Right we now have the new puppy in our house. Lovely sweet thing who is very friendly. He's only been here for about 1hr now.
We allowed the other dogs to come and say hello and supervised them all while being very close to the pup should any problems arise.
The adult bitch took one sniff and went at the puppy. She was trying to attack it and was at his neck. We managed to split them up and then the bitch turned on our other dogs. It was mayhem.
Anyway the pup is fine, no lasting damage and he carried on wagging his tail once we had shut the bitch into another room.

I know you have to be careful but i have never known an adult go for a young pup before, not sure what caused her to do this. She now won't be let into the same room as the pup, not having that again.

Has anyone else experienced this before with an adult bitch?
The other dogs have been fine and very gentle, just sniffing the pup and then walking away wanting us to throw the ball for them.

Looking into getting another puppy gate to put up in between doors now due to this. Getting a crate for the pup tomorrow as the one i have is way too big for a 8 week old Lab(fits my fully grown bernese)

Any suggestions on this? As i have said will not allow them in the same room together, not even supervised at this time. She is too unpredictable. I did say to my sister to take her to hers for the night and she refused. Thought it would of been good to allow the pup to settle.

Can't think that she behaved in this manner when i had my Berner pup, she ignored him from what i recall.

hi sue, I have no advice for you but this is the situation I was dreading happening at my house last week.  Hopefully there will be someone with advice soon and maybe a slow and gentle approach may be required.  Glad to hear the pup is ok though, would a DAP diffuser help in this situation?

Think we have found the reason for her behaviour. She is fine with the pup now!!! My sister - the bitch has been fine since she has left the house. Possibly jealousy came into it as the pup was right next to my sister when it occurred.  Right now the pup is in his bed at my fathers feet and the bitch is sat on his lap watching pup but behaving all the same.

Still going to be wary all the same, i think i may get a diffuser plug, does anyone know how far this would work through the house? Just wondered if we need one in each room or what??

Think recall is going to come quickly. Been saying 'come' and running backwards and he has been running towards me - bless.

aaaw, glad things are working out.

I always introduce a new puppy outside the house and let the others 'invite ' them in ..

bit worrying ...is she due a season ?
has she ever had a litter ..some dogs /bitches dont like puppies full stop.

I would put the bitch on a lead and keep hold of it  when she is in the same room also you could have the pup in a crate and let her sniff and have a look .
Maybe a bit late now but you could try taking them outside the house together on leads and let them socialise.

One of my girls is frightened of puppies and shy's away it takes a great deal of time and patience for her to evenutally accept them once she gets to know them well she is the best teacher ie for manners etc

They are fine together now, more the bitch ignores him. They were asleep together on the sofa earlier, being supervised - To note this is my fathers pup not mine, so i may not agree with some of his methods, like bring the pup in and the dogs will sort themselves out - though its never failed him before.

She has been spayed, though she has in the past had 2 litters, she was good with the pups until they were around 5 weeks old and then she became snappy with them, so had to be very careful - feel like i raised them in the end , my sister who owns her wasn't around while either litter was born.. Anyway another story.

The pup has been doing really well today and he spent the best part playing with my Berner. He had a wail of a time and at one point they very nearly fell asleep together. He is such an adorable little sole...

great news .. I love to watch puppies bounding about the house exploring !

i would keep a very close eye on these and not leave them unattended. a puppy is scared/nervous to start with without this. also you dont want the puppy to end up being nervous and scared of other dogs now.
some dogs do strage things which are totally out of character but i would be very upset and annoyed if one of my dogs went for a puppy i had just bought home.

make sure your dog gets plenty of attention so she does not feel she is being pushed out
good luck with your new puppy.