Your new puppy and old dog?

The key to bringing your two dogs together is supervision, especially to make sure that the adult dog doesn’t forget his own strength and hurts the puppy.

The other key element is to make sure that your adult dog gets attention just as much as the puppy does because otherwise the adult dog will begin to feel jealous and then take it out on the puppy. It is also ideal to get your puppy when it is young so that it doesn’t progress too much into its fear stage, a younger puppy i.e. younger than eight weeks, are usually much more adventurous and chance takers.

Don’t ever leave your puppy and the adult dog alone until you are completely sure they are at ease with one another. Although a puppy looks small and defenseless, they can give a sharp enough nip to an adult dog’s legs and paws so when they nip back don’t always assume that the adult dog is the one at fault. Quite often you will see a change in your adult dog’s behaviour as they may get a new lease of life when they begin to pay with a puppy again.