Hi, so I hoped to benefit from others experience if I could. Lottie, 21 week old cockapoo met Nellie, 10 week.old cocker (very tiny) for the 1st time. We were very calm and nellie was really timid and submissive, Lottie did fantastic lots of licking and laying next to nellie, we made sure that we made a fuss of them equally.
Fast forward to next day, very good at first then nellie had been asleep so was full of energy when she woke up. Needless to say she wanted to play so Lottie thought she had the green light to be her mad puppy self. Made worse as she had come in from a toilet trip outside in the rain and was wet through, which sends her crazy!!She took great pleasure in biting nellies legs, chasing her etc. Nellie was still wagging but running and hiding when it got too much and doing a bit of crying out, but then going back for more.
I do not think lottie would be anything other than playful but due to the HUGE size difference and the fact that lottie herself has no idea of her own strength etc, we were scared that she would hurt her.
Any ideas on how we should manage this? If lottie was an older dog, I would feel more confident that she would let nellie know how to behave and put her in her place. But lottie is still a pup herself so doesn't have boundaries.
I will be looking after nellie on a regular basis, so they will be seeing lots and lots of each other.