Just wondering if any of you guys on here can help me at all.....

I have just bought a american bulldog, 3 weeks ago,she is 9 weeks old and she is settling in very well. I do have to other dogs that i have had for a few years now, one is a german shepard/collie mix and the other is a westie. The bulldog is a little boistress (if thats how you spell it lol) im just wondering how i can calm her down?

Right thats he first one out the way!.....

Now, my mum has just bought a lhaso apso and im just wondering what is the best way to introduce them to each other? as the lhaso is very calm and quite, she is 10 weeks old by the way so similer age as the bulldog. Im just worried that my bulldog is going to be a little rough for the lhaso?

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My bulldog keeps mouthing peoples hands, she is not being aggresive but can get a little rough. What is the best way to stop this?

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Any help would be great.

John

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tell ya what you need...a book by the one and only CEASER MILLAN his books, 'ceaser's way' and 'be the pack leader' are amazing like tips and guides on how to's etc, dnt no if you watch his shows or anything (sky 3) but his book to me is like the bible! try youtubing a clip!!! i recommend his techniques everytime!
lol soz for goin on

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No lol thank you for going on! i have watched his shows and i also think he is very good although the vet told me to ignore anything that he does and not to watch his shows!??? Where can i buy one or both of his books?

John

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I was told to get my collie staff bull cross dog neutored because this would calm him down, 6 years on he's still as mad as ever, hope you have better luck calming yours down.
I have another dog too and tried to introduce them in my house OMG! they both decided it was their territory and it was world war 3, in the end i took them to my dads house (neutral ground) and they got on much better, now they are inseperable. It was horrible at first i couldn't watch, they kept doing this weird exited mouth open head butting thing and chasing each other but apparently they were playing

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LOL well said there on that one from the vet............great guy but...........im not saying anymore on that LOL

okies well with the mouthing i know its hard on a bulldog lol but...........with huskies i have always used the gently hold the nose and a firm No the mouthing is a come on play with me or awwwww hello i missed you and love you thing lol but the gentle hold and firm No even a high pitched ouch can work

puppies will be puppies not alot you can do on the calming side though there are some plug ins that you can get that helps calm you may have to ask your vet about them

with the introducing start it off on nuteral ground like take them out a walk together and bring them into the same house together at the sametime this way they are coming in together rather than one coming onto the others turf

i introduced my latest member using a crate but was different as she was moving in lol

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I also use the crate for night time and when i have to go out, she still crys at night when in the cage..... does anybody no how to get her to sleep right through? without waking me up at 2am and wanting to play!
Need to get this dog in to shape lol.

John

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welcome to the world of american bulldogs

my girl is 1 now and she is still very excitable and no matter what we do with her she plays rough with other dogs its just the way they are i think! but she does understand when the other dog has had enough!

and we found with the night time thing the more you go down to them at night the more they will cry! just ignore them through the night and within a few nights she should get used to the fact your not going to come down

with mouthing we found that a sharp loud NO worked and we ignored her after and she soon realised that when she done that the fun stopped so she doesnt do it any more.


oh and where are the pics!!!

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I will try and get some today lol. And thanks for the advice

John

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I would very strongly recommend local puppy classes, my pup started at 12 weeks and it was hugely beneficial for her to meet other dogs every week, and learn to focus and pay attention whilst outside, and the trainers were very experienced with all the usual questions about mouthing, teething, jumping, crying, house training etc.

For mouthing we were always told to shout OW very loudly as if the dog was hurting you a lot - like really scream it. The shock will make the dog immediately stop. They don't want to hurt you, if you shout loudly like another dog would if being hurt, they will learn it is something bad.

For introductions (as long as they're both vaccinated!) just let them play together, but keep a close eye and watch their behaviour and see if one is getting too dominant or scaring the other one. There's nothing like seeing a pile of puppy rolling around

As for through the night, it's a puppy, you don't get a puppy that sleeps all through the night at that age. They w ake up, they want to play, they want to pee, they want comfort, it doesn't matter.. they're not going to sleep for a solid night for a while. I never used crate training with mine so I can't comment. I got up 2-3 times in the night to take her outside and she was very good, if she needed to go before then, she'd use the newspaper put down for her, but having a puppy is like having a baby.. you just get used to being up and down in the night for a while.

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I think pretty much everything has been said by other members, good advice there. Don't go down the caeser / dog whisperer path, can't really elaborate futher without insulting the poor guy.

If she gets too rough with you, yelp its how pups learn what hurts you and what doesn't.

As for the over excited bit, shes a puppy, usually she'd still be playing with her brothers and sisters at this point. I'm a big fan of socialising puppys and things like puppy parties though its not best to bring two pups up together and keep them together as they tend to lead each other astray.

My advice would be training classes and socialisation. Your dogs will soon tell her off if she gets too bosterous, the danger starts when these warnings are ignored. Don't know much about the size/ strength different of yours and your moms pups as i haven't come across your mom's pups breed before.

I'd say introduce them but have both your mom and you there on standby as aggression shouldn't be an issue, just over playfulness. If she doesn't back away when the pup yelps and you feel shes too bosterous then do smell swopping for a while (swapping their blankets etc) so they get used to each other and its not such a new thing.

Then walk around holding the smaller pup as you do normal tasks - vital that you act calm like you do this everyday and nothings new.

Then when you watch tv, the smaller pup goes on your lap - their should be a signal triggered by the smaller pup. I did this introducing my 2kg kitten to my 30+ kg puppy, her signal was when she hissed, the dog was imdiently made to back away and lie down. By doing it to a signal from the smaller animal its kind of like training the larger animal to obey the smaller.

Whining or yelping depending on the pup, or any other stressed signal that you can read and therefore your dog can will do. But this is only if the introductions don't turn out well though smell swapping is a good strart to any introduction