Help and advice sought please.
Bayliss, 2 1/2 yr old, Male, worker, walked around 8 miles per day, entire, generally chilled around the house with everyone.
Desmo, Male, worker (different breeder), 9 weeks, home bound
Week 1, Bayliss snaps at pup at feeding time- understandable, it`s his bowl and food.
A few more instances of growling, grumbling and not much to worry about, it is week 1 afterall.
Week 2, Bayliss has him pinned to the floor, loads of noise, pup yelping his head off. Didn't see what pup was doing to be told off by Bayliss.
Both dogs under the table (when I`m out BTW) and Bayliss goes beserk on the pup to the point Sarah was screamingy at Bayliss to get off the pup. He wasn't for letting go.
I always join in when they are playing, telling Bayliss `good boy` when they are play fighting, and telling desmo` gentle` when he is getting OTT with Bayliss. The odd grumble from Bayliss every now and then which is OK in my world, lines need to be drawn between them.
We all try to spend as much time as we can with them together and apart and if anything, Bayliss has had even more attention than he did before Desmo`s arrival.
Bayliss has got a lot less aggressive with his bones and toys but this morning he went for him in a
big way to the point I had to get involved by seperating them,, the pup is OK although very scared and still whimpering 10 minutes after.As I went and sat next to Bayliss in his bed, he then started to give voice to me, luckily I am not intimidated by him that much, where Sarah on the other hand would have number 2`d herself.
Sarah is at the point now where she doesn't trust Bayliss and the pup together without watching them both like a hawk which I understand. Is this likely to continue until pup is big enough to fight back or is Bayliss now going become an aggressive top dog? I so want them to get on later in life as that was the whole reason for getting another dog.
In advance, many thanks
J
