We have a new puppy today, our 13 year old existing dog hates him. Any advice?

Have you thought about consulting with a professional dog trainer?

I have intrpduced puppies to older dogs many times. It just takes some patience. Start out with only letting them spend small amounts of time together...maybe 5 min or so. Make sure you keep reassuring the Jack Russel, as it was his house 1st. Mostly it's just a jealous thing. He wants to know that you don't like him less now that you have a new puppy. Make sure the puppy doesn't get more attention than the older dog. That will only make things worse. After they can spend 5min together without conflict, make the time longer. Just keep doing things that way & they'll get along fine. Some dogs adapt to having new dogs in their territory pretty fast & some take a while. It all depends on the dog. So I can't tell you how long it will take for your Jack Russel to adapt. But the 2 of your dogs will be fine. :)

Just checking back to see if you have made any progess with getting your old jack russell to accept the new border collie puppy. :)

This is not an easy situation for you feralwoman because the older dog will not be too happy to have another dog there, although hopefully given time he will get used to it. I am not too sure that putting the Jack Russell in a cage is the solution though. Generally when we get a new animal we introduce it to the older one, but stay with them for a while then remove the new one - for safety sake. We keep this up for a few days gradually leaving the new pup with the older dog for longer periods of tiem. Only after a week or so of this would we leave them alone together. Plus we also make a big fuss of the older dog. We were told by a vet about 30 years ago that animals are to be treated like children and you introduce a new pup to an older one in the same fashion as you introduce a new baby to its older sibling. LOL I hope this helps you a little anyway feralwoman and good luck. :)

try to get them used to each other slowly...I had to day that with my kitty and my dog..now they are best friends and rule the house..lol

i don't know. sorry D

let both of them stay together after some days they wil like each other

Never mind it leave ur small puppy with him he will start loving it in few days they will be gud friends soon

u need to consult to animal psychatrist

Watch the Dog Whisperer on the National Geographic Channel

I'm not sure ...

Well even i have got two dogs at my place one is a german shephard and one cutie pie Puppy german split Well i also got this spid few months back and my 5 years old dog was not able to accept this he always had a fight with him and eats his food if he sleeping not letting him sleep it happens a lot actually the thing happened was we expressed our love to a new puppy and were not giving the same to old one so he was not able to meet his expectations as earlier so he was hating but in a few months but are now good friends as both get the same love same meals and even both go for a walk in evening together and play together its fun now to see those frens

hehe......I think it would be a while when old Jack accept litte Collie. Don't be worry about it, it gonne be Ok very soon.

I have a 13 y/o rat terrier. We now have 3 other dogs and she has never really taken to any of them that much. She tolerates the oldest one and the second oldest one, but the youngest one she barks at almost constantly.

The jack russell is an old dog & probably set in it's ways, puppies are full of energy and the older dog is most probably not, over time the Jack russell WILL get used to his/her younger counterpart, separating the two dogs is not doing anyone any good, as the older dog will feel resentment to the pup eventually. They will fight but the pup will learn it's lessons quickly and they will get along over time (after all dogs are territorial and the older dog things that the pup is moving in on his territory). The only advice that i can give i when you are playing with the pup, pet the older dog too share the love, and they will get along, but it takes time.

I don't know what to suggest as he is an old Dog I know you say he is used to them but the way he sees it is that there is another Dog on his Patch and Jack Russels are funny Dogs anyway All I could suggest is try and introduce them gently and hope that he backs of I hope you manage it

I have two dogs myself, and when we introduced the second one, who was 3 months old to the older one who was 10 months old, she wanted to rip him apart!! But the breeder told us it was only normal and that they should settle down in about 10 days or so. We didn't do anything special,just let them get used to each other, and when the older dog was too much, we'd just make her stop. If he took her toys and she got mad, we wouldn't say anything, because the breeder told us not to; the younger dog must know that she's a leader. So, 3 months and a half later, they are best friends, the older dog even protects the little one!

with some very difficult a job to get your existing pet to be friends with the new pup, you have to make them know each other but always in your presence. there is loads of information available on this on pedgree site www.pedigree.com/. I really found the information on this website quite helpful in training my German shepherd

he has invaded you dogs territory thats why he is acting the way he is be careful coz your older will really hurt him if there left alone

this puppy has ebtered you dogs territory so thats why he is being bad..