it_girl92 asked:


I have a 2-year-old Cocker Spaniel and we just adopted a 10 week old puppy (border collie/lab who is already bigger than the cocker).

Anyway, we are crate training the puppy. We don’t yet have a crate for the puppy, so we are using the cocker’s crate and letting him be out at night and during the day (he is very well housetrained).

Last night, in the crate for the first time, the puppy (a border collie/lab mix who is already bigger than my cocker) was whining and yelping. We tried to ignore it, and then we tried to tell him no be quiet, but he just kept on for 5 minutes.

My cocker was sleeping next to me and ran over there a few times. Finally, he got down, laid under the bed near the crate, and issued a few low growls at the puppy. That puppy didn’t make one sound after that all night!

My dog just trained him to be quiet in the crate! Have you seen this before? Is that what he was doing? Has this got to do with being dominant or because we were upset?

Delilah

5 Responses to “Is my dog training my puppy for me?”

1. Jennifer on March 30th, 2009 8:18 am

   your dog might have been annoyed by the whining and being that he’s more the dominant one, then yes he’s showing your new puppy the ropes.

2. carl b on March 30th, 2009 12:44 pm

   The younger one will reflect on the other the younger one thus teaching the pup just dont like being alone and yes the same habbits of what it was taught.

3. jyoun79 on April 1st, 2009 4:43 pm

   Your cocker spaniel is probably just annoyed. Mom dogs growl at their puppies when they do things that are not liked too.

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