fluff1234 Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 (edited) Hey all I was just wondering what are your methods for introducing dogs? We have currently took in a 4 yr old female neighbours Husky who is fairly overweight. We got her vaccinated, wormed, desexed etc... but had to make the choice to bring her home from surgery which she had on thursday and was so overwieght we got hit with an obese fee. We currently have Our 8 mth old bouncy and energetic Samoyed. We are doing OK, except for a few growls or snaps here and there, due to his pushiness and lack of personal space awarness or manners, so keeping him leashed, restricting him when he starts getting too invasive on her and monitoring him. He has NOT growled or grumbled once and has no awarness of her warning growls or even her snaps when he has tried to jump on her or took the fauning to a higher level! I want this to work and feel sorry for my baby boy stuck on a lead when all he wants to do is play but respect that she is just 4and just had surgery and getting used to us. She is otherwise calm and very affectionate. So what are your methods? how do your dogs interact? She will come and say hi to him, she will drink water near him and will lie near him, she only gets understandibly fed up, growly when he has been to fussy for too long or she it tired and wants to be left alone. They are crated side by side at night next to our bed with no issue other than we have to carry her in the crate as she has never been crated before, but is OK and does sleep. Her wound does look a little greenish last night so we will be following up with the vets today so she is probably not feeling the best as well as having huge surgery anyway, her appetite is off. I will be buying day crates (this happened quickly so we used his spare day crate, which he never goes in, for her at night) She craves affection and attention, going from one member of the family to the next for strokes and security cuddles and he craves being next to her! he adores her and wants to play! Edited January 19, 2014 by fluff1234 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackJaq Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 I would probably separate them at least until her stitches come out. It sounds like your boy has some pretty poor social skills and spay surgery can make girls pretty sore and cranky for a while. She might be reacting more strongly than she would otherwise and if he pushes her too far now she may never exactly take to him, so I would wait until she feels better before subjecting her to a rude older puppy. I'm sure there will be plenty of other DOlers with more experience with this type of situation along to comment presently :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluff1234 Posted January 20, 2014 Author Share Posted January 20, 2014 Thank you. I am keeping him away from her currently, same room but a way apart, there is no way to keep her completely seperate, as she doesnt like the crate too much and is reluctantly with us carrying her, going in it at night! She also is craving our attention, so locking her away elsewhere would be very traumatic. I am taking my boy with me, when I run errands in the car. I am able to have leashes on them at all times and keep him away other than a few very very supervised hellos and nose sniffs which she is happy with. He has been at training since he was 3 mths old and doesnt really have much interest with the dogs all around him, he can happily walk around the circle and show no interest in the other dogs, but this is in his home and he is a very excitable and playful boy who doesnt seem to 'get' the warning signs? He just seems too pester her to play, he is also a little heavy footed/clumsy, he is a very big samoyed! He also has never lived with another dog, so this is all exciting and new to him, she lived with two other dogs, cats and horses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluff1234 Posted January 20, 2014 Author Share Posted January 20, 2014 He IS listening more though, we tell him to back off after a supervised sniff and he is listening more and more and its only day 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackJaq Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 I would get a baby gate and keep them in separate areas, depending on your house's layout. You might have to make time specifically for each of them. One way or another she will probably need to learn to be separated from you for periods of time and if your boy is happy to be in another room for a few hours at a time then he will at least not need to be on a leash. I totally understand about dogs being clumsy and pushy, despite regular socialization etc and my Wei girl can be way too pushy for more timid dogs, especially when she thinks their warnings are not to be taken seriously. I would just try to minimize bad experiences between them at least while she is still a bit sore and still has her stitches in. She might end up becoming a lot more tolerant once that is no longer an issue or she may not but you don't want to ruin their chances of living together harmoniously in the future because he accidentally steps on her tender tummy and she wallops him in return. These kind of feuds can become lifelong. Your boy may also need a little bit of time to settle with the idea of another dog being around and to realize that this does not mean that play needs to happen 24/7 because of this (some single dogs think a new dog in the household is like meeting a play buddy at the park but all day long lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluff1234 Posted January 20, 2014 Author Share Posted January 20, 2014 I have to take her to the vets tomorrow, its looking a little green gunky again! she is probably feeling out of sorts anyway, she is still not eating and is sleeping all day. I do not have the layout to seperate, we already have babygates to keep from the bedrooms and to prevent front door dashes, the rest is open plan. I have put her night crate in the room, but she has no interest in hiding away and will walk right upto him too look out of the door, I will be vigilant in watching him and preventing him, I think your right, he seems her as a play toy! I will make sure he gets lots of playtime outside and I hope it works out. I really would hate to have to find her ANOTHER new home when its my boy who is the issue and NOT her She appears to be an amazing young lady.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackJaq Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Hmm surely somebody else must have some more suggestions.. I have seen plenty of people reading the thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leah82 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 It's probably not worth making any long term decisions while your girl is still in recovery. I would suggest keep doing what you are doing, try and keep them separated and spend time with both of them. A new home and recovering from surgery is a lot to cope with without the added stress of a pushy puppy, once she's better settled she'll hopefully be able to cope with pushy puppy a bit better. When we first got Sarah Collie would get in her face and want to play a lot so she was giving out plenty of warning growls and we would intervene if he didn't listen. After awhile the novelty wore off and now they are two peas in a pod - Collie's energy is sometimes too much for Sarah so we just keep an eye on them when playing and usually a Sarah growl at Collie is followed by a people growl at Collie because he still doesn't always listen to her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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