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I have a new 9 week old whippet puppy and although my 6yo border collie isn't aggressive as such, she still doesn't seem to like the puppy. I have had her a week.

She tolerates her existence and allows her to run around, plays with the older dogs toys etc. however she only tolerates her for so long and if the puppy tries to steal a toy from the older dog then she will give her a quick snap to make the puppy back off. Never damages her, just enough to make her yelp and leave her alone. I don't get involved here, I think the adult is right to check the puppy and it should teach the puppy good manners around the adult. Am I right to just leave them to it? Other puppies in the past could get away with murder but this one gets told off by my older dog, could it be because the new whippet is a bitch and all the puppies she has met in the past have been dogs?

Whenever my older dog has been involved with puppies in the past, she has always been very playful within a day or two but with this puppy she hasn't been like that. Occasionally she will place a foot on the puppy in a playful manner but this has only happened twice and each time she stops straight away and it never goes any further. Could it be a size thing? The whippet really is tiny and very different to any puppy she has met in the past. Are they more likely to play together when the whippet is a few months older and therefor a bit bigger? Or could it be because of the odd whippet nature that she isn't used to?

Just need some reassurance really that my moody old bitch will be fine with the new arrival long term.
 
I wouldn't leave toys lying around, I'd be pee'd off if someone moved into my house and try and take my stuff too!!

I am repeating myself but the way I look at toys is that I paid for them, I have the receipt, they belong to me, I choose when they come out and when the dog plays with them and I am part of that game and instigate it, I just don't leave them around, you get much better attention and focus that way and it really helps with training - why would a dog work for something that will be lying around on the floor later anyway.

So much bother starts because of shared toys and shared eating space, better to let dogs play with their own toys/eat their dinners in peace and remove the source of conflict.
 
My lurcher hates puppies with a passion and is really horrible to them, would never hurt but growls if they look at her and is a right old misery guts. It doesn't do the puppy any harm, like you say they have to learn they aren't top dog. We don't have toys anyway as they are working dogs but I just make sure old girl and puppy get plenty of time out away from each other and otherwise leave them to it.
 
Echo CC, remove the toys, the older dog will naturally get jealous.Yes, let her discipline the pup, although that is not her job, it's yours. Never leave them alone until they are totally comfortable together.
 
We got an 8 week old puppy a couple of months ago. Our 8 yr old grumpy jack russell x hated him on sight, growled, snapped, nipped and generally made it clear he was having nothing to do with the newcomer by sulking in the cupboard and being foul to puppy whenever he could.

After a couple of weeks he calmed down, and another 2 weeks on and they are now playing together incessantly, to the point where I have to calm them both down some days for my own sanity. If Ivan the Terrible can learn to love a puppy, most dogs can!
 
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