not sure what to do

i put a thread on earllier about getting another staff that needed housing today due to being miss treated, i allready have a staff angel. so i made the decision to house the lovely puppy but i think i may have made the wrong decition the two dogs dont seem to get on at the momemt the new dog keeps snapping at angel, angel is 24 months and the new puppy is about 18 months.. i would really like to get them to like each other but not sure if its possible does anyone know if this is possible and how i do it.. this poor puppy needs a forever home and i dont want to give up on her but angel is my baby i dont know what to do im upset and ready to cry

I think there will be quite a lot of this for quite a while until 'lines in the sand' are drawn up, it won't happen overnight. It is normal canine behaviour. If you put 2 strange children in a room they wouldn't be immediate best of friends, it takes time to build a relationship and you have to give them the time. Animals are no different in that respect.

so it can work its just a matter of time and patience...

sorry to hear of yr distress. if the rescue has had a bad experience with other dogs and not been socialised properly, this could be a fear reaction to being in close quarters with Angel or it could be an attempt to play, like Tawneywolf i agree that their not going to be best friends over night, however lots of patience, love and positive praise normally works. good luck to u all i hope it works out keep us posted.

I have fostered for a while now and this sounds perfectly normal to me and could of been a lot worse.
The first 3-4 days are always manic and lots of growls and showing who is boss we have it lost in the beginning, in a few days bet they playing and sleeping together.

Patience is the key..

Also making them feel like a pack, so long walks together where you are the pack leader.

Positive correction as well may help..

When my flatmate (she is a dog trainer) moved in she bought 2 beautiful working dogs with her (kelpie and german sheperd) both one isd a herding dog and the other is being trained for the federal police. As you can imagine they were a lot different to my staffie and bull arab who are beautiful pets. Lots of anger was the first response from all sides..

It took us around 2 mths of long walks and lots of tiring games but they all get along like a happy pack.

I hope they are a nice happy pack for you soon..

Hope it all works out

thankyou everyone im starting to feel a bit better they are both lovely girls and cant wait for the happy times xxx

I agree with everyone else........time patience and perseverence, and you'll see they will settle.

You're absolutely right - give it some time, hon, and bless you for rescuing this poor mite x

Oh, please don't cry - what has been said is right, they will settle down.

It must be distressing when you see them squabbling, but things will get easier. They just need to sort out who is boss etc before they can be buddies.

I do hope they sort their ranks out soon so you can start to enjoy them living together