[Liehanna]

My bullterrier is 1 and a half years old (male). We decided to get a female bullterrier and she is now almost 3 months. When whe introduce her to him he is all over her and barks and bites or nibbles het in the face, legs and neck. When she sees him she rolls over onto her back and stay in that position. The mail bullterrier is ver bery raugh with her and is afraid that he would injure her. I did put mesh on my front gate so that they could interact through that but he bites the mesh and he makes a growling sound but the pup never runs away she always goes back to him. Should I be concerned about his behaviour or is that normal

[Alty]

This is not normal behavior. He is showing severe aggression towards her. She rolls onto her back to show submission to him.

Is your male neutered? Neutering him will lessen his aggression. He also needs to learn that he isn't allowed to treat her this way. Has he been around other dogs before? Is he well socialized?

[Liehanna]

I have a miniture doberman female 4 years old and he is fine with her. I have 3 kids with the smallest one is 8 years and Anker loves to play with them. I never ever heard him growl at my kids or the doberman. Maybe he is just a little jealous of the new one because during the day he is outside while the other two little ones is inside but over weekend the family is outside and we work during the week so he his alone outside till we come home. What I did now is if the little bullterrier pee I take that and rub it over his face and I do the same if he pee so that they can smell each other the whole day so I don't know if that would help.

[JudyKayTee]

"What i did now is if the little bullterrier pee i take that and rub it over his face and i do the same if he pee so that they can smell each other the whole day so i dont know if that would help."

Just so I have this straight - you are rubbing one dog's urine on another dog's face so that they will smell like each other and you want to know if that's a good idea?

I don't want to answer unless I am 100% sure I understand what you have said.

[Liehanna]

Yes my vet told me to do that so that they can smell each other the whole day and yes I want to know if its is the right thing to do? I really want the two to connect.

[JudyKayTee]

I would never second guess a Vet.

I have also never heard of smearing urine on a dog's face. I find rubbing a dog's face in urine/feces to housetrain to be incredibly cruel. I think this is in the same category.

I'd be very concerned about keeping the puppy safe. I am aware of an older dog which was separated from a puppy, they got together, the older dog killed the puppy in seconds.

The older dog is outside, "by himself," until you all get home from work? In a kennel? Doghouse? Fenced yard? Tied? Is he teased? Are other dogs teasing him? Do you know?

Did you get the younger dog to breed with him?

[Wondergirl]

Yes my vet told me to do that so that they can smell each other the whole day and yes i want to know if its is the right thing to do? I really want the two to connect.

I'm a cat person (not a dog person), but that sounds like animal abuse to me.

(Maybe we should do that to newlyweds at the wedding reception so they get used to each other faster. Or maybe it could be a love potion during a first date.)

[Liehanna]

I don't keep my bullterrier in a kennel or cage. He is free to play outside and nobody teases him. He is really friendly to people and never ever bite my doberman pincher. I don't want to breed with them but want a play mate for him because he is alone during the week.

[Cat1864]

I dont keep my bullterrier in a kennel or cage. He is free to play outside and nobody teases him. He is really friendly to people and never ever bite my doberman pincher. I dont want to breed with them but want a play mate for him because he is alone during the week.

Out of curiosity, do you have a Doberman Pinscher or a Miniature Pinscher? They are two different breeds.

Please stop rubbing urine in their faces. Yes, dogs learn a lot from each other by smelling where another dog has peed. However, they also mark their territory and show dominance by covering another dogs scent with their own.

Instead of urine, let them get used to each other's scents through exchanging bedding, toys and dishes. Bedding, especially, has the scents from when they are relaxed.

If your male is not neutered, then he will continue this behavior. If you have no plans to breed (and I do not recommend it for a couple of years if you did, ) then she needs to be spayed. It will make both of them happier.

How do you correct him when he is aggressive to her?

Why isn't he allowed inside?

[Liehanna]

The doberman is the small size short legs. The male bullterrier sleep inside at night and nobody is at home during the week and on weekends as a family we are outside with him. It is just that when he is inside before the pup was here he is very raugh, jumped on my lounge and with my kids with him it os complete gaos if they play inside the house. When he comes inside at night he sniffe the house and run like a complete lunatic in the house and when I call him he comes to me and climbed onto my lap and then I rubbed him and talk to him then he is completely calm. Maybe I should put him on a leash and let the pup be loose with him that way maybe I can control the outcome.

[JudyKayTee]

Would you please answer my questions about were he is during the day - kenneled, caged, fenced?

And so that I understand -he is the only dog locked outside?

[Liehanna]

He is outside during the week because we work and kids are at school. Over weekend we are with him the whole day. At night he sleeps inside with us and when he is inside the kids are asleep and then I spend time with him