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Summary: Learn how old dogs and puppies interact in this free video.
Elise McMahon has a Ph.D. in animal behavior and has been working with both domestic and wild dogs since the early 1990s. She began studying domestic dogs in the behavior clinic of the...read more
"Also, when you're dealing with an older or geriatric dog, you want to watch interactions between your older dog and young dogs or puppies. Here we've got Raven, who is just an older puppy. She's about a year old; she's quite playful still. And we've got Hannah who's about 12 year rotty and who's not really interested in playing. If she gets knocked down she could get hurt, but Raven might not actually have the sense at this age to know that she's can't play with Hannah the way that she plays with her other buddies. So when we got a younger dog or a puppy and we've got a geriatric dog, we need to give the geriatric dog lots of space. We need to give them a place in the house where they can get away from the younger dogs. We're dealing with Raven here is a little big older puppy, but if we had a very, very small puppy, they have even less sense and more play drive in many ways and we would have to be very careful about giving our older geriatric dog a safe quiet place to interact with when they're inside as well as when they're outside. Not only could the geriatric dog get hurt, but the puppy could actually get hurt as well if the geriatric dog, the older dog, decided that they had enough of the messing around and was getting harassed, they could actually turn on. It would be appropriate in that case, but it wouldn't be an experience that we want the puppy to have. So just be aware that the interaction between a puppy and an older dog needs to moderated, needs to monitored to make sure that the younger dog is not harassing the older dog. And if the older dog has got a place that they can retreat to for some peace and quiet."
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