Tee hee hee! I'll send you a PM (I've got Toby addicted to GG, which works really well!)

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GG?? Golden Girls?

Gossip girls

pssst,,jennifer,,it was an old lady joke.

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Jenn, sorry i came in late but your post brought up a thought for me concerning your little guy and T.

Has anyone here with multiple dogs had a situation where a puppy was brought into the home, and everything was fine between the dogs when until the puppy reached a year or two and then the sitation changed and the dogs no longer got along?

Im not trying to be doom and gloom, but im just wondering if, due to T's DA if it would be possible for her to change her mind concernging Neb and maybe not see him the same way once he matures. I've met dogs who have no problems with puppies, but once they mature don't want anything to do with them.

I have heard of people whose dogs stopped getting along when one of them reached maturity, usually b/c the younger dog was challenging the older dog, that kind of thing.

I think it's a possibility with Neb. He's pretty laid back, but is completely unintimidated by Teagan. She is the only dog he tried to hump (I don't allow him), though whether this is b/c she is female or b/c Luc so obviously is not the dominant dog that it would be a waste of time to hump him I can't say.

I think that she lives happily with Luc is a good sign - if problems do occur, I would expect them to occur in the 'top dog' respect.

That said, he's stopped trying to hump her and generally defers to her. I would say they're fairly bonded right now (I've actually had concerns about it in terms of him being 'doggy' a couple of times, but I upped the one-on-one work with him and aren't really concerned at the moment.

Teagan is back to loving him. It's funny, if they're both out, she's always trying to go in his crate to take his toys, whereas he's always running over to her crate b/c he likes to stand inside and sniff and just hang out in there wagging his tail.....it's cute.

Since this happened, I've been a lot stricter with house rules, especially with Neb, and I think that will probably be important as he ages in terms of keeping his and Teagan's relationship as good as it is right now - I have to be a strong and fair pack leader for all of them.

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Has anyone here with multiple dogs had a situation where a puppy was brought into the home, and everything was fine between the dogs when until the puppy reached a year or two and then the sitation changed and the dogs no longer got along?

I am having that exact situation with my two dogs. They were find until about a month and half ago. They had had some minor discussions about things but we always intervened and everything was fine immediately after.
They went from playing daily and getting along fine to wanting to rip each others throats out.

Now they can not even be in the same room without both of us there to watch and a leash on both

It escalated really quickly and is scary. But we are working through it.

Omg Steve. I laughed so hard. Loved the golden girl reference. Way too clever.