Hi everyone!
So I recently posted about adding a Miniature Australian Shepherd to our household. I'm happy to say that we've put down the deposit and are hoping to get her either tomorrow or Sunday. However, I'm a tad bit nervous about our Puggle. He is 3 years old and very good with other dogs (loves to play with my mom's three) but when we took him to meet her, it went so-so.
He was huddled very much around mom and dad and when the little aussie would come up and play/nip, he would growl a little and then scurry away. No biting, a little growing, and pawed her down once at the end. When my mother got their most recent dog, she would nip a little bit at him too at first, but now they're great and love to play so I hope this will be the same.
Is this him telling her who is boss or establishing some kind of 'pack leadership'? Should I intervene or call his name or let them battle it out?
I think he's not used to having some little bugger nipping at his tail and ears for attention but I'd love your thoughts.
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So I recently posted about adding a Miniature Australian Shepherd to our household. I'm happy to say that we've put down the deposit and are hoping to get her either tomorrow or Sunday. However, I'm a tad bit nervous about our Puggle. He is 3 years old and very good with other dogs (loves to play with my mom's three) but when we took him to meet her, it went so-so.
He was huddled very much around mom and dad and when the little aussie would come up and play/nip, he would growl a little and then scurry away. No biting, a little growing, and pawed her down once at the end. When my mother got their most recent dog, she would nip a little bit at him too at first, but now they're great and love to play so I hope this will be the same.
Is this him telling her who is boss or establishing some kind of 'pack leadership'? Should I intervene or call his name or let them battle it out?
I think he's not used to having some little bugger nipping at his tail and ears for attention but I'd love your thoughts.