For those that have 2 dogs in the 1 household, how do you manage boundaries and training?
I currently have a 4 month male pup and a 3 years old desexed female. We've had the younger pup for about a month now and for the most part, they get along. The older pup has full reign of the house whereas puppy doesn't. He does have a crate/playpen area which is a work in progress because he detests it.
There's a few issues I'm facing at the moment. One of them is how to teach the puppy to be respectful of the older one? My older girl is very sweet and gentle and will not say boo so the advice of "they will work it out" does not apply in my situation. For example, I was preparing puzzle treats (treats in TP rolls) for the both of them. I gave the first few to the puppy so he was already occupied. As I went to give one for my older girl, he ran up and bit it out of her mouth! My girl just let it happened & she looked so sad afterwards I had to give her a treat in a different room.
In terms of training, would you guys recommend training with different words? Training puppy separately is more ideal?
I welcome any tips you guys may share about how to manage 2 dogs. Thank you!
I currently have a 4 month male pup and a 3 years old desexed female. We've had the younger pup for about a month now and for the most part, they get along. The older pup has full reign of the house whereas puppy doesn't. He does have a crate/playpen area which is a work in progress because he detests it.
There's a few issues I'm facing at the moment. One of them is how to teach the puppy to be respectful of the older one? My older girl is very sweet and gentle and will not say boo so the advice of "they will work it out" does not apply in my situation. For example, I was preparing puzzle treats (treats in TP rolls) for the both of them. I gave the first few to the puppy so he was already occupied. As I went to give one for my older girl, he ran up and bit it out of her mouth! My girl just let it happened & she looked so sad afterwards I had to give her a treat in a different room.
In terms of training, would you guys recommend training with different words? Training puppy separately is more ideal?
I welcome any tips you guys may share about how to manage 2 dogs. Thank you!