Older dogs just not getting along with new puppy! My older dogs are still nippy with the new puppy. Max should have been named taz for Tasmanian devil. He just runs circles around the older dogs. Comes in to get a bite of a tail and they try to nip the puppy. We have a 4 level split house and they stay on the top floor...Max on the 3rd level. Both have hardwood floors so he can go up there and he bounces up the stairs now but they jump on the couches when he goes upstairs. If they are on the floor Max just won't settle down. When he goes to everyone else's house and runs like a crazy puppy all the other dogs in the house play with him. I feel bad he doesn't have anyone to play with here. He does love to play! Any suggestions or is it a lost cause with all his energy! He's been here almost 3 weeks. |
Puppy antics can be annoying to some adult dogs. I would let your adult dogs continue to escape to the couch when they want. That is what my Max did when he got tired of his little brother. You could try doing trick training with the dogs together. My boys enjoyed performing simple obedience tricks like sit, down, shake hands, and so on for treats. When your puppy is old enough to go for walks, walking together with the older dogs may help. |
I think Max will be a walker( to burn off some energy) but the girls don't go on walks. They get carried and now full grown 10 lb dogs they just get the run of our backyard. I started playing ball with the puppy since Ava loves playing ball. Hope she sees he will play ball with her. She loves to drop it down the stairs for me to fetch but the puppy fetches it now but they need to figure out how to get the ball to the top of the stairs without me! Hopefully some day they can be in the same room but I think Max has too much enthusiasm for the other dogs. Do all Yorkie pups run around like the energizer bunny? Or is he just wound a little to tight? |
Energizer Bunny Yorkie Yes,it has been my experience with yorkie puppies they are swift and so fast like the energizer bunny but it will change as they mature. My Joey did run down every evening around 6 pm though when he was just a pup. I used to say his batteries have run down and need to be charged. lol Now he is 6 years old and he "tells" me- Mommy, I'm an old doggie now. Or rather that seems to be what he is telling me at times. lol |
The older ones will accept the puppy on their own time. When ever I bought home a new zooming, tail nipping, jump on backs baby, my older girls headed for high grounds, the sofa lol. That was their safe place until the baby was able to jump up on the sofa, that is when my older girls had no choice but to be friends with the new kid. This is normal for your older ones to head for the hills, they will accept the new kid, just give them time, no forcing the baby on them, they will become BFF it just takes time, it can be a few months, with my girls it was almost 3 months before they would STAY on the floor with baby JAWS. |
Until they do accept the pup, they are actually teaching the pup some addtional and very helpful doggie manners through their gentle nipping. They are teaching pup what is acceptable, when it is acceptable, how it is acceptable, and the general hiarchy of the household. They are teaching the pup in what ways it is acceptable to play and in what ways it is not. Once the pup gets the boundries down, and the older dogs lighten up a bit, all will likely be great. |
Young yorkie has a lot of energy to burn.... I'd play with him tug of war and walks help... I'm sure within time he'll adapt to his surroundings. Congrats and Good Luck! |
How come every ones else's dogs love to play with him but our girls? He just made a friend with a jack Russell today that played with him. Maybe because he isn't living with them? I've been letting the girls teach him doggy manners as long as he doesn't get hurt. Just afraid of him cornering one of them and getting hurt. I read that the older dogs can teach a pup the way of the dog world. He has learned one cat has claws and the other doesn't. Just frustrating he wants to play and no one will be in the same room with him. He is restricted to one area until he is potty trained which won't help socialize him with the other dogs. |
Other dogs will play It sounds to me like you have hit the nail on the head. Your girls live with him and he is just a nuisance to their old way of life. The friends he makes just see him as a passing buddy they can play with and not another dog encroaching on their home territory. They play a while and then he goes back to his own home. But in time this will change as everyone here has stated. It is hard I know when you just want them all to get along and be friends. |
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