I don't think the size of the dog has anything to do with it. It's all about individual temperment and how the dog has been sociolized. I've always kept my eye open for the time my GSD would stop putting up with the JRT. The main reason is becuse the JRT is an unstable little psyco (not typical of the breed). I didn't expect him to submit so easily.
My GSD has a very stable, confident temperment and wont be a threat to the JRT now. He now runs the show with a simple stare.
I'm not blind to the potential problems because my dogs have always ran together,but after 40 yrs with multiple dogs, I think it's all about reading my dogs. I have had one, seriously rank, unsocial, dominant, bada$$ dog that I could never totally trust. I learned a lot from him.
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I will add a question to Kristin's inital post....We are suffering from a similar problem. We have 14 year old boston terrier male, 7 year old english pointer female and a 4 month 40# GSD male. The GSD puppy is probably the smartest little thing we have seen.
My question is this...He wants NOTHING more than to horseply with our pointer. She is more than willing 80% of the time. The boston has no patience for any of it and lets him know rather thouroughly. We let him correct the puppy when the pup aggravates him. Now, let me say, this puppy is already bigger that he is but the pup seems to understand.
We know that Ed recmds keeping puppy from horseplay especially with the other family dogs (at least that is my understanding) while really young. It is frustrating that when she is in the room he wants to romp and play-fight with her and nothing else. No listening to us and then a struggle to seperate them if they get into it too much.
Any thoughts??
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Ok - this is SUPER old thread.
A follow-up on the original post:
I let the dog growl. Then to be consistent I started allowing the play growls that had been forbidden. Abby voluntarily resigned from the most-dominant-of-the-dogs position when another female was introduced. 2 rescue dogs later and she had chosen to not go back to that position. Then with a dominant female pup, she became an insecure dominant and was "demoted." Currently, we're not having pack issues.
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Re: Pack Order vs. Consistency
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I started allowing the play growls that had been forbidden. Abby voluntarily resigned from the most-dominant-of-the-dogs position when another female was introduced. 2 rescue dogs later and she had chosen to not go back to that position. Then with a dominant female pup, she became an insecure dominant and was "demoted." Currently, we're not having pack issues.
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