staffhund

Thanks for the great reply Ruralpug. 1. Do you think it's best to keep them apart until the pup becomes more obedient. He has learnt 'sit', 'lay down' and 'come' but this seems to go out the window when the other dog is around. 2. I've been getting mixed messages from different people about how to train the pup. Puppy school said that its a bad idea to yell at, scold the dog, or punish the dog with 'time out'... but I often read online (particularly in staffy related articles) that yelling 'BAH' or giving them a solid 15 minutes 'time out' is not only encouraged but expected. Any advice here? Cheers in advance.

Hi guys, We have a 9-year-old dachshund who is very much set in his ways. He wasn't really socialised all too well as a pup and doesn't really like other dogs at all. He couldn't be more affectionate with people he knows well but is generally anxious and barky with strange people and dogs. We just bought a Staffy puppy home (also a boy) and he is, of course, full of energy. We kept the old dog at my parents' house (where he gets treated very well) for a month to get the puppy used to our house as we suspected that there would be issues right away. So, two days ago we finally decided to bring the two together at our house and safe to say it isn't going all that well. The dachshund will growl, bite aggressively and chase the pup away every time he comes close and now the pup has started constantly antagonising the old dog, aggressively barking at him and kind of encouraging him to chase him away. We are not so much worried that they will never get along, as over time the dachshund has become friendly with a couple of other dogs, but we are worried that the old dog is teaching the pup to be aggressive. We obviously don't want that, particularly in a high energy dog like a Staffy. Does anyone know if it is all too early to be socialising them? Is this normal and we need to be patient or are we right to be concerned? Thanks.