I just went through this only with a jealous male Westie (3 years old) and a new baby girl Yorkie (Lucy). Ringo is so much bigger than Lucy and when he growled or showed dominance . . . it was very scary.
The thing that helped us the most was this - treat your old dog as if he is the 'king'. He gets noticed first, petted first, walked first; fed first. Everything first for your older dog. Ringo became much less jealous after this.
Also, we were spending way too much time holding Lucy in front of him and paying attention to her (hey, it's a new puppy!) and not to him.
We turned that around - even though it was very hard to do - and began paying Ringo more attention than the puppy. Yes, it's hard because puppies are so needy - but it can be done.
I kept them separated using baby gates for a few days and only let them together in the yard; then we progressed to just being together in the living room; now all over the house.
Feed them separately - that's a fight waiting to happen!
Show your old dog that he's still top dog. He'll settle down. |