaries you all need to be consistent. Take the two pups to a very good puppy school as well. Gosh you are going to be busy with two pups in the house but it will be so much fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Her Majesty Dogmad Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 (edited) Personally I would not have those two breeds together. If you have to then never leave them together unsupervised, not even for a minute, highly dangerous - for the maltese. I doubt very much that the maltese puppy actually bit you? There is a big difference between biting and nipping. ALL puppies nip and you'll find this out when you get a German Shepherd puppy. I really think you will be on a steep learning curve - have you ever had a puppy before? Have you ever had a large breed puppy or dog before? Edited December 3, 2010 by dogmad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kashing Posted December 4, 2010 Author Share Posted December 4, 2010 Kashing- if you CLICK here you will find lots of sensible information for people getting new puppies You sound as if you will be having a busy Christmas!! Thanks for help mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kashing Posted December 4, 2010 Author Share Posted December 4, 2010 Kashing- if you CLICK here you will find lots of sensible information for people getting new puppies You sound as if you will be having a busy Christmas!! Thank you very much, I will be very busy but my puppy will be very happy because I will give him a good chrismas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kashing Posted December 4, 2010 Author Share Posted December 4, 2010 my crotchedy old maltese (RIP my darling Daisy) and my golden retriever puppy were the bestest of friends. I just never left them unsupervised. You have two pups that you can train and teach manners. I would work out what is acceptable behaviour and what is not particularly on the basis that the GSD is going to be much larger than the maltese so boundaries will need to be stricter. Have a good chat to your friend about it all and your girlfriend as well to set those boundaries you all need to be consistent. Take the two pups to a very good puppy school as well. Gosh you are going to be busy with two pups in the house but it will be so much fun Is it possible to train my GSD to ignore the maltese when the maltese biting him? My friend's pup ALWAYS bite everything, included people. Thats why I worried about my gsd pup... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kashing Posted December 4, 2010 Author Share Posted December 4, 2010 Personally I would not have those two breeds together. If you have to then never leave them together unsupervised, not even for a minute, highly dangerous - for the maltese.I doubt very much that the maltese puppy actually bit you? There is a big difference between biting and nipping. ALL puppies nip and you'll find this out when you get a German Shepherd puppy. I really think you will be on a steep learning curve - have you ever had a puppy before? Have you ever had a large breed puppy or dog before? Im not really sure the maltese is playing with me of not because I really feel hurt.. ... but if I say no, he will release for few seconds and bite again... My family own a Malamate in my hometown but I think the maltese is much more better compare with Malamute. That malamute is just crazy and naughty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greytmate Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 (edited) my crotchedy old maltese (RIP my darling Daisy) and my golden retriever puppy were the bestest of friends. I just never left them unsupervised. You have two pups that you can train and teach manners. I would work out what is acceptable behaviour and what is not particularly on the basis that the GSD is going to be much larger than the maltese so boundaries will need to be stricter. Have a good chat to your friend about it all and your girlfriend as well to set those boundaries you all need to be consistent. Take the two pups to a very good puppy school as well. Gosh you are going to be busy with two pups in the house but it will be so much fun Is it possible to train my GSD to ignore the maltese when the maltese biting him? My friend's pup ALWAYS bite everything, included people. Thats why I worried about my gsd pup... Why would you train a dog to ignore another dog biting it? Would you ignore something biting you if it hurt? I really think you need to get some advice from people that can talk you through and show you what to do and how to manage the pups. You are going to have to manage both dogs to prevent them hurting or annoying each other, and given that one dog isn't yours, this is going to be hard. Edited December 4, 2010 by Greytmate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydoo Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 my crotchedy old maltese (RIP my darling Daisy) and my golden retriever puppy were the bestest of friends. I just never left them unsupervised. You have two pups that you can train and teach manners. I would work out what is acceptable behaviour and what is not particularly on the basis that the GSD is going to be much larger than the maltese so boundaries will need to be stricter. Have a good chat to your friend about it all and your girlfriend as well to set those boundaries you all need to be consistent. Take the two pups to a very good puppy school as well. Gosh you are going to be busy with two pups in the house but it will be so much fun Is it possible to train my GSD to ignore the maltese when the maltese biting him? My friend's pup ALWAYS bite everything, included people. Thats why I worried about my gsd pup... I'm not a dog expert but wouldn't you train the maltese not to bite instead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greytmate Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 The breeders you are going to buy the shepherd from might be able to give you some guidance on how to approach this. If it were my GSD pup, I would want to keep it separate from somebody else's dog. Especially if the other dog is owned by somebody not very good at training. It is because the dogs are so different in size that it can be a bit dangerous if things go wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crisovar Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Personally I would not have those two breeds together. If you have to then never leave them together unsupervised, not even for a minute, highly dangerous - for the maltese.I doubt very much that the maltese puppy actually bit you? There is a big difference between biting and nipping. ALL puppies nip and you'll find this out when you get a German Shepherd puppy. I really think you will be on a steep learning curve - have you ever had a puppy before? Have you ever had a large breed puppy or dog before? Im not really sure the maltese is playing with me of not because I really feel hurt.. ... but if I say no, he will release for few seconds and bite again... My family own a Malamate in my hometown but I think the maltese is much more better compare with Malamute. That malamute is just crazy and naughty. It sounds as if the Maltese is badly lacking proper training and guidelines, you are going to be bringing a large breed dog into this situation who is going to be large enough to cause this little dog serious damage if it retaliates. Do you think you can manage this? It will be your dog that wears the blame and a friendship probably will be strained. I have large dogs and toy dogs in the same household, but they are all mine and all live by my rules and boundaries and we manage them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kashing Posted December 4, 2010 Author Share Posted December 4, 2010 my crotchedy old maltese (RIP my darling Daisy) and my golden retriever puppy were the bestest of friends. I just never left them unsupervised. You have two pups that you can train and teach manners. I would work out what is acceptable behaviour and what is not particularly on the basis that the GSD is going to be much larger than the maltese so boundaries will need to be stricter. Have a good chat to your friend about it all and your girlfriend as well to set those boundaries you all need to be consistent. Take the two pups to a very good puppy school as well. Gosh you are going to be busy with two pups in the house but it will be so much fun Is it possible to train my GSD to ignore the maltese when the maltese biting him? My friend's pup ALWAYS bite everything, included people. Thats why I worried about my gsd pup... Why would you train a dog to ignore another dog biting it? Would you ignore something biting you if it hurt? I really think you need to get some advice from people that can talk you through and show you what to do and how to manage the pups. You are going to have to manage both dogs to prevent them hurting or annoying each other, and given that one dog isn't yours, this is going to be hard. Thats the problem, I cant even teach his dog do not bite because it is his dog and he loves his pup very much. I dont want my pup getting any hurts from that maltese and do not hurt the maltese as the same time, just be friends. I see even a cat can be friend with dogs on youtube....but i am not sure real or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kashing Posted December 4, 2010 Author Share Posted December 4, 2010 Personally I would not have those two breeds together. If you have to then never leave them together unsupervised, not even for a minute, highly dangerous - for the maltese.I doubt very much that the maltese puppy actually bit you? There is a big difference between biting and nipping. ALL puppies nip and you'll find this out when you get a German Shepherd puppy. I really think you will be on a steep learning curve - have you ever had a puppy before? Have you ever had a large breed puppy or dog before? Im not really sure the maltese is playing with me of not because I really feel hurt.. ... but if I say no, he will release for few seconds and bite again... My family own a Malamate in my hometown but I think the maltese is much more better compare with Malamute. That malamute is just crazy and naughty. It sounds as if the Maltese is badly lacking proper training and guidelines, you are going to be bringing a large breed dog into this situation who is going to be large enough to cause this little dog serious damage if it retaliates. Do you think you can manage this? It will be your dog that wears the blame and a friendship probably will be strained. I have large dogs and toy dogs in the same household, but they are all mine and all live by my rules and boundaries and we manage them. Do you mean even they are best friends but you will not leave them under supervise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greytmate Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Thats the problem, I cant even teach his dog do not bite because it is his dog and he loves his pup very much. I dont want my pup getting any hurts from that maltese and do not hurt the maltese as the same time, just be friends. I see even a cat can be friend with dogs on youtube....but i am not sure real or not. You have a people problem, not a dog problem. It is good that you are thinking of this before you bring your pup home. Instead of leaving it till it's too late. The problem is, you cannot force your friend to train his dog so that it behaves well around you and your dog. There is a good chance this will mean your dog will learn some undesirable behaviour, as a result of being annoyed, or just copying naughty things from the other puppy. Unless you can keep the pups separate, you lose control of what happens to your puppy, and what it gets to learn. This can be so dangerous, because you are getting a big strong breed that will be able to defend itself against threats. As an adult if it behaves aggressively, you could be in big, big trouble. The right time to get a puppy is when everyone in the house wants the same thing and everyone agrees to follow the same rules. If you cannot control the dog's environment and the other people and animals that interact with the dog, you can end up with serious problems that cannot be solved at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Kashing... not to be rude, but are you really ready for the task of raisng traing a large powerful smart working breed dog ? You seem very new to the world of dogs, and seem also to have not much experience with puppies/dog body language /behaviour . Have you ever handled a german shepherd before? Have you ever had two dogs before? To ask if cats & dogs can be friends says to me that you have not been around many people who have dogs and cats living with them inside....that you have not done a lot of research into HOW dogs work..HOW they think, what they are capable of ;) Dogs can be TRAINED to live happily with any sort of animal ... provided you have the RIGHT dog, and a capable owner/trainer. My dogs & cats share beds and food .... BUT my dogs will kill cats who are wild . This is what dogs can do - they are SMART . Dogs can also be BOSS to their humans. If the humans do not understand dog language .... and WHY a dog growls/nips/chases ... then the human either gets afraid, or tries to stop the behaviour in the wrong way :D :D Then the dog can become the boss- or become very timid .. You are setting off on a long journey ...and I do advise you to do as much reading as you can!! Go to obedience classes- and just watch. Talk to neighbours who have well behaved dogs.... and read up LOTS on your chosen breed ..stuff like this is a start CLICK here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flaves Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 I have a jack russell and a gsd, they get along really well The maltese sounds like it needs some discipline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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