Brian Young Webboard User Reg: 12-18-2011
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We are getting a american bulldog puppy in about a week.We have a 6 yr. old english bulldog and would like to know the best way to introduce them?
The puppy is female and our english bulldog is male. Our 6 yr. old is not agressive or a biter but does play rough.
The puppy is 8 weeks,and we plan on crate training. Been awhile since we had to house train,can't remember if we closed the crate at night time or left it open.She will be gated off in laundry room separate from Billybob (english bully) so she won't be roaming at night but should we just leave gate to crate open so she can go on newspaper at night or does that defeat the purpose?
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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You have some brushing up to do in a week! LOL
Newspaper absolutely 100% defeats the purpose (unless the purpose is to teach her to go indoors ) .
The idea is to have her outside when she has to go, and this will mean a few middle-of-the-night alarm clock settings at first. (Every single time she has to soil or wet her crate or any indoor area is a setback. Easiest by far is never to let it happen and never to let that habit become entrenched at all.)
I recommend daytime tethering to you. I recommend it strongly.
I use a 6' leash threaded onto my leather belt. It keeps them close when I am up and moving but gives a little bit of exploration room when I'm sitting. I can always tie a couple knots in it if it feels too long. Keep something 6' without a handle loop around too for when puppy has earned "untether" time (down the road) because handles get caught on chairs legs, etc.
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One more question....I have a crate for billybob (adult dog) but I took the door off so he can roam around in kitchen if he chooses. My question is I bought a crate for the puppy. Can I put the puppy in the crate in the kitchen with Billybob since the door will be closed? IT just makes sense to keep her their also since it close to door to let puppy out to do her duty.
If they were my dogs, I'd put the door back on the older dog's crate if I intended to keep the puppy in there with him even though the puppy would be crated for safety reasons. I might be overreacting but it took one of my male dogs a couple of months to accept my daughter's shih tzso when he was a tiny puppy. I would probably rotate who was crated and who wasn't with both being crated when you were gone or sleeping. That way you would know no accidents could happen. Anyway that's what I would do for awhile at least until they got used to the sight and smell of each other.
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I'm not 100% clear on what is meant, but if it means the older dog has access to the closed crate with the pup in it when you are not right there, then no, not IMHO.
Plenty of posturing, harassing, and outright terrorizing can and does happen to a crated dog with other dogs uncrated in the same area.
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Even though my older dog has not been a closed crate for many years? Would it be a better idea to place the crated puppy in another area away from adult dog?
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Even though my older dog has not been a closed crate for many years? Would it be a better idea to place the crated puppy in another area away from adult dog?
Sure. The goal (IMO) is to keep the crated dog from being harassed by an uncreated dog.
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