On Friday I will have had Waverly for a month. She'll be 3 months old on Sunday. Things are okish. She is slowly calming down around my cats. One of my cats will lay with her, one swats (without her claws out) every time she sees her but no longer runs away, one is still terrified and hisses and growls at her but has started laying on the couch when she is in the room. She is almost completely potty trained. Still working on night time potty training. She's beginning to let me know she wants to potty. Going to try bell training soon. Her service dog training is going very well and she learns super fast. She's a bit of a butthead but picks things up quickly. My older dog still has not accepted her. She has learned if she pounces on him or runs fulls speed into him or bites his face that he will react. Hiring a trainer to help with this since I've tried everything I can think of. She does this with every dog she meets. Some will "tell her no" once and that's it but others (especially my other dog) do it and it seems to rile her up even more. So, for now, she is still separated from him for most of the time. She has grown a TON. A month ago I was able to carry her around like it was nothing. Now after 15 minutes it feels like I tried to pick up a truck. LOL. Things are SLOWLY getting better and in a rhythm.
It sounds like she, and you, are doing really well! 3 month old puppies are annoying to older dogs, and there is nothing wrong with keeping them separated until she's a bit less silly around him Although I appreciate it's probably a pain for you logistically! Do keep us updated with her progress, and I'm so pleased to hear things are slowly becoming easier and more predictable for you
slightly different situation as yours live together, but our upstairs neighbour has an old staffie x Rhodesian ridgeback & he's the most friendly dog I think I've ever met but when we brought Kyko home he just had no patience with him & would growl at him a lot. We tried our best to keep them separate (no easy feat as our neighbour just lets Roger roam in and out of the garden with no supervision. We actually think that Roger has some arthritis & when Kyko was jumping on him as he did when he was young he didn't like it. Now though Kyko has calmed down slightly around Roger & no longer jumps on him as he is now taller & they are the best of friends even knocking on each others doors to see if they are playing
It is a pain to keep them separated but it works. I have to get a taller x-pen because she has already grown enough to hop over the one I have. LOL. First time large breed puppy owner. Did not realize how fast they grow. I'm just happy that when they are outside they are now playing together. Just have to wait until she realizes she can't jump on top of him.
This sounds like my mom and her dog. My neighbor has two very large American Bulldogs (though they are 100% outside dogs) and my mom has this tiny 10lb maltese mix. They think he is the greatest thing to hit the planet. He thinks he's big enough to attack them. The neighbor dogs would let him do his thing for a minute then just lay straight down on top of him. Once he realized if he didn't attack them they would play with him and not lay on top of him they now wait at her front door for him to come out and play.
