How to teach Dancer to be gentle with Sky?
She is such a sweetheart! Dancer is being very good with her so far, no aggression, no growling no thing. She doesn't even mind Sky digging into her food bowl...LOL (she does have her own, but she is a little piggy!) Dancer wants to play though, and I'm afraid she will hurt the puppy. Dancer gets relentless at chasing Winston (the cat) sometimes, and she was starting to get that way with the puppy a few minutes ago. I put her in her crate with a pressed rawhide stick to gnaw on for a bit, but I'm not sure how to handle this. I don't want her to harrass the puppy constantly, but I don't want to have to keep them in their crates all the time or only have one out at a time if I can help it. I don't want Dancer to feel left out,or jealous either. What would a good training method be for this situation? |
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| You might want to keep there time together brief for the first couple of weeks. 8 weeks is a little young to introduce to a big dog, especially still a puppy that doesn't realize how big she is now.
I had introduced our pup to the neighbor's Boxer at that age and she did pounce on the pup accidentally and he let out a big yipe. Fortunately he didn't get hurt but I realized that maybe the introduction was too early. Then it took a couple of weeks before he wasn't afraid to get near him anymore. There is a chance that Dancer can injure Sky. The next few weeks are pretty crucial in bone development. In a few weeks Sky should be able to hold her own pretty well with Dancer and you won't have to worry because they will be best of friends. |
| I think Dancer will learn this on her own. Give her some time - try not to interfere too much in their interaction. You can teach Dancer "gentle" command. Be sure to supervise them AT ALL TIMES .
When Presley was a tiny little pup - she was pestering Brittney (who was a little grumpy and still grieving the loss of her brother) -I wasn't paying much attention  and in a second -Brittney snapped at Presley and caught her jaw - the horrible sounds that came out of Presley scared the living daylights out of me and there was BLOOD everywhere. Presley's jaw was crushed and she needed surgery.  I felt horrible!
Sydney's transition into our home was much smoother - but I was also much more aware and took great care in supervising their interactions. Dancer sounds like she's enjoying her little sister- but I'm sure you know from being a Mom to uprights - even when playing - someone can get hurt! Good Luck! Kristen |
| Wow, that must have been awful!
I have been crating them a lot, for housetraining and safety reasons. For little bits of time they get to play together with me watching, then they each get one on one time with the other in the crate. Sky's crate is in my bedroom and Dancer's is in the kitchen. Dancer never used to bark in her crate though, but she is yelping in there now, I just put them each in their crates because they were getting too rambunctious. |
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