BORED PUPPIES

Ben my Black Labrador
Have you just got a new Puppy? Have you brought it into a home that already has an older dog?
Is it annoying the older dog?

There are many reasons why a puppy will annoy an older dog. Most of the time its innocent enough. Boredom and bonding mostly. However your older dog can still get stressed out by the unwanted attention. Some times this can lead to less than ideal times in the home. But we can help to correct this behaviour or even avoid it. We can teach our puppies how to interact with the older dog in the home.

Puppies get bored and if you leave them alone inside the house all day with nothing to do they can become Tasmanian devils of energy, tearing up the place. Lack of exercise is one of the main problems. By ensuring our puppies are regularly and well exercised we tire them out and therefore less likely to use up his energy annoying the other dog in the house. A couple of long walks a day or several hours out in the garden should tire your puppy out.
Boredom is another thing that will encourage your puppy to seek attention. Make sure there are plenty of puppy toys lying about. Try different toys, squeaky, rattling, moving. Try different things and then let him have his favourite. Keep him interested and he will be less interested in getting his play time with another dog.
Most people who buy a pup for the first time dont realise their puppies ability to learn. They tend to wait far too long before enrolling them in obedience classes or begin training them in obedience at home. Puppies can learn new behaviours like sit, down, stay and come from around 8 weeks old. You should begin your puppies training as soon as you get it home. Better still enrol them in a puppy class and start the socialisation period as well. Early socialisation is key to having a well balanced well mannered all round nice dog. By starting your training early you can teach your puppy self control and discipline. This will help in teaching your puppy boundaries like not annoying the older dog. 
Always make sure you don't alloy your puppy to annoy the older dog, give corrections like making him take a time out. Always give your older dog some where it can go to get away from the annoying puppy to relax and chill out.
Most of the time the annoying behaviour can be corrected with a little care and training. So get your puppy active, give it toys to play with, enrol in a training class and start its training right away.



See you soon.............

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

WHAT IS THE BEST DOG FOOD?

RISK TAKERS

PREPERATION FOR A NEW ARRIVAL