Hello all,
We own a male Shih Tzu who is 6 years old. He is generally very calm and well behaved.
4 days earlier we got a female 9 weeks old Shih Tzu. In the first 24 hours, they were very happy. We could not even separate them so that the puppy could rest. They kept running in the house, and he licked her all the time! (He did not even stop licking her while she was sleeping) Sometimes he tried to hump her (!?) and we needed to stop him. However he was generally OK in the first day, and we were very happy.
Unfortunately, on the next day, while we were not looking at them, (we were at a friend's house) he barked at her two times angrily, and my girlfriend said NO! to him very sharply. (Since we did not see what happened and whether he was who to be blamed, probably it was not best thing to do, but she was afraid.) After that incidence, he started to act really distant to us. When we tried to pet him, he ran away, and he also kept his distance with the puppy.
Even though he tried to keep his distance with the puppy, she ran after him generally, and wanted to play with him, and while they were facing each other he tried to attack her a few hours after the first incidence. (It was the first time we have seen him attacking to something.) Fortunately I was close, and could hold him so no harm was done. But after that, we decided to keep them separated.
For the last two days, I blocked the entrance to a room in the house, puppy lives in there. Sometimes I take her out to living room. But our older dog does not like this. He looks at us very unhappy, does not want to socialize with the puppy. I let the puppy go near to older dog a few times, but he shows his teeth and get aggressive, so I hold the puppy, and take her further away from him, and don't know what else to do.
I am currently very sad because our older dog seems unhappy/depressed. I keep loving him all the time, try to spend most of my time with him (10 times more than before.) However he acts like he does not care. Sometimes he gets happy but it changes when I go to puppy's room. He sneakily keeps an eye on me every time I go to her room.
Also I cannot spend much time with the puppy, thinking that older dog will not be happy, that's another problem as well.
I don't know what to do. I want both of them to be happy. What should I do? How can I win back our older dog's love, and make them good friends again like in the first 24 hours?
Thank you
edit-1: Earlier, our older dog never let us pet him for hours. He generally runs away after 10 minutes of petting. But now he stays still and let us pet him all the time. However he does not seem happy as well, his whole body is still, and does not even shake his tail.
We own a male Shih Tzu who is 6 years old. He is generally very calm and well behaved.
4 days earlier we got a female 9 weeks old Shih Tzu. In the first 24 hours, they were very happy. We could not even separate them so that the puppy could rest. They kept running in the house, and he licked her all the time! (He did not even stop licking her while she was sleeping) Sometimes he tried to hump her (!?) and we needed to stop him. However he was generally OK in the first day, and we were very happy.
Unfortunately, on the next day, while we were not looking at them, (we were at a friend's house) he barked at her two times angrily, and my girlfriend said NO! to him very sharply. (Since we did not see what happened and whether he was who to be blamed, probably it was not best thing to do, but she was afraid.) After that incidence, he started to act really distant to us. When we tried to pet him, he ran away, and he also kept his distance with the puppy.
Even though he tried to keep his distance with the puppy, she ran after him generally, and wanted to play with him, and while they were facing each other he tried to attack her a few hours after the first incidence. (It was the first time we have seen him attacking to something.) Fortunately I was close, and could hold him so no harm was done. But after that, we decided to keep them separated.
For the last two days, I blocked the entrance to a room in the house, puppy lives in there. Sometimes I take her out to living room. But our older dog does not like this. He looks at us very unhappy, does not want to socialize with the puppy. I let the puppy go near to older dog a few times, but he shows his teeth and get aggressive, so I hold the puppy, and take her further away from him, and don't know what else to do.
I am currently very sad because our older dog seems unhappy/depressed. I keep loving him all the time, try to spend most of my time with him (10 times more than before.) However he acts like he does not care. Sometimes he gets happy but it changes when I go to puppy's room. He sneakily keeps an eye on me every time I go to her room.
Also I cannot spend much time with the puppy, thinking that older dog will not be happy, that's another problem as well.
I don't know what to do. I want both of them to be happy. What should I do? How can I win back our older dog's love, and make them good friends again like in the first 24 hours?
Thank you
edit-1: Earlier, our older dog never let us pet him for hours. He generally runs away after 10 minutes of petting. But now he stays still and let us pet him all the time. However he does not seem happy as well, his whole body is still, and does not even shake his tail.