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Originally Posted by
Steve + Nanook
So, my puppy placing his paw on the back of the neck of the older dog then both going viciously at each other because she had a treat and having to be seperated is just them playing?
Sorry, don't believe that for a second. There's playing and there's fighting.
As for expecting 'too much', all I am expecting is that everything I taught him doesn't go backwards. I'm not training him to ride a bicycle. I'm trying to get him to do the things that up until a few days ago, he had no problem doing. Sit, stay, down, paw, leave etc. it's only been a few days since he is frequently spending more time peeing in the house than outside, thankfully it's not the number 2's.
I am not expecting anything over night, but I certainly don't expect so much regression over night. Which is the problem.
P.S. From those who replied, I see none are current owners of a northern breed. I presume you all have had experiences with them, right?
Oh please this is a young puppy with an attention span of maybe 30 seconds.
Just because he's a Mal doesn't make him any different from any other puppy of the same age.
Putting a paw on another dog is an invitation to play for a puppy & not dominance, puppies do not try to dominate other dogs, cats, humans or anything else living or not.
Puppies have to explore their "new world"they cannot ask questions, they cannot understand speech, they explore with their bodies(mouth, eyes. paws etc etc)
Adult dogs give puppies an awful lot of leeway & naughty behaviour, before they eventually tell them off seriously.
Telling off doesn't work, I often ask my dogs-what part of don't bark etc do they not understand-to date after 50 odd years of training/owning dogs none has replied to me !
Chill out & go back to basics, it's often one step forward & three backwards with puppies. If your dog toilets in the house it's your fault for not being vigilant enough. Take your puppy outside every hour or so, every time it wakes up, after he has been fed & if he looks like he wants to go & stay with him until he toilets outside & praise & treat him when he does so. If he goes indoors, clean it up & say nothing at all. He will not be doing out of"badness", dogs have no sense of right & wrong, only what is rewarding & what isn't.
Make sure the older dog has some time out away from your puppy & also enforce time outs for your puppy so that he rests for a good period of time.
I've never owned a mal or any other "Northern breed"but I do know lots of breeds & non breedes of dog & believe me all puppies are the same. I've had GSDs for most of my life & have never had a single dog that tried to dominate me or the other dogs from being a puppy, a trully dominant dog doesn't have to do very much to show it's rank believe me & usually the "top dog"in a pack is rarely the most vocal or physical one.