My new puppy won't get along with my other dogs OR the new puppy has to go! Please help me!?

Question

We have 2 beagles. 1 is a old dog and the other dog is a 2 1/2 year old baby. We adopted the old dog. This little puppy ran up op our drive way and our neighbor has been watching the puppy beagle for 2 days. We took the puppy today and want to keep her, but now our 2 year old beagle does not like her. She was fine for a while, but then she is ignoring her and doesn't want to be by her or anywhere with her. She is sulking and mean around her.

My mom said that if the dogs don't get along then we can't keep the new puppy. The puppy is happy and wants to play with My 2 year old dog. We make sure everything is even between the dogs, but we don't know what to do anymore.

Please help!

Answer 1

Have a formal introduction. Bring the older beagle into the house, and then bring the puppy in. Then, without letting the puppy go, let both of them smell one another.  After that, let them get to know one another and maybe it will work out. Just make sure that the older dog gets a lot of attention, so it doesn't feel left out. Hope that helps!

Answer 2

You're probably giving the young pup more attention and the older girl isn't happy about that.  Can't blame her, the new pup is getting lots of hugs and kisses and she's missing out on all the attention she used to get.

Focus more attention on your older dogs and a bit less on the pup.

And allow your girl time to adjust to the new addition.

Don't reprimand her if she's setting rules with the pup. You may think she's being mean or aggressive but sometimes humans are out of line when they think they're doing the right thing by correcting this type of behavior.

Be patient, observe and try to avoid stepping in.

The pup will learn it's place with the help of your older girl.

Answer 3

The older dog seems like she doesn't like the younger one but the older dog is saying "Hey this is my home. I'm the bose of you. I don't feel like playing."

Now how to get both dogs playing is simple. Give the older dog a little more attention not much just a little. Take both dogs out and play with both of them. Then see what happens.  

Answer 4

Well, your older dog's probably jealous. You should try petting them both while they meet up and don't let the little puppy try playing with the older one until they're got their 'sniffing eachother's butt' thing down, and they're all situated.

But next time, I suggest you get two dogs at the same time.

A really good idea would be if they're brothers or sisters.

Answer 5

You should try to re-introduce the new puppy. Separate the puppy from the other dogs for a couple days, and then try again.

The ASPCA has an article on introducing a new pet (http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pag...

The AKC website (www.akc.org) should have an article, too.

Also, have you checked to see if the little puppy already has a home? She could have run away. Just to be safe, you should probably call the local shelters saying that you found a puppy, and were curious to know if anyone had contacted them, saying she was missing.

Then, you should put an ad in the paper. Don't give away too much information. For instance, if this puppy is black with a white spot on her chest, say "FOUND black puppy". This way, if someone contacts you about her, you can ask if their dog had any markings, and if they tell you about the white dog, you can be sure that it's the real owner, not someone looking for a free puppy.