Can we ever take another dog.?
So I currently own a Pomeranian dog, she's three years old and a spayed female. We also have a eleven year prehistoric papillon whose is neutered and he is just a lazy antiquated dog who doesn't mind other dogs, he stays out of their way. Which, in my grip, is a good thing because my Pom is very denote to other dogs. She even goes after HUGE dogs when we are on walks. She needs to be Alfa dog.
Just surrounded by case this info matters, we have dog sitters to study our two dogs when we are on vacation, and they have two other dogs just approaching mine. One is lazy and one is Alfa dog and fights for it. So my Pom fights next to both of them at first, but she likes the other lazy dog after a day or two. But she and the other alfa dog is another story. They skirmish and we need to keep them separated for a few days. Eventually they can be in duplicate room, but they aren't happy and there is tension.
So, my ask here is, will I ever be able to get another dog? Can my Pom learn to acquire along with another dog, or is it possible they will always fight? I reason if the new dog is a lazy dog who doesn't intellect being lower than my Pom, then it will be okay. But if the hot dog wants to be Alfa, that just won't work. And my other question is, whether the two don't get along right away, is there some category of training that I could do so they learn? And how should I introduce the dogs to make the meeting as stressless as possible?
Thank you so much for anyone who can abet!
Don't alpha roll your dog. That is a accurate way to get bitten. If you want to get another dog, you *have* to engender sure the it has an omega personality.
she doesnt involve an alpha DOG! she needs to know that you are the alpha! wrestle her to the ground and lay on her until she is calm. this sound cruel, but as long as you dont put your full cargo on her, she will be fine.
once your pom knows that you are the alpha, you can get 10 more dogs and she probably will get over it
Answers: Was your pomeranian ever socialized with other dogs as a young puppy besides your papillon? If she's 3 and she was never introduced to lots of other dogs and individuals from 2-4 months of age then chances are no she won't ever get along beside another dog.
Just because she gets along with your older dog does not fashion her socialized, and her "aggressiveness" has nothing to do with her other wanting to be "alpha" dog. Chances are your dogs "aggressive" behavior is based on fear of other dogs. She's learned that getting surrounded by another dogs face and yapping and fighting cause those dogs to run and leave her alone, so she continues to use it. Any dog that "threatens" her that's how she will react to them. It's not a need to be the boss it's call the need to protect herself.
First you need to work with her on socialization, you have need of to show her that not all dogs are a threat, that she doesn't have to "protect" herself when confronted with another dog. And I'm afraid this take months of hard work to socialize and help her to associate only pleasant things when she's around other dogs. This is something that will require a trainer and back in socialization.
Unless you bring in a puppy I'm afraid that another dog will cause severe stress on your Pom cause health issues over time as your dogs stress levels will be too high, over time this fixed stress will make her shake and seem "nervous" due to the high cortisol level. When a dog gets that stressed it takes 2-7 days for the levels to seize back to normal.
Since your Pom is not socialized I would highly recommend you do not win another dog once your oldest dog has passed. She needs to be an only dog or you'll downfall up cutting her life expectancy very short. I'm sorry.
ADD: Vixen: What you might perceive as another dog "not" doing anything your pom doesn't see it that means of access, dogs "sense" things another dog doesn't have to actually do anything. For example, my dog is very powerfully socialized, she goes to the dog park almost daily, however, one time this couple be about to walk in near their two dogs, they hadn't even made it in the park when my dog let off this huge howling yap, which she never does unless at home and protecting her territory, so this kind of shocked me, in the past the dogs even got thru the first gate my dog took off to the backbone of the park, then when both dogs entered the park they made a bee line for her she "freaked" out and run herself into the chain link fence to try to escape. She have never acted like that before and she has never done it since. So dogs own a better sense about another dog before the other dog even does anything. Now, I know another Pom at the park that will play with smaller dogs but will shift after larger dogs yapping and snapping at them, she isn't mean and she isn't aggressive, she is I would say territorial. Now this might be the shield with your dog, it might actually be a pomeranian "thing" if she's anything close to Daisy. She is the sweetest dog but very yappy and snappy when other dogs invade the area around the table, is she unsocialized, no, is she dog aggressive, no, because she's never "hurt" another dog, so without in reality seeing your dog and being able to "view" her behavior in personality, you might have a chance. But before you bring the pup into the house and find that it's a nightmare for adjectives involved you should work on her "attitude" before you are ready for a new dog.
It's best to own someone help you do this, but when you see other dogs out on a walk and she "reacts" to them, make her sit, nurture her treats and "distract" her as the person walks on by, first 30 feet apart, after closer and closer until your dog does not respond, then both go for a walk keeping yourselves between the dogs, over time she have to learn that other big dogs or dogs in general aren't to be fear but something pleasant. Over time she might see other dogs = chicken or a nice tasty treat.
Try this now and get her used to other dogs and more socialized. If you are at an sour leash park then do not keep her on leash, allow the dogs to meet rotten leash and on neutral territory have pungent treats and just practice till she's accepting.
I would hate for you to spend the money and bring a new puppy into your house and it become a living nightmare for adjectives involved. I'm not saying it would happen she might be very accepting but it's better to be safe and sound and train her now than sorry and have to give up the puppy.
Good luck I hope it works out for you, but whether you are truly committed to getting a new puppy then start training now while near is still time. You might want to elicit help from all your doggy friends that are willing to abet you.
Read as many training books that can help you with this situation. Also watching Victoria Stilwell on "It's Me or the Dog" on Saturday night at 9 pm on Animal Planet will give you some very good training tips that you can use.
I one-sidedly think it would be a pretty bad idea.
The first piece you need to find out is whether or not you're even allowed to have 3 dogs - it's not allowed by greatly of city ordinances.
Secondly, for me, it would simply be too much stress to deal with my dogs warfare over position. But, I guess there could be another dog out there that would work. The problem would be finding it.
