hi to you all, need some advice please! have a cocker of 11 months and have at the moment a bitch of 6 months who is staying with us with a view to maybe being here permanently. She belonged to a friend of mine who's son has just been diagnosed with cancer and understandably she cannot cope. I said I would have  her for now and see how she got on with my dog. If it doesn't work out, this lady has a family member that would take the pup, but she rather she stayed in a family home, as this other lady is on her own. Anyway, my problem that she's been here for only two days, and she (golden cocker) seems perfect but my dog is going NUTS...non stop , all day and night....I understand he's going to be excited, and if this is only for a short time, then great I will ignore it......she's not in season, and he's due to be done next week anyway. Can any of you give me any idea if this behaviour will eventually calm down or whether it's just his character and that's that.  He's normally very quiet and calm.  He just doesn't stop tearing around , jumping on her,humping her, knocking the kids flying, etc.  I know this is normal as they are new to each other but it's exhausting .....obviously do not want to get too attached to her and mess her around so need to know if this will work itself out, or not likely ....so if she has to be rehomed I can do it as soon as possible so she doesn't get stressed...sorry to ramble...help!!!

He may be excited with a new girly in the house, and at the age of 6 mths she may be due to having her season very soon and may be giving off a little sent, making your boys hormones go heywire :)

that's what i was scared of! will it die down when he gets down, and if we keep her, her spayed??  I feel really pathetic for moaning about this but it's unbelievable the chaos that's suddenly descended on us......

We (rescue) rehomed a labrador bitch last week to a family with a young male he nearly drove them mad but eventually settled down its a bit like children showing off to new arrivals.
I was thinking about what you said about previous owner wanting her in a family home and not someone on their own the advantage to the latter is that the  dog would get lots of attention wheras in a family especially a family with another dog tend to be put down the pecking order. Just my opinion as family homes are good as well
I hope it all goes well I remeber being in a bit of a panic when we brought Annie home as a pup she was so dirty for so long I nearly lost the plot and thats after having dogs for many years.sometimes we have our life sorted and then fetch in a new arrival and all hell breaks loose.

good luck

Just hang in there!! It will get better. Having a bitch in season and a male puppy I understand the chaos that you are going through. But they WILL settle down. Whichever is the bitch then it would be a good idea to get her spayed, as once you've had the season, then you may have phantom pregnancy and it can all be very hard work and stressful for the dogs.
Rosie our eldest dog is going beserk with the puppy running around so we find talking her out in the feilds etc on her own for real one to one attention without the pup,helps enornmously, then once he his bigger he can join in.
Its just like kids and its dividing your attention equally and fairly.

But it will settle down im sure

Good luck!

Do you know anyone who could lend you a crate/cage? If used short term it could give you all some peace, even if it's only 5 minutes ;)

As has been said, it should calm down once the two dogs get used to one another, after all they are both still babies :D They've now got someone to play with :)

thanks you guys....feel better reading the replies...yes, exactly....worked so hard to get our dog house trained, crate trained etc....and he's unrecognisable at the moment....have a large crate but when i put him in it for just a moment,he howled(never done before!) and I couldn't take it!!!

Yes, will get her done if we decide to keep her. They do play so wonderfully together, so it's nice to see them interact, if he just could tone it down....will give them a while longer and see what happens....would like to welcome her to our family, but am feeling shell shocked and even weepy(what the hell is that about???) as I seem to have lost all control....they are only babies....and good ones....just didn't expect the change to be so dramatic.....will hang in there and try to laugh about it as hopefully it will die down soon...thanks very much for replies.....

Hi Bobo,

There was just 5 months between my first and second dogs and the first turned from a fairly quiet and easy going pup into a mad woman overnight (the younger was a male).  It was like she'd died, gone to heaven and been reincarnated as the puppy from Hell :D  It was a bit frantic for the first week or so but they settled after that, were wonderful friends for life and apart from the early months - after all we're still talking about pups/juveniles here - they didn't play TOO wildly <LOL>.   When you've gotten over the *shellshock* you'll thoroughly enjoy watching them have so much fun.

Best of luck - things will calm eventually and probably very soon too ;) 

Teri

I'd be thinking about getting proactive in this situation, and start to tell them to quit it when they get to much - seperating them as others have suggested will also give some peace.  You are the owner - you tell them when they can go nuts.  You also need to watch that they don't bond too closely to each other, as in future you may have problems if they ever need to be seperated ;)

thanks digger and terri.....yes, they are actually better this morning, and I agree.....I have started giving them time out from each other ...I put him in his crate with a chew and ignore him, so I can bond a bit with her...and also when they get TOO much ,which they do if they're left too long together, I put her in the kitchen, and him with us...so again thanks to all who replied....I'm hopeful that although they are still nuts, it must die down....please oh please.....