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Carl-E:
--- Quote from: Nikolai on 03 Jun 2012, 13:41 ---...why she prefers to pee on the carpet five minutes after she's back inside.
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Marking her home territory, to warn other dogs away.
Basically, she's protecting you.
Should be interesting when you get the other dog. Make sure it's a puppy she can raise right, so she'll accept it.
Nikolai:
But it's MY territory...
As far as I can recall, we haven't ever had another dog in the house with her. She's extremely submissive on other dogs' turf, and I've only heard her growl at people on the porch once or twice.
What do you mean by "a puppy she can raise right"? Unlike my wife, who was raised with animals, I was lucky to have a goldfish for a year when I was young. I'm rather new at this "fur family" business.
Carl-E:
--- Quote from: Nikolai on 03 Jun 2012, 15:17 ---But it's MY territory...
She's extremely submissive on other dogs' turf
Exactly. The pee mark makes your home her turf to other dogs.
--- Quote ---What do you mean by "a puppy she can raise right"? Unlike my wife, who was raised with animals, I was lucky to have a goldfish for a year when I was young. I'm rather new at this "fur family" business.
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Puppies are automatically submissive to be acceptable to any other dog. If the dog you get is mature, there may be a dominance competition between it ans Mishka. There may not, but it's hard to know beforehand. Also, if a mature and more dominint dog takes over her turf, she may start acting out from the frustration and loss of dominance - chewing on things, and other destructive behaviour.
Besides, puppies = cute!! You don't want to miss out on that.
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pwhodges:
My puppy, Penny (now 1 year old) was pretty much dominant over the older dog, Polly, from the start. Polly did teach her to play and fight, as the older dog will normally do, and has found a way of living contentedly with the puppy as well; but there's no question that in the end she will always back down.
Carl-E:
Interesting! I've only ever seen puppies be submissive around older dogs, until they're a couple of months old. Takes all kinds!
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