Two dogs in the house, new puppy aggressive toward older dog

Colibri

We've had a puppy here now for the last two weeks and he's getting along fine apart from becoming a dead weight when I put the lead on him but that's another issue. He's a collie mixture and he's about 3-4 months old.

The problem is, we've just been given another dog (Angel) to mind for 5 days, an older 5 year old collie female dog who is very well behaved and doesn't care much for other dogs. Sparky the pup, however, is aggressive and snappy towards Angel.

We have tried socialising them out in the park, giving Sparky treats for good behaviour, etc. but all he wants to do is bite Angel. He's currently in the other room baking because he can hear Angel moving around here.


There's nothing we can do, because we agreed to mind Angel a couple of months ago for this 5 days and it was my brother who came home with the puppy only 2 weeks ago (I don't wanna hear how bad of an idea this was, trust me - I know :P )

Is there anything you guys can recommend me do apart from just keeping them in separate rooms?

RevOC

Sounds like a territorial issue.

If it's only a temporary stay I'd keep them separated, but it is something you may try knock on the head for the future. I'd try the basics, always great and feed your own dog 1st, slowly introduce the new hound to yours in small doses letting him see that Angel is not a threat.

biko

It could be that the puppy being there 2 weeks now think the place is his territory and that Angel is an intruder.
Usually dogs sort this stuff out by themselves, older dogs just put the puppy in their place but this doesn't seem to happen here. Or does Angel fight back at all?

My guess:Your dog could become aggressive towards all other dogs if this continues. Take him to an area with many dogs, incl Angel, and let him socialise with the older dogs there.

Colibri

RevOC wrote: »

Sounds like a territorial issue.

If it's only a temporary stay I'd keep them separated, but it is something you may try knock on the head for the future. I'd try the basics, always great and feed your own dog 1st, slowly introduce the new hound to yours in small doses letting him see that Angel is not a threat.

I would think it's a territorial issue but the problem started out in a park. Sparky went to smell Angel and Angel cowered away. Sparky then switched attitude completely and went straight for Angel's nose? :P

Thanks for the advice buddy

Colibri

biko wrote: »

It could be that the puppy being there 2 weeks now think the place is his territory and that Angel is an intruder.
Usually dogs sort this stuff out by themselves, older dogs just put the puppy in their place but this doesn't seem to happen here. Or does Angel fight back at all?

Angel would probably fight back, but she seems just to ignore any dogs she walks by so she'd never provoke anything. The territory thing doesn't make sense though, because the first time this happened was in a park?

Thanks:)