Will they ever get on?

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I adopted a rescue dog (Bertie) about 8 weeks ago. He's a 14-month Miniature Pinscher who came into rescue with his sister from the breeder.

He has a number of issues, not least being scared of cars, the dark, people, bicycles, no housetraining, little obedience and not many manners!

He gets on well with Bella - she's the top dog in the family, and soon put him in his place when he got a little too playful.

The problem I am having is with my other dog - he's 7 and fairly laid back - Bertie desperately wants to play with Jasper, but Jasper just doesn't want to know. He may half-heartedly play tug with a sock or may have a quick run around, but most of the time, he will growl, quite fiercely at Bertie, and move away from him. Sometimes they may sit together on the sofa nicely, but most of the time they are on different sofas with Jasper giving Bertie the "evils". It hasn't actually progressed into a full on fight yet, and I am not sure it will as Jasper, while vocal, isn't very aggressive, he is very passive.

Eventually, it will be just Jasper and Bertie on their own, as Bella is getting on in years and her health is not so good now.

I am considering sending Bertie back to the rescue - it would absolutely break my heart, as he is such a dear little thing and is really improving in his behaviour and with his phobias, he will now go out into the garden in the dark, which is a massive achievement for him.

So my question is, will they ever get on? Will they find their comfort zone and chill together
 
Jasper doesn't seem to be over aggressive to the Bertie and its only been 8 weeks so I wouldn't worry to much as I would have thought the situation will keep improving.
 
To be honest it doesn't sound that bad, I'd just try and manage it rather than forcing them to be bosom buddies, I would actually not allow Bertie to pester Jasper - he's making it clear he does not want to be bothererd.
If Jasper wants to play *you* play with him, it will also increase your bond with him, being an exciting fun person rather than relying on other dogs or inanimate toys to play with.

We've had same-sex rucks where dogs have had each other by the throat or who have had eyes popped out (and back in again, thankfully!!), a bit of 'go away' growling just weeks after they first met would not worry me too much.
Like people, not all dogs will always get along x
 
CaveCanem said:
To be honest it doesn't sound that bad, I'd just try and manage it rather than forcing them to be bosom buddies, I would actually not allow Bertie to pester Jasper - he's making it clear he does not want to be bothererd.
If Jasper wants to play *you* play with him, it will also increase your bond with him, being an exciting fun person rather than relying on other dogs or inanimate toys to play with.

We've had same-sex rucks where dogs have had each other by the throat or who have had eyes popped out (and back in again, thankfully!!), a bit of 'go away' growling just weeks after they first met would not worry me too much.
Like people, not all dogs will always get along x
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I might be being silly (i am living off lemsip and cold and flu tablets atm!) but how did the your dogs eye pop out? And how did it just pop back in again? Sounds awful!
 
It was a fight between a father and son and my mum found him with his eye out of the socket, but still connected. She drove him to the vet and he just popped it back in :o it was years ago.
 
Bear with it they will come round in the end. Whenever I get a new dog the dominant bitch here will at first refuse to acknowledge they exist, then she will give them evils and put them in their place. In time she always comes round. There have been a few minor scuffles when we have introduced new dogs but never proper fighting. We have a foster dog who we were told was unable to live with other dogs especially females. She is now living with our other 4 dogs and everyone gets along fine.

There wil always be the odd scuffle or growling, not everyone people or dogs can get on all the time :)
 
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