Hey, just looking for a bit of knowledge for a situation I am in with a new puppy. We just introduced a male 3 month old puppy into our home where we have a 1 year old female dog.
We introduced them outside of the home and it seemed okay but our one year old dog seemed a bit overwhelmed. She didn’t growl or try to snap at the puppy but she definitely seemed overstimulated. We separated them and have really only let them interact with each other on very brief walks since. They do okay on the walks but we don’t really let them stop and interact. We just focus on the walk and keeping them walking near each other.
The only other interaction they’ve had is when they are separated in the house by a gate. Our 1 year old dog seems very interested in what’s going on with the puppy and they will sniff each other over the top of the gate but on an occasion the puppy will start to growl at our other dog. The other dog doesn’t react negatively when this happens and we completely separate them when it starts. I’m just curious if this is normal to see. A lot of what I’ve read sounds like it would be the older dog growling at the new dog but that doesn’t seem to be the case here. It’s also just not what we expected because this puppy spent his first 3 months around a lot of different dogs and seemed great with them. Even when we picked him up and he met new dogs at the pickup location he seemed very sociable.
If anybody has any experience with this and could shine some line on if this is normal or how we should move forward in regards to separation or how to let them interact it would be greatly appreciated. They are both great dogs and we want nothing more than for them to get along and be friends.
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