Dog acting strange

[Charlie bull X 11]

I got a pup last week and since getting it my older lurcher dont seem to be eating like he used to and mopes about quite a lot... when he gets fed he also eats a bit then chews some more up and spits it on the floor nd dont eat the rest.. well doin my head in because i have to keep cleanin all his food up before the pup gets to it.. any ideas whats wrong wi him, cheers in advance, matt

Edited October 7, 2010 by Charlie bull X

[diggermad 154]

could be the older dog is jealous mate do you fuss them both the same dogs pick up on it really quick if being left out just an idea mate ATB DM

[deerhoundgreyhound 8]

lurchers get face on really easily anyway [bANNED TEXT] i have found lol atb phil

[shepp 2,285]

Sulking mate, dogs don't like change and his nose will be put out of joint. When I brought my beddy home my lurcher promptly marched down the shed and spent the best part of a month down there .

He will get over it as my two now even sleep on the same bed, although that took two years. Well the lurcher is half collie.

[skycat 6,173]

Feed your older dog in the same place as you have always done, but make sure to shut the pup away, right out of sight and sound until the old dog has finished. ALSO make sure to make a fuss of your old dog without paying any attention to the pup. Always make sure that the old dog comes first: greet him first, stroke him etc, and don't let him lose out on exercise/work because of the pup.

 

Comments like: "lurchers get face on really easily" don't help at all! Whislt many older dogs tolerate pups quite well, the depressed and miserable state of a dog may just, one day, become agression at the 'intruder', which is how some older dogs see pups.

[lurcher330 2,301]

whats his attitude towards the pup like he could be chewing up the food for the pup like a bitch would i've seen stranger things happen

[Malt 379]

When I first brought my lurcher pup home, my little JRT wasn't very happy about it. She wouldn't tolerate him anywhere near her. The poor bugger would only have to look at her and she'd start growling to herself. That night I was fed up of the first night pup howling you get, so I kipped on the settee with both of them! Ever since then they're been inseparable.

[CarraghsGem 92]

sounds like lurcher could be sulking, my house terrier sulks every time a new dog comes in the door whatever the reason... she especially hates pups. seen her sit in the middle of the room with her back to me just to make sure i know she is ignoreing me. at which point i tell her to get in her bed. and she skulks off with her head down.

[ianh 83]

aint just lurcher types, my old retriever, RIP sal, was one of the worst for it, if a mate brought a dog round she'd sulk for ages, really wasnt a big fan of other dogs at all though.

[salclalin 240]

Feed your older dog in the same place as you have always done, but make sure to shut the pup away, right out of sight and sound until the old dog has finished. ALSO make sure to make a fuss of your old dog without paying any attention to the pup. Always make sure that the old dog comes first: greet him first, stroke him etc, and don't let him lose out on exercise/work because of the pup.

 

Comments like: "lurchers get face on really easily" don't help at all! Whislt many older dogs tolerate pups quite well, the depressed and miserable state of a dog may just, one day, become agression at the 'intruder', which is how some older dogs see pups.

Excellent Advice

[Charlie bull X 11]

To answer some questions.. Charlie is good with the pup, it sleeps with him and he is always playin with it.

I have tried splitting them up and put the pup in the kitchen why Charlie is eating but he still dumps it on the floor.

Also Charlie is always the first to the door when I get home so gets a stroke and fussed over long before the pup even knows I'm there, so that's why I find it a bit strange because he gets just as much attention as before

Edited October 7, 2010 by Charlie bull X

[alan626 305]

right mate u have to be careful here have u seen the older dog near the knives or tieing knots in a rope she could be suicidele i think u should put her in a straight jacket and a cushioned room and tell her to grow up

[Charlie bull X 11]

right mate u have to be careful here have u seen the older dog near the knives or tieing knots in a rope she could be suicidele i think u should put her in a straight jacket and a cushioned room and tell her to grow up

 

What a gobshite you really are.. Get a grip

[alan626 305]

right mate u have to be careful here have u seen the older dog near the knives or tieing knots in a rope she could be suicidele i think u should put her in a straight jacket and a cushioned room and tell her to grow up

 

What a gobshite you really are.. Get a grip

it could be depression has she seen a doctor

[Mars 42]

Although Alan626 has made his point in perhaps a sarcastic manner, i do tend to agree with what he`s trying to say,

 

It`s a dog when all`s said and done and your putting human emotions on it, if the dog is faffing about with it`s food,

Take it`s food away and feed it the next day, it will eat when it`s hungry enough

And the dogs state of mind is down to what you allow it to be,

No offence meant just my opinion.

 

Mars.