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Meet (I have no idea what Im naming her, HELP!)

It's got to be Maggie! What is it about chocolate labs and "M" names?! My cousin's lab is named Mason and a really good friends chocolate is named Magnum!

Gorgeous pup, and Dale's right, nothing like a lab face to pull at the heartstrings!
D80
 
Thanks everyone :)

Unfortunately Im still undecided, and I keep having more names thrown at me......I think Darla was the latest one and I kinda like that too. This puppy is hard cause she looks almost like she could be anything.


Anyway, I have a question. Does anyone have experience with mixing Labs (dogs)? Dale has been the only dog here for 5 years and I dont know if I was just naive but I thought he;d be like 'Awesome, baby to play with!' and hes not.

He is growling and jerking away from her. She runs with him when he walks and nibbles on his ankles and ears. I keep telling him shes a "baby" cause he knows that word, hes around babies alot. She is so much more in love with him then she is me, but the feeling isnt mutual. I know Ive had her less then 24 hours but I wonder if my dog will come around.

Dont get me wrong, he is typical Lab i dont think he;d hurt her, hes just like, please leave me alone. He growls at me at night when I toss and turn too much, I guess I keep him awake LOL

And hes fine when she is playing with her toys. He lets her eat his food, drink water with him, he just walks away. When I throw a toy, they both run and once he sees her grab it, he walks away. He lets her take toys from him, and I notice he watches not to step on her. It just seems the love kisses and nibbles hes getting he doesnt like.


Its cute, shell run up to him and kiss his face and he barks, and she throws herself down on the floor like 'Im sorry! Wont so it again!' then she wiggles her butt and jumps up on him again like "Sike!". :rofl:


This is the size difference. She is 20 lbs on the dot, he is 100 on the dot.

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They should be fine, they just need to work out dominance, and she will learn how far she can push her luck! My bitch is very territorial, and if my sister brings her dog to visit he has to be very submissive to her.
 
diamondlil said:
They should be fine, they just need to work out dominance, and she will learn how far she can push her luck! My bitch is very territorial, and if my sister brings her dog to visit he has to be very submissive to her.
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Thats what I was thinking. I know puppies have no attention span, and given I do run around with toys for her because I dont want her every second she has to spend bugging him, but she needs to learn on her own how far she can push him.

My tenant has a dog who lives downstairs and the dogs been up in my house before. Dale doesnt care. I have dogs over in the yard all the time, Dale doesnt care. I let the baby sleep by my side last night, Dale was in the bed too, techinically its 'his' bed, he didnt care.....as long as she is on one side and her side isnt nibbling him LOL
 
JustineNYC said:
Anyway, I have a question. Does anyone have experience with mixing Labs (dogs)? Dale has been the only dog here for 5 years and I dont know if I was just naive but I thought he;d be like 'Awesome, baby to play with!' and hes not.
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The simplest, shortest, and easiest way to put it is that you've brought another member into the "pack". Your 5 year old didn't have a say in the matter, and will need to adjust. As long as you have already made sure that you're the alpha in the house, it will eventually be no problem, BUT you have to be sure that your treating the 5 year old as dominant to the new one. For example, if there's an altercation between the two, you need to chastise the younger one first and quite possibly only her. If he hasn't bitten her or been aggressive, you're probably okay, it'll just take training between the two. I would also not recommend letting them associate unattended. No telling what could happen when the alpha (you) isn't there! Could probably get into more specifics, but wanted to keep it short . . . :shrugs:

D80
 
With all the attention the puppy is getting, he's developing mixed signals about his place in the pack. He sees that you have elevated the puppy to a higher status than his position used to be, and he's having difficulty working it out. I'll try to locate the best article I've ever seen on how your dog sees everyone in the family as part of the pack.
 
My friend has now got 3(!) un-neutered male red setters in the house. The oldest, most dominant one ignores the new puppy even to the point of laying on top of him if he's in that part of the sofa. (Exit squeaking, complaining puppy).
The middle dog and the puppy are in a dominance battle, with the clash of teeth all the time right now. The puppy has no hesitation in sinking his needles into the middle dog, but the middle dog flashes his teeth without actually biting, except the occasional muzzle hold when he's had enough.
 
Drizzt80 said:
The simplest, shortest, and easiest way to put it is that you've brought another member into the "pack". Your 5 year old didn't have a say in the matter, and will need to adjust. As long as you have already made sure that you're the alpha in the house, it will eventually be no problem, BUT you have to be sure that your treating the 5 year old as dominant to the new one. For example, if there's an altercation between the two, you need to chastise the younger one first and quite possibly only her. If he hasn't bitten her or been aggressive, you're probably okay, it'll just take training between the two. I would also not recommend letting them associate unattended. No telling what could happen when the alpha (you) isn't there! Could probably get into more specifics, but wanted to keep it short . . . :shrugs:

D80
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No, hes never bit anyone or anything. But that makes alot of sense how I should scold her and not him. Last night when she'd troll behind him and start on his ears, the growling he'd do, because I know him I dont take as aggressive, there is no snarling or anything, so I just take it more as 'Hey dont do that' but my friend was here and she was like 'Oh god hes growling, that isnt good!'

I kept intervening and telling her 'Noooooo, but you can play with this' and Id give her, her Nylabone to teeth on. And then when I see her bug him and he doesnt say anything, Ive been rewarding him with biscuits for being tolerant. I have to say though, he is a little dramatic. I saw her bunk into him gently this morning not even realizing it and he made an annoyed noise.

Anyway, Im going to take him to the park in a bit so I can have some alone time away from puppy with him. And you bet shes got a crate for when I am not around!

Thanks for the help. :)
 
Personally, I'd be inclined only to intervene if he really hurts the pup. No normal adult dog should actually hurt a pup, he will chastise her, but if he starts snarling, just watch what happens. He should display all his teeth in an exaggerated manner, and even literally gnash them! When Ellie was a puppy she had an adult pitbull male as her best friend, she used to bite his hocks and hang off his neck. If he had enough he would just hold her down and squish her, with every one of his enormous teeth showing!
 
JustineNYC said:
Thanks everyone :)
Dale has been the only dog here for 5 years
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Hehehe.

I'd handle it by fawning over Dale and ignoring the pup as much as possible in Dale's presence, as well as treating/praising Dale for tolerant behaviour, even going so far as to create situations for which you can praise him.

Nanci
 
Nanci said:
I'd handle it by fawning over Dale and ignoring the pup as much as possible in Dale's presence, as well as treating/praising Dale for tolerant behaviour, even going so far as to create situations for which you can praise him.
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I think this should be the universal approach for any living creature thus named. ;)

Justine...."what they all said"......it's a dominance thing, and it'll be a while for it to reconcile. Just be consistent with the pack hierarchy.

JustineNYC said:
I know puppies have no attention span
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As you're well aware with Lab pups, this condition lasts a lifetime. ;)

regards,
Bo'sAlpha
 
jazzgeek said:
I think this should be the universal approach for any living creature thus named. ;)

Justine...."what they all said"......it's a dominance thing, and it'll be a while for it to reconcile. Just be consistent with the pack hierarchy.



As you're well aware with Lab pups, this condition lasts a lifetime. ;)

regards,
Bo'sAlpha
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Oh god I know LOLOL

He hasnt been spiteful yet, does that mean Im doing alright with the who-comes-first whole thing.

Usually I pick up a cat and he goes for my shoes.
 
dionythicus said:
One name I think is funny and still somewhat original is Pepsi. And she is the colour of cola.
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See I like that too. There is a few I like thats the problem. And I need something quick because I need to call her something when she is being yelled at :laugh01:
 
JustineNYC said:
He hasnt been spiteful yet, does that mean Im doing alright with the who-comes-first whole thing.

Usually I pick up a cat and he goes for my shoes.
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Sounds like things are copacetic. :)

Strange how they react, eh? I go to the john (TMI, I know), and Bo grabs a sock out of the laundry hamper. :confused:

regards,
jazz
 
diamondlil said:
Personally, I'd be inclined only to intervene if he really hurts the pup. No normal adult dog should actually hurt a pup, he will chastise her, but if he starts snarling, just watch what happens. He should display all his teeth in an exaggerated manner, and even literally gnash them! When Ellie was a puppy she had an adult pitbull male as her best friend, she used to bite his hocks and hang off his neck. If he had enough he would just hold her down and squish her, with every one of his enormous teeth showing!
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Ive seen lions do the same with their babies when their annoying the crap out of them. It gets the message across to back off.

Ive seen his teeth once, I think it was 2 summers ago, a buttered BBQ corn of cob rolled off the grill and I tried to take it from him LOL
This is the 100 pound lab that I dressed in the pimp outfit for halloween....I mean normally, he is a total boob!



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Well, I think this new addition answers the question as to where his beey@tchs are at. :sidestep:

regards,
jazz
 
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