4y/o Dog Hates New Puppy

CABilly

CABilly

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Well, that's it. We drove up to northeast Utah Friday to pick up Jeffrey, our new golden retriever puppy. It was a family adventure, including a fun time camping out in a WalMart parking lot in sub-freezing temps because EVERY hotel in the region was sold out for Valentine's day (even the shitty motels. I don't get it) We rented a Yukon XL Denali with 20k miles and man that thing is frickin sweet. More amenities than we've ever had in a vehicle and a 6.2L engine that moves that big ol box surprisingly fast while still getting decent MPG on the freeway. I love driving outside of CA. People respect the passing lane. You can put the cruise control to 88 and not worry about anything. The roads are smooth and in good shape. But that's all a bit digression.

Gomer has been the best thing to happen to me in my life other than my wife and to a lesser extent my career. He's been my best friend for the last 4 years and I would do anything for him. We just assumed he'd be happy to have the puppy around, but he is anything but. He avoids the puppy, and runs away when approached. There have been some encouraging play bows and what looks like confused attempts to play, but ultimately he wants nothing to do with this puppy.

We aren't forcing anything and are keeping a close eye on potentially volatile situations that could come from food and toys. Trying to give Gomer his space and hoping he will come around. Anyone have any tips or advice or similar experiences?

Also, I'd post pics but the process to go from mobile phone pics to uploaded on BARF takes a lot of steps so I'll be posting in the dog pics thread.
 
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MysterYvil

Mr. Bad Example
Can you give the new pup a private space for a few days?

Tend to him there, let him adapt. Give both specific attention. Let them sniff one another underneath the door.

Then a bit of limited introduction.

We have a six cat household, plus many guest dog friends, and they all get along sharing territory. Just got to remember that canines and felines are territorial and they want attention from their Food People.

Best of luck!

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Ridley

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Yea, you are just going to need to be patient. At this very moment we are going through the same. Our 14 year old golden isn’t too happy about the 14 week old that we just adopted. Our golden experienced the same thing when we first brought her home way back when...our 4 year old lab wasn’t happy about it. Remember it’s your older dogs home and that is how he thinks of it. You may have to keep them separate for a little while. Introduce them in small bits, but you need to be ready just in case your original gets a little grouchy. Keep an eye out for curled lips, sideways looks, etc. your new pup doesn’t understand a big dogs signals for ‘get the fuck away from me.’ So for the time being it’s up to you to recognize them and step in. Also know that there may be a snap or two until the point is driven home. It will work itself out and they will be friends soon enough.
 
GAJ

GAJ

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Congratulations.

We've had 13 cats; the new one is never "welcome" but that inevitably changes.
 
Climber

Climber

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I've seen the family dog get jealous of the first human baby in the family, the little ones are the worst.
 
thepretender

thepretender

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My moms dog didn't want anything at all to do with mine when she was a puppy. What I did is sit on the floor with the puppy so the puppy couldn't get away and turned my back to moms dog. It took a while 20 30 minutes till the dog came up and sniffed us we just let him. After doing this a couple of times the puppy was accepted they have been friends for 13 year now and when she passed mom's dog Casey became mine and we have been a happy pac ever sense.
 
SM610

SM610

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Just a guess, but my bet is that Cesar would tell you to take them for leased dog walks together, as soon as the new pup is old enough for such. They will be a pac in no time!
 
banshee01

banshee01

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mikev said:
where are the goddamn pics. :x
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Haha this!

My wife and I took Bixby to meet Desmo. He loved him and played with him at the boarding facility.

When we brought little Desmo home Bixby pouted and didnt want to come downstairs. I don't remember how much time it took but they became best buds
 
CABilly

CABilly

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Kestrel said:
Who in the world puts cruise control on for 88mph?

Wtf?
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I mean, the limit was 80 and I didn’t want to be loping alongside big rigs for extended periods, nor have my speed changing with every elevation change. Next time you want to make a 1600 mile trip in 36 hours, lmk how you do it.
 
Kestrel

Kestrel

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CABilly said:
I mean, the limit was 80 and I didn’t want to be loping alongside big rigs for extended periods, nor have my speed changing with every elevation change. Next time you want to make a 1600 mile trip in 36 hours, lmk how you do it.
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^ I think that's your problem?....

1600 miles for a puppy..

I mean, I love me some goldens too, but jesus.
 
CABilly

CABilly

Splitter
Kestrel said:
^ I think that's your problem?....

1600 miles for a puppy..

I mean, I love me some goldens too, but jesus.
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Nah, my only problem is my one dog not liking my new dog. But today has been encouraging and the personal bubble is definitely shrinking. He's doing great in his crate, let me sleep for 4 straight hours while I was on puppy duty last night, either asks at the door or makes it to the pee pad when he has to go... things are going great. Looking forward to many years of companionship and excellent hunting together.
 
budgie45

budgie45

panty sniffer



Just went through this myself.wife decided to buy me a puppy for an early Christmas present god knows why,

I swore I wouldn’t have 2 dogs again after my Pitbull died of cancer 5 years ago,

She told me to go down stairs and pay for the Chinese delivery and it was a puppy delivery
Was looking forward to some Mongolian beef

Anyways my older white dog is not dog friendly anymore after my Pitbull dying

I crate trained the puppy to give the other white dog a break puppy was jumping on him and biting his ears

I took time off work because I didn’t want the pup in a crate 8 hours a day,plus I didn’t want to leave them alone together ,took a couple of months for the older dog to mellow out a bit,he still shouts at the pup when she’s jumping on his back lol,

I don’t walk them together big boy likes his daddy time alone with me,but there doing fine now

Hang in there,I know it’s a pain in the ass at one point I was going to sell the pup,but I’m glad I stuck at it

I put the pup in the crate 11pm every night she wakes up at 7am..

Plus I have piss pads all let the house
Don’t feed them together for a while
 
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Godsdarling

Godsdarling

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My older dog didn't like Ronin, both are rescues. He still snaps at him and it has been 7 years but Ronin is a brat and likes to poke at him with his nose until he gets a reaction :laughing But they both whine and howl if separated at any time. They are pack and annoying brothers but pack. :love
 
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