Hi
I would like to let everyone know with reference to my last post 'introducing new puppy' that I have bitten the bullet and brought home our new weimaraner puppy, we have had him a week now and so far so good.
Our 4 year old doberman bitch stayed upstairs for 24 hours and refused to come down at all.
but after that she came down on the odd occassion and then ran away again. however after a full week she is doing really well with him.
He tries to play with her and she is now prodding him with her nose and then he rolls over and lets her have a good sniff and then they have a quick 5 mins rough & tumble, she doing the rough & he is doing the tumbling.
We have praised her whenever he goes near her and she has taken to him better than i thought she would.
He sleeps in a crate at night and has so far never toileted in his crate.
The only thing which i find difficult is feeding them seperately, because i know that my bitch is extremely possesive with her food. Not with us i would like to add , we can remove food or bones but she does not like the cat going anywhere near her when she is eating.
This will get better in time when i can train my puppy to sit & stay etc... coz the minute he smellls her food he is off, like the little whippets puppies tend to be.
His name is Dylan he is 9 weeks now and has the most lovely temperament, toilet training is going well, socializing him with plenty of people, he has been sick both times he has been in the car but will go round the bloke once a day.
Looking forward to taking him out when he has had his final jabs.
Anyone that read my original post may have got the wrong idea about my bitch being aggressive but I was just trying to make sure on the correct ways to introduce them together using other peoples past experiences, and i must say some peoples advice was much more productive than others, no offence to anyone by that comment!!
Thanks

Hi
Glad to see it's going well.  Could you try feeding the pup in his crate so he can't bother your bitch when she's eating?

as reguards to you girl being a bit possesive over her food i can understand because this is the only problem i am having with my 2 lucy is 2 and 1/2 and chas is now 20 weeks old we have had him since he was 7 weeks old and the only thing i have found to work for us my girl loves pig trotters and he does but they will fight over them so now they dont get them when it comes to dinner time the pair of them are made to sit and wait at the kitchen door while i get it all ready lucy is then told to come into the kitchen and the baby gate on the kitchen door is shut her food is then put down then i take the pups bowl out by this time hes now backing off because i open the gate outwards his food bol is taken over to his crate  this has been done since day 1 so lucy always gets her food first and now puppy knows when i start to walk out the kithen he goes straight into his crate and waits for his food that way they are both away from each other and can eat their food in piece and also when giving them treats i always make sure lucy gets one first now they will quiet happily sit next to each other and wait their turn for treats i just wont let them have anything that would lay down and chew on for a while when they are together for things like that now they are both places in their own crates so they dont have to worry about the other trying to steal their food

Your dobe's behaviour sounds pretty normal.  I have 3 weimars and when I brought my 3rd pup home, my 5 year old male wouldn't come downstairs for a week :D  It took him 4mths to finally accept her and start to play with her.  On the other hand my 8 year old bitch was absolutely fine, she is spayed and has never had a litter but seems to have a natural maternal instinct with puppies.

With regards to feeding I never feed separately.  I feel that by feeding separately sometimes you can create a problem that was never going to be there in the first place.  My 8 year old is boss bitch and my 5 year old loves his food so I know if another dog approached their bowl they would get a telling off.  What I do when introducing a puppy to the feeding regime is feed them in the same room but at least 2 or 3 feet apart, further if you know your bitch already has issues.  I ALWAYS remain in the room and stay close to the pup so that if he/she decides to wander over to the other dogs' bowls I can gently move the pup back to its own bowl.  I NEVER take my eyes of the dogs when they are eating and so far I've never had any problems.  My current pup did take a quick glance over to my males bowl and he curled his lip and she has never looked in his direction again.  Now at 11mths she is the first to finish as she loves her grub and she actually leaves the room until the other 2 are finished then she goes back to lick all the bowls out after my older bitch has done so first.

The only time I would feed in separate rooms is if I had a serious problem that needed dealing with.  Most (not all) adult bitches will just give a new pup a ticking off and pup learns from this.

If you are worried that your pup will go over to your dobes bowl immediately then either get someone to hold him whilst you are putting bowls down or keep him out of the room until your bitch starts eating and then lead him immediately to his own bowl.

Best of luck in whatever you decide to do :-)

My Cavalier dog ignored me and ran away from the puppy when she first arrived, it took him several days to become resigned to her presence constantly jumping at him! But now they are always together, though I think he'd prefer a few less kisses at times!! :-)