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11-02-2005, 06:21 PM
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Grammy...
Grammy I know that you have raised Goldens all of your life so I have a golden question for you. If anyone else has any suggestions please post!
 My friend just got a golden puppy named Kansas. He is 8 weeks old, but he is having trouble adjusting to the other golden in the house, a female named Sally. Sally bit Kansas really hard, sending him to the vet's office. Luckily Kansas was okay, but my friend really doesn't want to give him up. Is this normal among Goldens...? Is there any way she could stop it...?
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11-02-2005, 07:10 PM
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Sirius... Grammy must not have seen your post yet. This is not "normal" golden behavior, but you sometimes have this situation with ANY breed. Especially Sally being a Queen Bee Female of the house, most likely. Females tend to be the more b*tchy ones (pun intended) if there's a rife in the family. I would suggest they just take it easy and one day at a time with them. Supervised when together and LOT'S of PRAISE when they do the right things together. Did something prevoke Sally? Was there food involved? Were they giving the puppy more attention than Sally? I would do a "family time" with them both where you shower Sally with love while the puppy is around her. She might be jealous of all the attention the pup's getting and is pissed! Grammy can chime in, but I grew up with Grammy's goldens and had my own for 12 years until the first of this year when he passed away (Eli)...
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11-02-2005, 07:20 PM
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Just saw this. I never had this problem as EliN said . A female golden ( or male ) might scold but NEVER cause the harm you describe !! I would question Sally's breeding and socialization . Being a breeder, my pups from day one were around dogs and the dogs all accepted the pups. This is sad..........can you fill me in more on their breeding ?
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#4
11-02-2005, 07:35 PM
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Grammy, I have no idea as to Sally's breeding. I know that Kansas comes from a very expensive breeder... but Sally just spazzes out at Kansas. This is what I saw.
A very wobbly looking Kansas walks into the living room where me and my friend are sitting. Sally is munching on a bone. Kansas sees the bone and decides he wants one. He starts whining and sits beside Sally. Sally pushes him over with her butt. Kansas goes around Sally where my friend gives him a bone. Now, Sally steals Kansas' bone and gives him her old, chewed one. Kansas tries to steal his bone back, but Sally bites him on the tail causing him to run away. Jealousy??
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11-02-2005, 07:37 PM
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Oh, gosh... this is normal! Unless she really tore into Kansas? This is the way the older dog teaches the pup that they are "top dog", but it sounds like Sally went a little too far???
ETA: Sounds like the pup wasn't really hurt. They can squeal up a storm if they're messed with as a pup. An "in-the-wild" defense mechanism to call their Mom in if they feel threatened... even if they're not really being hurt...
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11-02-2005, 07:58 PM
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EliN... this is what I saw. My friend came home one day to bite marks in Kansas' leg, and he was bleeding real bad.
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#7
11-02-2005, 09:50 PM
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I would watch Sally very carefully. Has she ever shown aggression before this.? A normal reaction to the bone would be a snap and a bark which the pup should have understood from his mom's training .Expensive may be one thing, but was the pup with his mom until he was taken home ?? I separated my bitches from their litters while weaning , but they always had interactions for learning purposes. I'd say that it goes back to Sally's background and training .
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01-08-2006, 10:14 PM
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Sirus.... how did your friend's puppy situation work out ???
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