hi all

still got a dilemma with mollie who is 8 yrs and lil who is 16 wks old who just wants to play

for the 1st week mollie was fine with lil but since then i have had to keep seperated as mollie has pinned lil to the ground twice she has also cornered her

when the summer comes in it is going to be very hard to keep them seperate as i am outside all the time and i do not want to put mollie in while lil is out and vica versa

please help any advice greatly appreciated

i am thinking maybe as lil gets bigger mollie might back away as lil will be bigger then her by the time she is 6 months

by the way to people who do not know
lil is a tibetan terrier bitch and mollie is a pom x terrier

thank you
georgina

Is the 'pinning' done aggressively, or is Mollie just telling Lil to behave?

Chloe, my 6 year old bitch, is forever telling Seska, my 13 week puppy, to 'get lost'. It sounds, and looks, worse than it actually is. Does Mollie have somewhere she can escape to for some peace? Or can you put Lil in a crate, or something, or put up a safety gate so that they can see one another, but not get to one another for a while? Both need a time out from one another for some time during the day, until they 'meld'. If they ever do ;)

yes mollie sleeps in the back kitchen so she can go there for peace i am thinking of putting up a baby gate as i dont want this to continue

when she pinned lil to ground it was very agressive the hair on her neck stood up and she bared her teeth she went for lils neck that is why i decieded to keep them seperate in case mollie done some serious damage

georgina

Generally an adult dog won't actually harm a pup, but like all youngsters they need to be taught manners and put in their place every so often! The best person to teach a pup good inter-dog social skills is another dog - Mollie is probably much more gentle with her than an 'outsider' dog would be in the same circumstances.

If they were mine I would try to back Mollie up in her training of Lil.
:)

You have to let both Millie and Lil know that you will not tolerate over aggressiveness, but as JG said, you do have to back Millie all the way. Only you will know if she is being too aggressive, we're not there ;) You can't separate them permanently, but so long as Millie has somewhere to escape to, and knows that you are backing her as 'top dog' you should be ok. :)

Generally I'd agree with this advice, but having seen an adult bitch break an 8 week old pups jaw (they'd lived together for 3 weeks) it's not always the case.  In my case, the puppy was very precocious, and the bitch very submissive.  I elevated the pup and they were fine.....