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Kathy
The 7 yr old dog is a boy and the puppy is a girl. It's been 3 days and it hasn't gotten any better. Once he showed his teeth to her when he had a toy but I took it away after that. I've been giving him lots of attention and feeding him first, letting him out first to let him know he's still top dog. What else can I do?
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This is perfectly natural behaviour from your 7 year old. After all, the puppy has come to invade your home and his space and he is just being bugged by the new pup.
We have had 2 puppies in our house in the past 2 years with older dogs in the house and we found that the best thing we bought was a playpen to put the pup into. We have an octagonal steel one that has a door in it so it's easy for us to get in and out to clean up spills, fill the water bowl or put down food. Make sure your pup's little bed is in there too.
We bought one of these waterproof sheets that you use with kids who bed wet and put that down on the floor under the play pen. It makes cleaning up dog messes so quick and easy.
Putting the pup in the playpen for a few hours each day (break it up into no more than 1 hr lots) will give your older dog a break but they can still make contact with each other through the bars which is what my dogs did. Just make sure the play pen is put somewhere where the pup can see you most of the time.
Never take your older dogs toys away. They are his. If the puppy wants to grab them then take the puppy away while you are playing with the older dog.
Other than that you seem to be doing all the right things.
Give it time. The new pup needs to settle in and the other dogs nose will be out of joint for a while yet. Your older dog will growl and nip and bare his teeth a lot but he shouldn't cause any serious harm to the pup.
You will probably find that the older dog will start playing chase with the younger pup after a few months and hopefully they will end up being the best of friends.
One little tip is to teach the puppy the 'leave' command over the next few months so when the pup is being a real pain in the butt then you can tell it to leave the older dog alone so that the older dog doesn't have to growl and bite the pup all the time because it does get stressful for older dogs when they always have a little pup wanting to play all the time.
Best of luck with your extended family!
This is perfectly natural behaviour from your 7 year old. After all, the puppy has come to invade your home and his space and he is just being bugged by the new pup.
We have had 2 puppies in our house in the past 2 years with older dogs in the house and we found that the best thing we bought was a playpen to put the pup into. We have an octagonal steel one that has a door in it so it's easy for us to get in and out to clean up spills, fill the water bowl or put down food. Make sure your pup's little bed is in there too.
We bought one of these waterproof sheets that you use with kids who bed wet and put that down on the floor under the play pen. It makes cleaning up dog messes so quick and easy.
Putting the pup in the playpen for a few hours each day (break it up into no more than 1 hr lots) will give your older dog a break but they can still make contact with each other through the bars which is what my dogs did. Just make sure the play pen is put somewhere where the pup can see you most of the time.
Never take your older dogs toys away. They are his. If the puppy wants to grab them then take the puppy away while you are playing with the older dog.
Other than that you seem to be doing all the right things.
Give it time. The new pup needs to settle in and the other dogs nose will be out of joint for a while yet. Your older dog will growl and nip and bare his teeth a lot but he shouldn't cause any serious harm to the pup.
You will probably find that the older dog will start playing chase with the younger pup after a few months and hopefully they will end up being the best of friends.
One little tip is to teach the puppy the 'leave' command over the next few months so when the pup is being a real pain in the butt then you can tell it to leave the older dog alone so that the older dog doesn't have to growl and bite the pup all the time because it does get stressful for older dogs when they always have a little pup wanting to play all the time.
Best of luck with your extended family!
Babysitting ideas for 4 kids over the weekend?
LissB
I need babysitting ideas for a 10 year old boy, 8 year old girl, 7 year old girl and a 3 year old girl . for the weekend. I have babysat before but only for like a couple hours. I am babysitting with my 19 year old sister but she isn't very creative:). So i just want some ideas.
Thanks!
Answer
We had a big party this weekend and hired sitters and this is what all they entertained the kids with:
Get a little baby pool and fill it with bubbles and then drop in all manner of bubble toys, wands, even a hula hoop for giant bubbles.
Sidewalk chalk is always a classic - who doesn't love to draw?
Silly string fights are super fun - the adults at the party even got in on this one - but I would do it outside - can make a super huge mess inside.
Hunt at the education store for little crafts the kids can make - magnets, bookmarks, picture frames, etc. Even Wal-Mart has the kits in the craft section.
Those are just a few off the top of my head. HTH!
We had a big party this weekend and hired sitters and this is what all they entertained the kids with:
Get a little baby pool and fill it with bubbles and then drop in all manner of bubble toys, wands, even a hula hoop for giant bubbles.
Sidewalk chalk is always a classic - who doesn't love to draw?
Silly string fights are super fun - the adults at the party even got in on this one - but I would do it outside - can make a super huge mess inside.
Hunt at the education store for little crafts the kids can make - magnets, bookmarks, picture frames, etc. Even Wal-Mart has the kits in the craft section.
Those are just a few off the top of my head. HTH!
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