New Pup

[Dan Outdoors 13]

Just got a new pup for my shooting (a sprocker) my lurcher keeps mouthing her, am I asking for trouble or is this acceptable behaviour?

Thanks

[Casso 1,261]

I don't let mature dogs and pups have much interaction, unless i know they are secure with each other ,normally pups can't control the force of attraction to other dogs and get spanked , which is a situation that can leave an emotional scar on its temperament ,

 

At the same time some grown dogs are confused about where on the scale of attraction a pup lies , dogs quantify everything on a prey/predator scale, an example of this is an emotionally disturbed bitch who will eat her own pups, her reading of the situation is that the pups are just too preylike ,

 

After saying that most dogs are secure enough to treat pups how they should be treated but I don't leave them unsupervised until a pup can read a social situation itself ,

[Dan Outdoors 13]

Casso, thanks for your reply, I'm keeping a keen eye on the situation, want to kerb it sooner rather than later. Thanks again