Need ADVICE please ..On Puppy & Older Dog

[Katharine]

Hello All,

I have an 18week old female puppy who picks on my older 5yr Male terrible. She always seems to chase him around and bites on him, she takes the toys away from him, and she runs over if he goes to drink water and knocks him out of the way to drink herself. Some people tell me the older dog needs to put her in her place, but I dont see this happening. We have been correcting her when she does this but its ALL the time, we are constantly correcting her.

I do not believe my older Male Yorkie will ever dominant her, she is such a pushy one.

Need advice, on how to stop this behavior and what should we be doing more of ...I am not sure if we are approaching this right.

Please help..... Thankyou

[BLowry]

Originally Posted by Katharine

Hello All,

I have an 18week old female puppy who picks on my older 5yr Male terrible. She always seems to chase him around and bites on him, she takes the toys away from him, and she runs over if he goes to drink water and knocks him out of the way to drink herself. Some people tell me the older dog needs to put her in her place, but I dont see this happening. We have been correcting her when she does this but its ALL the time, we are constantly correcting her.

I do not believe my older Male Yorkie will ever dominant her, she is such a pushy one.

Need advice, on how to stop this behavior and what should we be doing more of ...I am not sure if we are approaching this right.

Please help..... Thankyou

Sounds to me like she wants to play...she's in puppy mode and your 5 yr old is in adult mode...believe me....when he has had enough he will let her know

[lynzy420]

Originally Posted by BLowry

Sounds to me like she wants to play...she's in puppy mode and your 5 yr old is in adult mode...believe me....when he has had enough he will let her know

I have a 7 year old Miss Mini and a 6 month Miss Mia...same thing, nonstop, but Mini now tolerates her after finally firmly letting her know to knock it off...she still does it, but Miss Mia knows when Miss Mini is seriously not gonna tolerate it...leave them be.

[Katharine]

Thanks BLowry,

I sure hope he gets some backbone and tells her to knock it off )

We feel so bad for him, she seems to be calling the shots here, she takes everything away from him...and she bites him to the point he yelps...I think he is alittle of a softie, and wish he would stick up for himself, but so far nope he lets her run over him.

I am heartbroken over this whole thing, She is a bully! she is almost as big as he is and she is only 18 weeks.., I hope he starts to take up for himself soon...thankyou )

[Teresa Ford]

I remind my Yorkies that I am the Mama around here, when they get carried away with bossy behavior. I scold with Enough! and make them stop what ever. But, Most of the time they settle it themselves. Rubin my senior male is 9 and he lets Gracie (3yrs) be the bitchy boss 99 % of the time. Ginny Joy is the biggest but she rarely is bossy, but she can put the other 3 on the floor if she needs to. She has rolled Rubin a few times. Little Abba the smallest never fights, he gives up whatever then gets something else.

[GeorgiesMomma]

Originally Posted by BLowry

Sounds to me like she wants to play...she's in puppy mode and your 5 yr old is in adult mode...believe me....when he has had enough he will let her know

We brought Georgie home and he harrassed our 75lb Boxer. He was a puppy and she was 6. I have pictures to prove it! Georgie loved to play and Coco well she wanted to be left alone. She finally started to open her mouth and make funny noises when he would play with her. I don't think she ever showed him she was boss. I do know the puppy stage ended and Georgie stopped nipping and bugging her all the time. As a matter of fact they are both laying here snuggled together snoring

I will tell you one thing that worked for us was redirecting him. We would take one of his squeaky toys and start playing with him and he left her alone.

[Katharine]

thats what I do ...redirect her, because he likes to sit on the top of our sofa and watch out the window, but she wont let him, she trys to crowd him out, I do however squeak one of the toys and she gets interested for alittle while then its back to bugging poor Murphy. I do hope the puppy stage doesnt last for years or I will be greyer then I am now LOL ) Thanks everyone for your advice, sometimes I need someone elses opinion )

[GeorgiesMomma]

Oh good it won't last I am sure of it. Eventually they will be buds and she will find her place on the top of the sofa too

[YorkieMommieof3]

Ok I have three little girls My oldest is 11/ My middle is 2 1/2, My baby is 4 months The behavior you are having are typical The baby is testing her limits with the older dogs

This will stoponce your little one gets a little older I went through mom anxiety when Mollie and Lizzie went through that I was convinced the little one was going to get attacked by her older sister, but once she learned when to stop once her sister snipped at her the behavior settled

My little now does the same things to her older sisters I keep a ton of toys around 3 boxs to be exacy and three beds I find it easier to redirect the little one

Unlessthey are hurting one another they are ok Trust me the older dog will let the puppy know when they have had it

[shelimcallister]

Originally Posted by GeorgiesMomma

We brought Georgie home and he harrassed our 75lb Boxer. He was a puppy and she was 6. I have pictures to prove it! Georgie loved to play and Coco well she wanted to be left alone. She finally started to open her mouth and make funny noises when he would play with her. I don't think she ever showed him she was boss. I do know the puppy stage ended and Georgie stopped nipping and bugging her all the time. As a matter of fact they are both laying here snuggled together snoring

I will tell you one thing that worked for us was redirecting him. We would take one of his squeaky toys and start playing with him and he left her alone.

I would love to see those pictures. Little Georgie? LOL!!! I know exactly what you mean.

[shelimcallister]

Isn't that a woman's job? JK!!!! Seriously speaking, it will take time for them to adjust to each other's personalities but I think it will all work out. She is a pup and learning the ways. She will probaly always dominate but she will gain respect for him with your guidance. Is it possible he is taking it easy on her b/c she is a pup?

Good luck!

[Katharine]

he was never really around other dogs, so I dont know if he knows she is a pup ) He must figure she is a pain....we try our best to keep them both happy, but I just wished he would stand up for himself. Then again he has been alone for 5 years until now, we decided to add to our lovely family with a new baby. He does play with her, they chase each other through the kitchen and living room like they are crazy ...so he must like her somewhat. Well I shall keep my fingers crossed and say alittle prayer all works out, I just wondered if this is normal on her part to be so bossy, and pushy...

[Ringo1]

Sounds like typical puppy behavior to me. The older dog should have a place where he can get totally away from her so she cannot continue to annoy him all day long.

Ringo's place was on a very high chair that Lucy simply could not reach when she was a puppy. He would go there often for his naps and when he had had enough of her pestering him.

For a 5 year old dog - there is a time to play and a time when he will want to be alone!

Good luck!

[tinalove]

I am going through this same thing right now. Kirby is 8 years old and Khloe will be 6 months on June 8th. My girls are so different. Kirby is that lovable, kissy kiss bichon. Khloe is a true terrier. She is sweet but she is so bold. Sometimes I get afraid when I hear Kirby growl but she never snaps at Khloe. They seem to play well until Kirby growls or goes in her crate. I agree the older dog needs some place to get away from the puppy antics. I was told to let them work it out. Sometimes Khloe grabs onto Kirby's ear with those puppy teeth, but I take solace knowing that she is getting a mouth full of cottony hair and not Kirby's actual ear. Khloe just got spayed yesterday so she is low key mode right now. I think Kirby is recupperating too.

[dpatt]

I read all of these and I think the only one I agree with is Ringo at least he has somewhere to go. As my mom once told me God rest her soul, just because he/she's a puppy shouldn't mean they can do no wrong. We should do the same thing with them as we would do with our kids (and they do understand it just takes a little longer) teach them manners and respect. This is what she did and it worked for her. She bought a small squirt gun and hide it so Snoop couldn't see it. Every time Snoop pestered Meeko she would squirt him, and this is the clue-lol she didn't let Snoop see it was her. Snoop started thinking it was Meeko and started backing off. Sometimes if she didn't have a water gun she would roll up a news paper or whatever was handy that would startle him. Once in a while if Meeko went over to Snoop mom would squirt him just a little and he began to associate it with Meeko. Mom did the same thing with a cat and rabbit we had. The cat used to eat rabbits, when mom got done the rabbit was chasing the cat. Meeko didn't need to grow a back bone mama was his - don't you just love um!! It's worth a shot!