Not happy about getting a little brother

I think that's a good action. When Beckon and Huckleberry think the other is getting special treatment, they'll do the snarly threat thing. We tell each of them to stop, then reward the good behavior with love and reassurance.
 
Romeo was depressed for 2 weeks when I got Juliet. And he was not used to the persistent playful noise making monster. But 2 weeks was how long it took before he opened up just a wee bit to her.
 
My Lucky was the first sheltie, then here comes Lil' Lady. She comes in and took over the house, and did so many zoomies. Lucky looked at me wondering what did you bring into the house? She is nuts mom. At 3lbs 6oz she was a wild girl. Lil' Lady was so tiny, I either carried her around, or she was on a leash connected to me, to keep her out of trouble.

I kept telling Lucky she is your puppy take care of her. He loves her dearly.

Time takes care of everything.
 
:yuckyuck I must laugh that everybody has more or less the same experience. Perry was NOT happy about Denny at all. After 3 days he let him sleep next to him. Now they are best buds but it took a week or two.
 
When Merlin came home Cadbury didn't at first realise there was a new dog in the house. He walked in the living room, saw this fluffy bundle, barked and ran off:lol: Big coward! By the next morning he was so pleased to have a puppy brother, but I kept them separate because Cadbury was so big and clumsy.

Even so, it was a full year before Cadbury would let Merlin curl up with him to sleep, and even now it is a rare sight, though in most ways they are best friends. Oh, and they still get jealous of each other occasionally.

The best fun is getting them to run bits of an agility course together, they race each other:biggrin2:
 
adding Cranberry was an issue but everyone else since - haven't been any serious problems.
I really thought that Jocu would be jealous of Destin but..............

Dixie didn't really appreciate Jocu at first but she started playing with him pretty quickly and everyone loves Destin:winkgrin:
 
adding Cranberry was an issue but everyone else since - haven't been any serious problems.
I really thought that Jocu would be jealous of Destin but..............

Dixie didn't really appreciate Jocu at first but she started playing with him pretty quickly and everyone loves Destin:winkgrin:
awe soo cute.


Honey has always been around other dogs all her life, but she doesn't like puppies. I knew this going into getting a puppy. And she really hates nosy male pups. Mine is both. nosy male pup. She growls at him, she goes after him, she plays tug with him, they play chase together, he jumps on her back, she snarls, she rolls over to play, he steps on her, she growls.

Needless to say, Ruutu is 10 months old and the two are still working it out. Honey would never bite him. Ruutu takes advantage of her often trying to herd her and jumping on her back. Honestly, I think sometimes Honey needs to be more harsh with him.

They will figure out what works best for them. Occasionally Ruutu and Honey will both cuddle on the bed with me with no issues. We're in awe when they play chase, fetch and tug together. She loves him, but doesn't want to admit it.

When we go home to PA, my parent's other dogs (all which Honey grew up with) try to bully Ruutu (though, that will be interesting this next weekend since he's now bigger than them all) and Honey protects him. It's ironic because we always thought she didn't like him, but every time my 14 yr old male tried to dominate Ruutu, she growled at him. She never grows at him so it was funny.
 
Hello!

It is really normal that she is not keen on Jack.
You can do something additional, just take a slithly wet towel and first rub your sheltie girl and afterwards the puppy. So he gets a little bit quicker the smell of the "pack".
:wink2:

best regards!

Margit
 
Denise when did you get another puppy.....?????? What a cute picture and I would love to see Joco's face.

Wonder how Zak would do with a new one?
 
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