puppylove81
07-20-2007, 12:14 AM
Hi! New here, but I really need some help.
I'm currently watching 2 chihuahuas while my co-worker is out of town till the 28th. They are both brother and sister and the same age as my chihuahua boy (about a year), so we figured they would be good playmates, especially since the boy is supposed to be very playful.
These dogs are both fixed, and mine is not yet. The breeder I got him from wanted to keep him in her breeding line, so he's not going to be fixed for a while. My dog is very playful, and just loves everyone and every dog his size and smaller. He has gotten along with the girl very good and they play alot.
The other little boy just will not even look at my dog, let alone go anywhere near him. MY dog likes to go out to play alot, but when I let him back in, the other little boy just runs to his crate or if it's closed, to any corner he can find. I can't even get him to go outside to play with his sister and him. I should note that it took 4 days before she would even play with my dog, and he still acted like this at that time too. All he seems to want to do is find a lap to hide in, a corner to hide in or his crate to hide in. He literally goes into his crate and shakes.
My dog has never attacked him or come anything to close to that, so I don't know why he is so withdrawn from any activity when my dog is in the house. We have never even left them alone together. We have laid my dog down, even on his back and tried to let the other boy assert some dominance over him, but he just scrambles to get away no matter what. We've even tried holding my dog and letting the other one come up and sniff him. Nope, he just wanted to get away even more. It's getting so bad that he almost won't come out to go to the bathroom on his pad. Supposedly they have never been attacked by another dog, so I don't know what to think!
I don't know why this dog is so scared of my dog, because shouldn't dogs, especially puppies, want to naturally play with other dogs? Is there anything I can do?? My poor dog looks at me with a confused look on his face about all of this. He doesn't get it either.
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I'm currently watching 2 chihuahuas while my co-worker is out of town till the 28th. They are both brother and sister and the same age as my chihuahua boy (about a year), so we figured they would be good playmates, especially since the boy is supposed to be very playful.
These dogs are both fixed, and mine is not yet. The breeder I got him from wanted to keep him in her breeding line, so he's not going to be fixed for a while. My dog is very playful, and just loves everyone and every dog his size and smaller. He has gotten along with the girl very good and they play alot.
The other little boy just will not even look at my dog, let alone go anywhere near him. MY dog likes to go out to play alot, but when I let him back in, the other little boy just runs to his crate or if it's closed, to any corner he can find. I can't even get him to go outside to play with his sister and him. I should note that it took 4 days before she would even play with my dog, and he still acted like this at that time too. All he seems to want to do is find a lap to hide in, a corner to hide in or his crate to hide in. He literally goes into his crate and shakes.
My dog has never attacked him or come anything to close to that, so I don't know why he is so withdrawn from any activity when my dog is in the house. We have never even left them alone together. We have laid my dog down, even on his back and tried to let the other boy assert some dominance over him, but he just scrambles to get away no matter what. We've even tried holding my dog and letting the other one come up and sniff him. Nope, he just wanted to get away even more. It's getting so bad that he almost won't come out to go to the bathroom on his pad. Supposedly they have never been attacked by another dog, so I don't know what to think!
I don't know why this dog is so scared of my dog, because shouldn't dogs, especially puppies, want to naturally play with other dogs? Is there anything I can do?? My poor dog looks at me with a confused look on his face about all of this. He doesn't get it either.
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