How do l get my dog to stop dominating? My one year old pup dominates my 7yr old dog who was here first?

The older dog (both males), won't stand up for himself, and the pup does whatever he wants to the older boy. l've fixed the younger dog, but hes still dominant. he also tries to push the older dog away from me sometimes. l do stop him, but he still tries it. What should l do?

Hey its instinct they will both learn they belong. my dog was like that (and they still are) after like 4 yrs.

The two dogs are fighting over who gets to be the pack leader, which should be you. Don't give either one of them special treatment, feed them both at the same time, etc etc. When you see one of your dogs trying to dominate the other, just use your finger tips and firmly press them into their neck, not enough to hurt but enough to show them who is the actual boss of the house. You just need to show your pup that he ain't all that and a bag a chips lolGood luck

Begin BY feeding them By senority ... Put the Puppy in his place if he forces the older dog off his bowl, Correct the situtaion and remove the puppy.. if the older dogs a wus and the puppy is a REAL alpha he's going to have a rough life but feeding is a Key instictive issue....

The only thing to do is establish YOURSELF as the pack leader. l had a similar situation (mine was the older dog dominating), and that's what my trainer told me. lt doesn't matter how much you try to protect your older dog, both dogs need to look to you as the leader, to take their cues for behaviour from you. This is how it would be in the wild, dogs who fight among themselves are quickly put in their place by the pack leader. Being social animals, dogs will quickly learn to please you. lt's a fairly long process if you're not sure what you're doing, so l would suggest a home-based dog trainer or behaviour therapist. Try Bark Busters, just Google the name and it will give you a free-call number. l'm not sure where you live, but they are in a lot of countries and all states. Otherwise try your vet for suggestions. Good luck.

If the older dog is naturally submissive, the new dow WILL know it, and he will never be permitted to be the Alpha dog.

Well, you have to be alpha over both of them... then they will decide the pack order under you.... there are things you can do to cement the older dogs place in the householdALWAYSfeed him firsthe gets top position in sleeping conditionshe gets pet first.. as a matter of fact he gets everything first... Now by you taking charge and doing this.. and not allowing nature to take its course. someday down the road -(2-3 yrs of age) the younger one, by instinct, will have to challenge the older one for leadership... it is just the way... SOYou may just want to let them work it out right now without a vet bill later on.I have a 4 yr old male and a 6 month old male and the two have never been together... I won't allow them to ever pack.JUSTsewHandler/Trainer 6 GSD's

Whenever more than one dog is in a group, there WILL be an alpha dog. In your situation, the alpha dog needs to be you. One suggestion that works well for me is going thru doors. Whenever my "pack" and I go thru a door, I go first. It sounds so simplistic and it is easy to do. But, we do it 3-4 times a day and it's a great little reminder to them. It IS a struggle at first but after they learned what the rules were, all I have to do now is say NO and they line-up behind me at the door. It's great.Also, I adopted a puppy when my golden retriever was 13 years old. They got along great at the dog rescue group and in the car on the way home. As soon as we got home, the puppy attacked my golden. The puppy was establishing himself as the alpha dog. That was 7 years ago and the "alpha puppy" still needs daily gentle reminders who is the top dog.Good luck.