A coworker of mine just bought TWO, 4 month old Border Collie puppies. YES she knows better, but she fell for the "poor puppies can't be left in these conditions!" trap. Puppies were farm dogs, but lived outside and were shy, etc.
They're VERY cute (how can two BC puppies with brindle faces/legs, tushies and white stockings/snouts be NOT cute???) and individually VERY well behaved. Already know basic obedience commands, very loving towards people (and children). One is named River, and the other is Shy.
River is more outgoing and malleable, Shy is, well... shy. He's the one that will cower a bit when going new places, he approaches people more submissively than his brother
ONE problem, and IMO it's a pretty big one. Shy is extremely aggressive towards his brother River. Not just puppy antics, this is scary stuff. If River gets too close to a toy, or to my coworker... or if he does nothing at all (sometimes), Shy will fix the evil eye on him, snarl, and aggressively bite him. Not nip nip nip, but bite and HOLD, and shake. She has to literally pry Shy's jaws open to get himto let go of his poor brother.
She feeds them separately, and supervises playtime closely. She makes sure to give each puppy one-on-one time. She knows the basics and she's not quite a novice pet owner, but she's never come across this, and doesn't quite know what to do.
When she intially told me of the problem, I was just going to borrow him for a day and let the dobes teach him how o behave, but now I don't think that would be wise... I don't want him to hurt my dogs, and i dont' want my dogs to hurt HIM.
Any tips, suggestions, advice woudl be gretly appreciated...
They're VERY cute (how can two BC puppies with brindle faces/legs, tushies and white stockings/snouts be NOT cute???) and individually VERY well behaved. Already know basic obedience commands, very loving towards people (and children). One is named River, and the other is Shy.
River is more outgoing and malleable, Shy is, well... shy. He's the one that will cower a bit when going new places, he approaches people more submissively than his brother
ONE problem, and IMO it's a pretty big one. Shy is extremely aggressive towards his brother River. Not just puppy antics, this is scary stuff. If River gets too close to a toy, or to my coworker... or if he does nothing at all (sometimes), Shy will fix the evil eye on him, snarl, and aggressively bite him. Not nip nip nip, but bite and HOLD, and shake. She has to literally pry Shy's jaws open to get himto let go of his poor brother.
She feeds them separately, and supervises playtime closely. She makes sure to give each puppy one-on-one time. She knows the basics and she's not quite a novice pet owner, but she's never come across this, and doesn't quite know what to do.
When she intially told me of the problem, I was just going to borrow him for a day and let the dobes teach him how o behave, but now I don't think that would be wise... I don't want him to hurt my dogs, and i dont' want my dogs to hurt HIM.
Any tips, suggestions, advice woudl be gretly appreciated...