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Originally Posted by slimem2003  yeah . I but him off the bed and hes whining at me now. I'm just ignoring him and maybe he will understand and go play. now if he snaps at him agian do I put him in his crate for like a time out so he will get that if he snaps he will have to go to his crate for a while. do you think that will work? |
It might. What I suspect will happen is that eventually Wriggley will put Chipper in his place. He will tolerate so much snapping and then Wriggley is going to snap.
Here's what we did with Ringo (my dominant dog) when Lucy first came home. If Ringo was sitting on my lap and Lucy got close to me; Ringo snapped and growled. Immediately, Ringo was taken off my lap and sometimes put in another room for a while. He got the message real quick. If we were all laying on the bed nicely - but Lucy got a little too close to Ringo; he would snap again. That meant Ringo had to get down off the bed. We could only do those fun things when everyone was on their best behavior. Same with Lucy. Now everyone knows what is expected of them. This took a while though!
If they are not playing nicely; then separate them for a while. But, with two dogs, there are going to be SOME skirmishes and you can't interfere in them all and you shouldn't interfere in them all. They will have to work it out. No one should get hurt and absolutely no blood should be drawn.
Continue to work on NILF with your pup; give some extra attention to your older dog; let him know he hasn't lost his status on the family. Feed him first, leash him first, treat him first. Support him in being the 'top dog' for a while. BUT, they are eventually going to establish which one is dominant.
Whew. Sorry so wordy.