Hi all, this is my first post.
I am mom to two miniature dachshunds, a male and female. They are both about 2 years old. They get along beautifully. We got my female first, and then when she was about 6 months we got our male. They are best buds.
We never planned to expand, but we just adopted our third dachshund, a puppy who by chance was offered to us by a shelter we are very close with, as my SO does promotional work for them. He is 9 weeks old, and has an extremely sweet temperament. He and my grown male dachshund get along very well. He is gentle and plays with him constantly, and sort of "watches out" for him.
The problem is with my female. It's only been a few days so I'm trying not to worry too much. She will randomly lash out at the pup and has caused him to yelp very badly about 3 times. She will play with him occasionally with tails wagging, and even sleep with him or let him lay against her, but if his face gets too near hers at the wrong moment she will go off. I move him away but there have been occasions where shes tried to really go for him and caused him to yelp continuously for about 10-15 seconds and tried to bite him in the face. This issue appears to only happen when his face gets close to her face so it's situational. Is there any advice anyone could give? Is this normal behavior? I'm worried she could hurt him. I know dogs have their own way of establishing ranks in their pack and she has definitely always been dominant. In the pics my female is pure brown and tan. You can she she will sleep next to new pup so that why I'm confused on the outbursts
of aggression.
Thanks.
I am mom to two miniature dachshunds, a male and female. They are both about 2 years old. They get along beautifully. We got my female first, and then when she was about 6 months we got our male. They are best buds.
We never planned to expand, but we just adopted our third dachshund, a puppy who by chance was offered to us by a shelter we are very close with, as my SO does promotional work for them. He is 9 weeks old, and has an extremely sweet temperament. He and my grown male dachshund get along very well. He is gentle and plays with him constantly, and sort of "watches out" for him.
The problem is with my female. It's only been a few days so I'm trying not to worry too much. She will randomly lash out at the pup and has caused him to yelp very badly about 3 times. She will play with him occasionally with tails wagging, and even sleep with him or let him lay against her, but if his face gets too near hers at the wrong moment she will go off. I move him away but there have been occasions where shes tried to really go for him and caused him to yelp continuously for about 10-15 seconds and tried to bite him in the face. This issue appears to only happen when his face gets close to her face so it's situational. Is there any advice anyone could give? Is this normal behavior? I'm worried she could hurt him. I know dogs have their own way of establishing ranks in their pack and she has definitely always been dominant. In the pics my female is pure brown and tan. You can she she will sleep next to new pup so that why I'm confused on the outbursts


Thanks.