Hello, as I am new here. I want to thank everyone for any advice ahead of time.
So here is my problem: I have an 11 month old male American Cocker. His name is Cooper. He is not neutered. My wife's sister has recently gotten a 10 week old chocolate lab, and has asked us to puppy sit on a few occasions, mostly just for a few hours at a time while she has errands to run etc. So we have brought this new puppy into our home, and into Cooper's domain. Now I expected some barking, and whining, and jealousy...but it was way more than I expected. Now Cooper is usually pretty good around other dogs when we are out walking, he sniffs, and that's as far as it goes, no barking no rough stuff. Now I know having him out walking, and putting him in the same house with another dog are two totally different things, but Cooper absolutely goes crazy when we bring the Lab over. He gets very mean, he barks at him non-stop, growls, bears his teeth, etc. But he has no problem sniffing the lab(Kato) is his name, or approaching him, but as soon as Kato even comes close to trying to sniff Cooper Cooper runs away and whines, or barks like mad. He's like a big scaredy cat. And Kato has never approached Cooper in a mean fashion, he's a puppy and just wants to play as puppy's do. Now like I said I know that this is normal instinct as this is Coopers territory, but there inlays my question, does anyone have any suggestions on how I can make Cooper relax when we bring Kato around(or other dogs in the future)?? Are there any exercises I can do with them to aquaint them better, and to show Cooper that it's ok and the big bad lab isn't going to hurt him, and that's it's ok to share?? Please, any advice would be great, as these dogs are going to be seeing plenty of each other over the next 13-15 years, and it would be nice to save the barking headaches, not only for us, but our neighbours. Once again, thanks in advance for any input or suggestions.
Bennett
Edited by Manuel: Don't be afraid of using paragraphs. I've summarized your post below. Of course, welcome to our forum. ^_^
So here is my problem: I have an 11 month old male American Cocker. His name is Cooper. He is not neutered. My wife's sister has recently gotten a 10 week old chocolate lab, and has asked us to puppy sit on a few occasions, mostly just for a few hours at a time while she has errands to run etc. So we have brought this new puppy into our home, and into Cooper's domain. Now I expected some barking, and whining, and jealousy...but it was way more than I expected. Now Cooper is usually pretty good around other dogs when we are out walking, he sniffs, and that's as far as it goes, no barking no rough stuff. Now I know having him out walking, and putting him in the same house with another dog are two totally different things, but Cooper absolutely goes crazy when we bring the Lab over. He gets very mean, he barks at him non-stop, growls, bears his teeth, etc. But he has no problem sniffing the lab(Kato) is his name, or approaching him, but as soon as Kato even comes close to trying to sniff Cooper Cooper runs away and whines, or barks like mad. He's like a big scaredy cat. And Kato has never approached Cooper in a mean fashion, he's a puppy and just wants to play as puppy's do. Now like I said I know that this is normal instinct as this is Coopers territory, but there inlays my question, does anyone have any suggestions on how I can make Cooper relax when we bring Kato around(or other dogs in the future)?? Are there any exercises I can do with them to aquaint them better, and to show Cooper that it's ok and the big bad lab isn't going to hurt him, and that's it's ok to share?? Please, any advice would be great, as these dogs are going to be seeing plenty of each other over the next 13-15 years, and it would be nice to save the barking headaches, not only for us, but our neighbours. Once again, thanks in advance for any input or suggestions.
Bennett
Edited by Manuel: Don't be afraid of using paragraphs. I've summarized your post below. Of course, welcome to our forum. ^_^
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