My Sheltie hates my new puppy

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simba14

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I have 2 Shelties Simba (3) and Shoka (2) as well as a 4 year old German Shepherd and an 8 year old Border Collie. Yesterday I adopted an 8 week old Border Collie/Kelpie cross from a rescue center. Shoka and my other 2 dogs are tolerating her. Telling her of when she crosses the line but otherwise ignoring her. my shepherd has been playing with her a bit and hasn't been too rough.

However Simba on the other hand is a different story. He has been actively seeking her out to nip and snarl at her. If she even walks towards him he straight away goes in for a nip. When she is in the puppy pen he growls at her if she sniffs through the bars. If he is playing out the back and she is out he ignores her but if I take her out for a wee he will nearly always have a nip at her. Now he isn't biting her but he is making her squeal and cry. My biggest fear is that if it happens too often she will become fear aggressive around other dogs.

Simba is my best friend in the whole world and I new there would be jealousy but he wasn't like this at all when I got Shoka. He only gave out to Shoka if Shoka tried to play with him or sniff his face. Any advice would be appreciated.
 
Well, my new boy Baron tried to bare his teeth at my cat and boys on the second day that he came here. I let him know that was unacceptable behavior with a stern "NO"! He was then placed in his crate for a time out! After one day he understood that his negative behavior was not going to be tolerated. He loves being in my company and understood the consequences of not being nice. Only crated him for 10 minutes but enough time for him to understand my disappointment in his behavior. He was the lowest in the pecking order at his old home. He probably thought he would try to increase his status here by asserting himself.
He now understands that that is not necessary here as we all get along.
My reason for illustrating this situation is that you should not allow the nipping or aggressive behavior in any way. I love all my pets and they understand not to be mean to one another as I won't tollerate it. Try and be consistent with all of them. Don't favor one over another. Consistency and patience is key now. Nothing wrong with time outs either. It worked in my situation.

Good luck and keep us updated! Congrats on your new addition!
 
Definitely agree! They don't have to love each other but they have to tolerate each other - and if Simba is seeking the puppy out and being aggressive to her he needs to be told that that is not allowed, and time outs are a very effective way to do that.
 
ghggp said:
Well, my new boy Baron tried to bare his teeth at my cat and boys on the second day that he came here. I let him know that was unacceptable behavior with a stern "NO"! He was then placed in his crate for a time out! After one day he understood that his negative behavior was not going to be tolerated. He loves being in my company and understood the consequences of not being nice. Only crated him for 10 minutes but enough time for him to understand my disappointment in his behavior. He was the lowest in the pecking order at his old home. He probably thought he would try to increase his status here by asserting himself.
He now understands that that is not necessary here as we all get along.
My reason for illustrating this situation is that you should not allow the nipping or aggressive behavior in any way. I love all my pets and they understand not to be mean to one another as I won't tollerate it. Try and be consistent with all of them. Don't favor one over another. Consistency and patience is key now. Nothing wrong with time outs either. It worked in my situation.

Good luck and keep us updated! Congrats on your new addition!
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Thank you for the advice :) Day 3 today and already he is settled down a bit with her. We brought her along with is to an agility competition and walked them together a bit which really seemed to help. I understand why Simba isn't as accepting of the new pup as he was of Shoka though. Last summer Simba was attacked by another Sheltie. He chipped his elbow and spent weeks going to the vet and physio. Ever since then he has been very nervous around other dogs. It will take him longer then it will with the other dogs but he will get there.
 
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