Hey y'all. In my family we have a 14 year old pom, a 9 year old chiweenie and a brand new 10 week old pom.
the 14 year old pom is doing great, when the baby is teasing her or her patience has run out, she corrects her appropriately and the teasing stops.
My usual route of introduction involves lots of pack bonding like walking together and so fourth but the puppy is so incredibly small (25 ounces) that we have not been able to find a collar or harness that fits her yet. For some reason the baby LOVES the grumpy chiweenie and wants to follow her everywhere. She wants to be with her in every room she is in and tries to clean her, play with her and sit beside her. But my 9 year old chiweenie seems fearful of the puppy and isn't engaging positively at all. When the puppy goes near her she bears teeth and even growls or snaps. The bark she is making sounds fearful too. In some cases I understand her frustration. The puppy can be barking in her face and not giving up on playing with her. I am trying to correct this behaviour but at her age she doesn't seem to fully understand (or has a very short attention span)
I don't mind my older dogs correcting her appropriately, but it appears as though we have a perfect storm on our hands.....a high energy puppy who likes to tease, and a low patience insecure chiweenie who doesn't want any riff raff. I don't want this to grow into relationship where they hate each other. Especially when the buffer (and perfect dog) 14 year old pom is...14 years old and each day is a blessing of time . I don't expect the new puppy and the chiweenie to bond right away and I understand these things take time. But I don't want my puppy to grow up to be an as*hole, and I don't want my chiweenie to get special treatment for being territorial and rude.
Any suggestions on how I can help support a positive relationship between these two? Who and when should I be correcting?
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