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Originally Posted by Nancy1999  Congratulations on the new puppy, I can't answer your question, but it sounds like they are having fun together. I don't think a dog rolling on his back means he's giving up his dominance; I think it just means "you are not a threat". Does he always go ballistic when you pick up the puppy? I take care of my sons' dogs, and one of the goes ballistic when I pick up Joey, he's gradually gotten over it, and he's younger than Joey. Joey doesn't seem to mind when I pick up other dogs. Maybe if you could pick up Maximo first, he'd get over you picking up Teddy. |
Thank you Nancy for the congrats and the likely explanation for the behavior. That makes perfect sense to me.
Maximo allows me to pick up the puppy only if I carry them both at the same time and pick up Maximo first. This took a full day to achieve.
If I want to pick up only the puppy, Maximo attacks. Same thing when my father tries to pick up the puppy. We need to pick up the puppy to groom, and to try to solve the potty problems -- Maximo is guarding all of the piddle pads. Yes, Maximo's favorite things: his humans and his piddle pads.
