staffhund

7 hours ago, RuralPug said:

They are certainly not going to become best buddies overnight. Best thing is to keep them separated unless you are CLOSELY supervising.
The old dog is not teaching aggression but the pup is not backing off when he should, it's up to you to teach him.

You need to actively socialise the staffy pup in all sorts of situations and at the same time, give him some basic training so that you can recall him away from dogs that find him annoying.

It's not fair on any dog to be annoyed by another, but especially for a senior. It's up to you to work with the pup, give him plenty of toys, and more importantly, train him NOT to pester other dogs who don't appreciate his play style. He hasn't learned that, so you must train him to come when called before you let him loose on any other dog. Some dogs will like his play style but others will  not so unless you have good recall things can escalate if he doesn't back off when another dog doesn't want to play,

You can see that problems have arisen because the older dog wasn't socialised properly - you need to make every effort to socialise the pup. This will involve taking him out on a daily basis where he can watch people and other dogs plus a few minutes basic training on sit.stay.come every day and a play session (tug or fetch, whatever you both enjoy) at the end 
 

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.