LIBBY1957DOG
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not sure if this is the right place to ask ,but im desperate,i recently lost my dog and best friend of 16 years, libby ,and thought as she was so good to me and for me ,id try to give something back by adopting a stray from the city dogs home ,i ,or should i say she found me ,a lovely young cross breed ***** of around a year old found on the streets and very neglected and skinny ,anyway we introduced her to our other two dogs ,a yorkie ***** almost 14 years and a lasa dog 5 years ,on 2 separate occasions a couple of days apart at the dogs home ,no problems , brought her home all was well , the yorkie is a bit of a grouch now and then and she growled at maggie ,the new dog and maggie cowered ,i thought that showed she was deferring to the older dog ,good sign ? ,i thought so ,then after a hour i was sitting down on the sofa ,maggie sat next to me ,pepper ,the yorkie came towards us ,now i didn't see this as i was behind maggie ,but my daughter said maggie bared her teeth at the yorkie ,but the yorkie kept coming ,probably didn't see or hear the warning ,next thing shes got the yorkie by the neck ,i picked her up and my daughter got the yorkie ,i took maggs out side and see turned into terminator ,she literally changed ,she went into guard dog mode ,patrolling the garden and barking ,very cold and calculated ,not crazy excited ,she went from a big daft puppy to a all business guard dog ,we kept the dogs apart as she was barking like crazy when she saw them ,kept her overnight and had to return her yesterday,heart breaking to return her to that little pen after having her home with us ,anyone know of any ways to train her or socialize her ,i really want this to work out for her ,shes a fantastic dog ,she was great with my family ,and settled well with me and my wife and kids and the random sounds of our house and street ,shes a sweet nature ,let me take her food and a bone she was chewing off her ,no aggression or problem at all,just seems to be other dogs ,did i do something wrong in the way i introduced her into the home ,and is there some way i can fix this , im clutching at straws here but anyone been in this situation ,any way i can help these dogs get along , i know she must be tramatised being in the home ,30 odd dogs all barking and upset ,cant be good for you ,and she showed signs of settling after only a short time of being with us ,she just went in to protective mode ,,when i took her back yesterday she barked when anyone approached us but accepted them when i reassured her ,please any help ?
here she is when she chose me at the dogs home
heres maggs pepper and piggy ,at the dogs home
and here she is about 2 hours after getting to our home ,sleeping on me
here she is when she chose me at the dogs home
heres maggs pepper and piggy ,at the dogs home
and here she is about 2 hours after getting to our home ,sleeping on me