Is my dog becoming aggressive due to us bringing home a new Puppy?
Question by Jodi G: Is my dog becoming aggressive due to us bringing home a new Puppy?
Okay, here is my problem. I have a two year old male Puggle. He has always been a really friendly dog, would not hurt a fly. His only problem up until now has been getting him to stay in the yard. We recently bought a 10 wk old Boston Terrier. Our male puggle gets along fine with him. He is not mean or anything, actually they play quite well together.
However, ever since we brought home the puppy if i am taking the dogs outside and if there is someone walking down the street alone or with their dog, my male puggle with run after them aggresively and will try to bite them. What is going on with him. I am really starting to get worried and want to correct this bad behavior before it gets worse.
Any thoughts or ideas. Thanks
Best answer:
Answer by Jasmine
I think he’s becoming possessive of the puppy. You need to firmly correct him when he does that.
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Well, I have quite a few pets, and yes they do become quite jealous of each other. If you give one a treat, you have to give the other a treat. As long as you give them both equal attention, they should become friendly soon. But if it doesn’t get better, you might want to decide quickly on what to do.
ok here is what you can do, Go take your dogs for a walk when you guys see a dog and your puggle starts trying to bite him you turn in the other direction then you turn around back towards that dog if he tries to do the same you turn around again keep repeating this untill he gets it right
Your dog is clearly protecting the puppy.And you.Make sure you don’t let him get to the other person,or he may hurt them.So if he does it again,hit him on the nose and yell NO!If he continues,don’t take both dogs out at the same time.Make sure you keep them on a leash and let him know your boss.
You should be able to keep control of him knowing pugs are rather small dogs.If you keep control of him he’ll know any attemps to chase or bother another person or dog will be useless.
Hope I helped.