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01-28-2012, 06:01 PM | #1 |
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| Eiyie yie yie...HELP! Miss Mia has been with us for a week and two days, Miss Mia is now 12 weeks old and is really coming in to her own little personality. I also have Miss Mini who is 6 1/2 years old. Miss Mia is a pistol, I am litter box training (doggie litter box and pads inside them) I have a litter box in her x-pen, and right now 1 in every room. This is working well for us. At night Miss Mia is put in her pen and goes in to her kennel (door open) no problems. Now to the problem, Miss Mini is not jealous of Miss Mia, but she is totally passive and seems to want nothing to do with her. Miss Mia however, wants Miss Mini's attn. She flys through the house when out of her pen and constantly nips at Miss Mini's face, she does NOT bite her put seems to be trying to entice her to play...Miss Mini will not have it and does not even growl at her. Miss Mini wants to always be able to see "the baby" and when Mia crys to get out of the pen Miss Mini *tells* me to let her out! While she always has one eye on her and always wags her little but with happiness when I take her out she totally snubs her. Is this normal? I always put Miss Mini first, feed them seperately, I don't know what to do to make this easy for Miss Mini and feel bad for Miss Mia. Miss Mini had a major eye defect at birth and when she was 14 weeks old she had major surgery on her eye, and was not able to be socialized for several weeks, for obvious reasons. Soon after when she was 9 mos. she had to have major hip and leg surgery for Leggs Parthe...so again...laid up for some time. Basically she was never socialized. With that said Miss Mini has a very sweet personality and is very loving, laid back and not pretentious! She is spoiled but doesn't know it! She is not at all aggressive. Any advice all? Sorry for all the details but trying to paint a clear picture here! Thank You Lynn |
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01-28-2012, 06:17 PM | #2 | |
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Just give it time she is probably really jealous just keep making sure to put her first. Oh also another thing is try taking your first baby on walks first in the morning and then bring the puppy along on another walk if possible. This helps them feel so special. If anything just keep putting your older baby first and always give her treat, brush her, and so on and she will learn that even though there is someone new she is still important and the "pack leader". Good Luck!!! Two is SO much fun and just overall amazing!
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01-28-2012, 06:20 PM | #3 |
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| Oh another thing I thought of is during play time pay the most attention to your older dog, I did this with Roscoe and he felt like he was still the "baby" the first time he began to even want Sukie around was during playtime because he KNEW he was going to the most important. Now a few months later it is equal and they both know they are loved and dont fuss much unless I play hide and go seek and they can't find mommy LOL!!
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01-28-2012, 08:08 PM | #4 | |
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I truly believe Miss Mini is just getting to know Miss Mia in her own way. I believe she feels bad to see Miss Mia in 'puppy jail' and wants her to have her freedom, even though she is still 'learning' her and learning 'about' her. Miss Mini may be temporarily 'keeping her distance' as a 'boundary' establishment, and teaching Miss Mia some doggie respect and manners in the process. Since there is no animosity in her behavior toward Miss Mia, I would allow everything to be as Miss Mini wishes it, and comply always with her requests. Allowing her to 'direct' the progression will, I believe, also allow her, in her own sweet-natured way, to set all the 'ground rules' she requires of the new baby and set them both up for a long and happy friendship. I have seen the same thing with a different, larger breed, and while it looks strange, trusting in her canine instinct was the correct thing for me to do...chaperoned by me, of course! After a few weeks, my older girl was snuggling with the babies...the babies' idea...and appearing to the humans as 'begrudgingly' so, but I truly believe my Honey knew exactly what she was doing! Good luck...and congratulations!! You have a lovely couple of girls!
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01-28-2012, 08:17 PM | #5 |
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| She probably doesn't know, remember, or has no interest in playing the way that puppies do, but that doesn't mean she doesn't like her new sis.
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01-29-2012, 08:22 PM | #6 |
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| Thanks so much for your responses. I will do try everything and anything! I am just so worried about this....uggh! Do any of you have any other suggestions on things I can do or NOT Do, to help bring these two girls together? |
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