Should You Let Your Older Dog Correct Your Puppy?
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
- Letting your older dog correct your puppy can be tempting, but it can also lead to a lot of issues. Many puppies are scared, injured or killed by improper "corrections" from an older dog.
As the human it is your job to monitor dogs when they are together and step in when needed. If the puppy is bothering your older dog so much that a "correction" is needed, it should be you doing it and not the other dog.
There is nothing wrong with the older dog giving little warnings to tell the puppy to chill out, but they should not be biting the puppy or holding them down.
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I'm glad I saw this. My puppy is all over my 2 year old dog, and he tries to correct her. I wondered if I was doing the right thing making him stop so I could do the correcting. Thanks!
Super helpful thank you
Hello! Your video is super helpful along with your responses to all the comments as some of them are relatable to my situation. I have a 6 month old puppy and a 4 year old dog. The puppy is bigger than the older dog. The older dog seems to “correct” the puppy by baring his teeth but them proceeds to snap at him and kind of gnaw at his cheeks while growling. He doesn’t completely hurt the puppy but the puppy seems to not get it. No matter if I ignore the behavior or stop it. The older dog also will not let the puppy anywhere near him if they both try to just lay down, he growls at him and leaves. I’m not really sure what would work anymore. I also reward “wanted” behavior.
More people should see this. I really like this approach.
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Cute dogs! I liked seeing them playing!!!
My puppy terrorizes my older dog all the time. We can't get this behavior to stop. I am heartbroken that I am looking at having to return her to the breeder. 😢
What breed are your two dogs? Is either dog showing aggression or is the puppy just super wild? This is almost always very fixable.
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They are snouzers. The older a mini, the younger a toy. The older is super mild and timid and the puppy seems to want to "put her in her place". We have not given up. We are trying to separate them when the puppy gets overly hyper and stimulated... put the puppy in time out when she isn't listening... ect.
Thank you so much for responding!
@@lindsybacon6742 That sounds like a good start! You can also start some calm training with the puppy so that you can use it as a calming tool/reset button whenever needed. I would work on loose leash walking and master your right and left turns. Then you can have the puppy drag a leash around the house and pick it up and calmly train her whenever she needs a little "reset". Here is a video showing a loose leash walking session with a young puppy that is new to training. ruclips.net/video/XyKXuO5_HBo/видео.html
@@SuburbanK9DogTraining Thank you so much!!!
What if the older dog is smaller than the puppy.???
Thats a great question! I wish we had covered it in the video. That being said, having a puppy that is bigger than your adult dog is another reason we don't love the idea of "letting dogs figure it out". I would suggest having your puppy drag a line whenever necessary so that you can stop undesirable behavior. The goal is that your adult dog knows you are there and you will handle it. A thin puppy lead works best. These are great for this purpose. amzn.to/3zxHUQC I wouldn't recommend using them when out for a walk though. The light leashes often have hollow metal clips that can break easily.
Helloooo!!! Thanks for the video , my older dog is really jealous and pins her (puppy) down when the submissive puppy moves home can i correct my older dog?
If you find your older dog's behavior inappropriate I would definitely correct it. The goal is for both of your dogs to know that you are in the one in charge and will take care of things.
We have an older cockapoo and are getting a golden retriever in 2 months time. Our older cockapoo is great on walks with other dogs, but will not play (she never has done). We’ve dog sat a few times this year and my older cockapoo has guarded in the house when we’ve had other dogs over. Unfortunately, she doesn’t tend to growl beforehand, she will lunge straight away. Do you have any advice?
Is she guarding specific spots or specific items? Here is a video on how we introduce puppies to adult dogs. There are a lot of methods, but we use this one a lot. ruclips.net/video/r890dn1f4jc/видео.html
@@SuburbanK9DogTrainingshe’s guarding spots around the house, mainly the kitchen where she’s fed, even though we’ve always fed them in separate rooms! She also guards toys so we do take these away when other dogs come over. It’s just a shame because she’s the sweetest girl towards us, and on dog walks with other dogs, but just not when they come into our home!
@@Ella-gx1ez I would have some dogs over before you get the puppy in order to practice stopping the bad behaviors. I would have your dog on a leash while you bring in the other dog and slowly try to set up the situations where she is aggressive. If she reacts I would use the heel command as a calming mechanism. Just heel her until she is calm and focused on you and then re enter the situation. Don't worry about how long it takes. Even if it takes 5 minutes to calm her down it isn't an issue. Each time will get easier and easier.
Watch a lot of training videos and try this as much as possible before the puppy comes. If she scares the puppy too bad at a young age it can cause life long fear issues in the pup. If you work hard over the next few months you can make a ton of progress!
@@SuburbanK9DogTrainingthank you, we will definitely try this! We are fortunate enough that we could send her to my mums up the road for the first 4 weeks we have the puppy. Do you think this is a good idea? Or should we get them to meet straight away?
@@Ella-gx1ez I think I would lean towards having the older dog at home and seeing how it goes. I would be super careful and spend a lot of time doing the intros. If you are really stressed and not making progress you could send the older dog to your families place and then do daily socialization visits. The reason I would try it at home first is that a lot of dogs treat puppies gentler than they do older dogs. There is a chance that your cockapoo will do better than you expect. Don't assume this will be the case, but it is possible.
Mate you should probably check out Beckman training.
We are not big fans of people allowing their dogs to correct other dogs. Joel is able to do this successfully because he trains dogs for a living and has a dog with the right temperament for it. When people allow this in their own homes it leads to a lot of fights and injuries. It doesn't always go poorly of course, but the risk is too high for the average dog owner in our opinion.
@@SuburbanK9DogTraining of course it requires extensive knowledge of dog behaviour and obviously having the correct dog to implement dog corrections. I believe Joel has a training program for dog trainers.
he is a very compulsive trainer (this is coming from a balance trainer). allowing an ill manner dog to over correct another dog based off of “dominance theory” is incorrect and leads to very poor emotional state. corrections between dogs are fair, but putting two dogs in a situation which would lead to a fight without a muzzle is crazy