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ssbon18
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posted April 12, 2004 07:12 AM
I have a 2 and a half year old chihuahua. He is a neutered male. Yesterday I got a miniature doberman pincher that is about 10 weeks old. Lucky my 2 and a half year old dog was introduced with him yesterday. They did okay. They were playing with each other, but then when Toby, my new dog, gets close to his toys and bed Lucky growls and tries to bite Toby. If he is not close to his things lucky is fine with Toby. I had to get luckys bed out of his crate and put it in the side of his crate, because Toby is locked up in his crate so he can't be harmed while I'm asleep. When Lucky saw him yesterday locked in the crate he tried to bite and barked to him from the outside of his crate. Today he is fine seeing him inside the crate. ANy idea on what I could do to make them be best buddies and get along fine and not hurt each other?
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ellierat
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posted April 12, 2004 02:19 PM
You don't say what sex your new one is? You are introducing a very large breed of dog to your older small one, be careful as this pup grows he will become much bigger, very playful and can do some damage to your smaller dog just in play. You may have to separate them until he is out of the puppy stage. If you are introducing a female all should be fine in a few days, keep up with what you are doing, let the original dog have his own territory and introduce the female into it.
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DaxAriel's toy
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posted April 12, 2004 03:30 PM
I wouldn't worry too much - they will find their own balance. I was worried about my pup with my full grown rotti cross. She snarled, etc but really didn't hurt the pup. Wait a few weeks and i'm sure they will settle down.
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BeaconofLight
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posted April 12, 2004 03:37 PM
Your older established dog is letting the new pup know his boundaries. This is normal, but until they do establish their boundaries, keep a close eye and always supervised.
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ssbon18
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posted April 12, 2004 04:42 PM
Yeah I forgot to mention my 2 and a half year old is a male neutered chihuahua and is 10 pounds and the male puppy is about 1 pound.He is a miniature doberman so he should grow up around 10 pounds
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ellierat
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posted April 12, 2004 09:26 PM
Oh, they should end up apprx. the same size then, all should be o.k. but you may have some probs both being male, you will need to get the pup castrated when old enough.
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