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Originally Posted by Jcole95  I have a question. I have a 5 year old male. Very fun and playful he doesn't have very good social skills though. He spends the days with my grandmother who we are afraid isn't going to be here much longer so we got him a friend, a female named Bella. Bella is 9 weeks old. we've had Bella a few days now and stormy wants to play with her but when she stops chasing him he nips her until she practically crawls up me with fear. How can I discipline him for being too rough? He's gradually getting worse. I'm afraid she will be terrified of him and he's never been aggressive with anyone! |
To me it was actually the opposite, max will always want to play and he would chase mia growling and try to bite her. Since bella is the young one i would keep my eyes on them being that she is very young still.
If i were you i would buy a playpen for bella . when your not around leave her in there. When i had max on the playpen they would have several sniffing moments and growling but they got to know each other abit in the process. However, when you are home , let them play supervised and also leave out several toys for them to play with. Whenever you see that stormy isnt playing right with a very firm voice say No! maybe small ,not hard, flick in the nose.
I even bough stop that! Spray From sentry and i would spray up it creates a noice that get there attention right away. Also, Dont pet her too much by picking her up everytime she is Scared because she will always be scared then and thats not good. Always praise both and pet both even at the same if you can.
It takes time, i learned, you just need patience lol
Whenever she crawls scared to you, show her a different direction by playing with a toy with her and if you can include them together playing thats even better. I bought a long snake toy , i would have mia on one end and she would be so entertained that she wouldnt notice i put max on the other end. I praise alot when i saw them playing even if it was for one second.
Goodluck!! If you have any questions im here lol