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degroots · Sep 4, 2010, 05:50 AM

Our 6 year old male lab hurt our little female puppy, we had her at the vet because he bit her in the mouth. We bought her for breeding , and we don't know what to do to make these two get along.

Sariss · Sep 4, 2010, 07:45 PM

What were the circumstances of the bite? How were the two introduced in the first place?

Sariss · Sep 4, 2010, 07:46 PM

Also, I assume you didn't buy her to breed with him?

degroots · Sep 5, 2010, 08:57 AM

We bought her to breed with him in a year or two, he is very dominant, and he is not the only dog we have, we have a jack russell also. But we introduced them @ 6 weeks old (her). He was fine until a few days later. She went up to him like she wanted to play, he bit her and ripped the inside of her mouth, we had her @ the vets office and she had x-rays and all. But she is fine now it was just real sore for a few days. Now she is scared of him and bows when he is any where near her. We have her in a cage @ night, but when they go outside to go potty, we have to really watch them.

shazamataz · Sep 5, 2010, 09:05 AM

Ummm... he will be 8 by the time you go to breed. He could very well be sterile by that time.

If he is an excellent example of the breed and has passed all his health checks (hip scores, eye tests etc) then you can get frozen semen taken now. It is a costly procedure though.

Also, I doubt she is breeding quality if you got her at 6 weeks of age... sorry to say it, but no good breeder sells puppies that young, and in many states it is illegal.

As for getting them used to each other, well, you have kind of cut your own throat there. You male most likely sees the new puppy as a threat to his relationship between himself and you, as well as trying to take over *his* house, neutering would have helped if done at an early age, but won't make a difference now.

A 6 year old dog is going to be very set in his ways, but hopefully you can overcome this problem eventually.
Do you have anyone who would be willing to take the puppy for a few weeks?
If so that would be a good idea, then you can introduce the 2 slowly and properly.
When introducing 2 new dogs it should always be done on neuteral territory, meaning a place that is home to neither one of the dogs. That way there are no territorial issues between them.
Once they have had several introductions on lead and have become more comfortable with each other you can then move onto letting them off-leash.

Finally you can move the puppy into your front or backyard for another iontroduction (back on leash again)

It's a long process but usually does work.