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I have a 9 week old girl westie and a 2 yr old male westie. They are seprated when im not in the house by a child gate as I’ve been told not to leave them unattended. She is about 40% toilet trained so she is kept in the kitchen. They play fight when together and seem to get on. my male dog does get annoyed with her and grawls and gives her and gives her a light bite when she just wont stop biting his ears (she doesnt yelp) she normally rolls over and shows him her belly when he growls at her this normal? They dont play all the time my male dog just walks away from her a lot of the time, but she always wants what he has. He is playing with a toy she will barge in and take it off him? This normal? When and how should I stop seperating them? I dont want my male dog to hurt her when im not there. Will her bighting him and jumpin all over him stop the older she gets?

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Answer #1

Actually, I disagree in disciplining him for “babysitting her”…He has shown that he’s not puppy aggressive, and doesn’t over do it when he tells her what is what. I’d keep them separted until she is fully housetrained (NOT because I think he would hurt her, but it’s easier on you…it won’t be much longer, anyway). Interrupting his way of disciplining could end up being misconstrued by him…He’s doing a great job, let him do it. The Dog Whiperer never works with new pups, he’s always working with dogs either near adulthood, or already adults…Your male obviously likes this puppy, and is teaching her doggie manners in a gentle way.

The very fact that he gets up and walks away, says he’s the dominant dog here, and is willing to extract himself from the situation when she gets too much…This sounds to me like it’s going be wonderful relationship between the two in a very short time…

It also sounds to me like you’ve been very observant for beharioral problems…and that you’re “reading” your male is correctly…There is no cut and dried time limit, for anything to do with dogs…the main requirement is that YOU know your dogs…and I think you do.

phrannie

PS…yes, her rambunctiousness will lessen as she gets older…

Answer #2

Ok this goes back to who is the pack leader and it sounds like he is when it needs to be you. Her rolling on her belly to him is showing that she is submissive to him. Every time he barks or growls at her you need to give him a tap behind the ribs and tell him know. I would seperate them when not being watched but you need to keep them together as much as possiable, If you ever watched the dog wisper when he brings a new dog into the pack he watches for changes in there behivior and as soon as he see’s one of them TRYING to be dominat he stops it right away and lets them all know he is the boss. this is what you need to do and you need to be able to tell the difference between what is play and what is domince. But most of all you need to stay in charge I know this is all hard and take time, my dog ( a deaf Aussie) decided he was going to start doing laps in the house this week for hours non stop, so now it has been 4 days of me getting up and signing the NO sign to him when he does this, I still have not solved it but I will break him before he breaks me, the clue is not to quit.

Answer #3

Sorry cant help you out with the dog problem but I envey you, I really want a westie but the wife says no:( Such beautiful dogs.

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