female dog delimna

[backwoodsbob]

my parson russell is used to being the queen of the hill but now that the drop shi-tsu is comfortable here she has let the parson know she is queen of all and will accept nothing less than complete ring kissing godmother type shit.

It's cute seeing a shi-tsu charge a terrier and make the terrier back down.I dont think the shi-tsu's teeth could break skin if she had to but she fronts well.

Anyways..any suggestions on how to make a permanent peace between them?

[femmocrat]

1. Are they both spayed?

That would be a good place to start if they are not.

Other than keeping them from fighting, there really isn't any way to make them "like" each other. My older female has never accepted the puppy (who is now a year old) and is always putting her in her place. It is a pack behavior (pecking order). Once in awhile she will tolerate the puppy, but mostly just gives her little warning growls. The puppy still keeps bothering her though, hoping to be accepted. I just watch that no one gets hurt and hope they will work it out.

A breeder friend told me, "That's why they call them b*tches"! LOL

[backwoodsbob]

2. yeah both spayed

they get along ok for the most part..no bloodletting yet.

It's just funny watching a 3 inch long legged shi-tsu standing her ground against a terrier who keeps looking at me saying please don't make me hurt her :)

[hedgehog]

3. Our smaller dog thinks he's the boss, and our larger dog is generally

willing to allow this (except when there's a nom involved that the big dog wants.)

Occasionally there is a barking match by which the big dog lets the smaller dog know who the boss really is, but there hasn't been one of those for a few month.

Guinness, the larger dog used to be #2 to Jack, who was larger and older than him. When Jack died suddenly, Guinness seemed to be quite stressed by the responsibility. I mean, those deer were not going to bark at themselves! He was rather relieved when we acquired Pooka. Pooka was about a year old, so maybe he had to be taught the pecking order. He's more grown up now, and slightly larger than when he first arrived, so he's not a pipsqueak next to Guinness. Guinness has also developed a bad hip, so the two dogs may be more in balance now.

[Bravo Zulu]

4. Buy em a cat!

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