Hi Ruth! Thank you for your reply, you made me feel a little better. I think I did corrected more when she growled during the first couple of days (verbally, I didn't do any physical corrections. I never actually needed to do it, she used to be so well behaved) and then I realized that it was counterproductive and I can just teach her to skip the growling stage so I started separating them.
In the yard I play a stick game with her and the puppy is running circles around her. Yana retrieves and her mouth is busy with holding a stick or a ball so she cannot bite the pup. And I reward, of course. This technique worked so now she wants to go outside every time I take the pup outside, and she invites him to play. She doesn't seem to be agressive outside, I can place her in down position (I reward again) and she tolerates Anton next to her. But inside it's a different story.
It looks that she's so used to get all 100% attention that she doesn't want to share it with Anton. I feed her first and then I have to put her outside or in the crate because otherwise she will rush to Anton's bowl and growl at him and put his face in his bowl (she did it once). We do have gates that separate the kitchen and living room and the other areas of the house but she wants to be with us but without the puppy
. I almost physically can feel how sorry for herself and betrayed she feels.
I haven't done any clicker training with her. I should look into that!
In the yard I play a stick game with her and the puppy is running circles around her. Yana retrieves and her mouth is busy with holding a stick or a ball so she cannot bite the pup. And I reward, of course. This technique worked so now she wants to go outside every time I take the pup outside, and she invites him to play. She doesn't seem to be agressive outside, I can place her in down position (I reward again) and she tolerates Anton next to her. But inside it's a different story.
It looks that she's so used to get all 100% attention that she doesn't want to share it with Anton. I feed her first and then I have to put her outside or in the crate because otherwise she will rush to Anton's bowl and growl at him and put his face in his bowl (she did it once). We do have gates that separate the kitchen and living room and the other areas of the house but she wants to be with us but without the puppy
. I almost physically can feel how sorry for herself and betrayed she feels.I haven't done any clicker training with her. I should look into that!
