wow. tough one there... you need to tire them both out, and do some submission around each other, so they are both aware you are packleader.
however, trying to calm a puppy down is like trying to get me to stop looking at boobies... aint happening... you prolly need to get the shih-tzu to be cool with playing, cause the other way aint happening for a while.... :( i feel for ya! On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > As I mentioned a few weeks ago, we recently got a new puppy. So far > she has been absolutely awesome, very few accidents in the house. > > However, we have a very small issue, that if not addressed could turn > into a big issue. We have another dog, a 4 year old Shih-Tzu. who is > kind of afraid of the new dog. So far there has been no obvious > aggression between the 2, but the Shih-Tzu is afraid of the new dog. > (Honestly, he kind of afraid of everything - when I was walking him > one night, he literally ran away from his own shadow). It seems like > the puppy wants to play, and the Shih-Tzu does not, so he runs away > from her. He does show some curiosity and tries to get near her, but > usually, she takes that as a sign he wants to play and goes after him. > > I was wondering you guys could offer some advice for getting them to > at least get along and be able to stay in the same room without the > puppy trying to go after the Shih-Tzu and the Shih-Tzu able to relax > when she is around.. > -- > Scott Stroz > --------------- > The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who > are willing to work and give to those who would not. - Thomas > Jefferson > > http://xkcd.com/3 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:296767 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
