We recently invite a new dog into our household who is mildly aggressive to our existing dog. What can we do?

We recently invited a 4-year-old female Staffordshire Terrier into our house who was rescued 3 years ago from the side of a highway. She was found 1/2 starved and believed to have been used for breeding. She's lived in a small apartment for the past 3 years with the female that rescued her. She's supposedly a real love bug, but tonight we invited her into our household and she was mildly aggressive with our 3 year old male pug mix. What can we do to make them get along?
We recently invite a new dog into our household who is mildly aggressive to our existing dog. What can we do?
shes a dominant dog by the sounds of it just give her time to settle in and they should be okay
Reply:I had the same problem and found that if I walked them together every day they slowly became friends. The most important thing is that you are seen as the Alpha Dog! So take control. Always walk through a door way first. If the dog is lying in your way gently nudge with your toe and say "Excuse me" make them move and they will learn you are the leader. Good luck!
Reply:you shouldn't have put in a dog that your current dog doesn't know in his territory in the first place. both sides of the dogs become protective so that they can keep their land. even if they're nuetered/spayed.


walk them together (either side of you) so that they feel more like a pack. and then you should be (you, the alpha) the person taking control. so keep them parallel when walking and you should be either in front or have the dogs right next to you, heeling.


let them bond at the local park (or any nueteral territory where there are minimal dogs around. ) so that they have something in common when you go home.
Reply:people keep saying to introduce dogs on neutral territory. That's great as far as it goes, but it is rarely enough. Once you get INTO the house the best thing to do is to crate the newcomer. Let the dog or dogs who live there congregate around the crate and sniff...they'll get a bit used to each other's smells. When everyone is relaxed, put both dogs on leashes, and let them interact ourside the crate. Again, when they relax take off the leashes.





here's another thing to consider to, you didn't say if your male was neutered...if he is not, then you might keep in mind that if she was used for breeding in a less than ideal place she might have some associations with being taken to an intact male?
Reply:Sounds like she needs the help of an animal behaviorist. There is probably something in her past that makes her either dog aggressive or where she has moments where she becomes snappy.





Hopefully, a good evaluation can tell you what causes this behavior in her at some times and not others. That way you can try to avoid the situation.





Its a bold thing that you did bringing a special needs dog into your home. But its gonna be a long road, and you might end up having to give her up to someone with no other dogs, should she be dog aggressive.
Reply:Keep them in seperat rooms and gradually let them get 2 know each other.
Reply:You can't make them do anything. They have to work it out. Read some books on dominance, and aggression so you can tell them, apart. Most people think dominance is aggression. It's not aggression until there's blood drawn, and one won't back down. Get educated.
Reply:The new dog is showing her pug friend that she is in charge. It's not a bad thing. She is the Alpha Female. Read The Loved Dog by Tamar Gellar. It's a great book!
Reply:You need to make your pack more balanced by becoming the "leader of the pack" you can always rehabilatate any dog with any kind of back-ground.


Chack into this book





http://www.bestwebbuys.com/Be_the_Pack_L...





Hope they become Buddies!