[Bill]

Hi @cammc11 – Likely an option for consideration is to keep those 2 separated when you are not actively present. When you are present, you can monitor when the puppy gets too active and begins to annoy, remove him and work with him to reduce his mouthiness. As you work through this, you will want to keep in mind that you may need to provide guidance to the Mali so he learns about bite pressure and alternatives. As he ages, it may appear he is biting – but as Robert says, Puppies don’t bite. The Mali just needs to learn the alternative. Hope that helps or at least something to ponder. At some point the pug may let the Mali know, in dog behavior, to stop it and you are wise to do all you can to prevent that.

[Cameron]

Thanks. We do not allow the puppy with the others unsupervised, and I agree that he’s not biting, he’s just playing. In the first week, the pug loved being chased and it was her that we had to control. Then the puppy had a big growth spurt and he’s more active and bigger and she’s overwhelmed. She’s tried to snap at him, but he’s oblivious to it. The bigger dog can growl and snap and he gets it right away, but she just doesn’t deliver the message to his brain.

Redirecting him works sometimes, but she’s more fun for him so it doesn’t really work. Correcting him works, but slowly. It’s been almost 9 years since I’ve raised puppies and things have changed (improved), so I thought I’d reach out to see if somebody discovered a better way.

He had Pano from his growth spurt so training that second week was non-existent (just worry that it was something more serious). He’s back to 100% so it’s back to 110% for me! LEAVE IT and NO are first on the agenda 🙂

[Bill]

Awesome! Glad to hear the Pano is subsiding – that had to be scary!! Hopefully others with more recent/abundant puppy experiences will chime in when they get a chance. Regards. 😀