Thanks everyone for your responses so far!! We’ve had Zoe for 5 days now. Forgot to mention that we’re currently separating the two in separate ex pens since he attacked her several times. He has even began whining at night now even though he’s never done this. Zoe wines and cries every night since we’ve had her, which we know is normal.
Could he now be pottying in his play pen because we’re telling Zoe in front of him ‘go potty’ in the house on her pee pads? Or is it out of jealousy or because ‘if she can do it so should I’
How can we decrease the depression? He has not wagged his tail for days and his ear droops and he doesn’t even want to look at us. Should we resume his regular activities of walking to the park everyday so that his life feels more normal?
Should we start formal dog training to help us with housebreaking and perhaps increase his self esteem for himself?
Also, what should we do if he attacks Zoe again? Last time he did this, we put him in a time out box and he just whined and pottied all over himself. Was it a bad idea to make him feel like he was in trouble because of the new pup?
Should we put out pee pads in his den at the moment or will this encourage the pottying in the house? We do not want him to potty in the house since we know he can hold it (in the past) |