Scout! Options

[wchamilton]

I've been posting pictures of her in my thread about the loss of Winston but I think something that's happy belongs here as well.

This is Scout.





Scout came home last Friday... she's a 4-ish month old Doberman/Hound/??? mix that absolutely stole our hearts when we met her.

I do, however, have a question as far as my other two dogs. For the most part, it's been pretty harmonious... Takoda absolutely loves her and plays with her but Miya has snapped at her twice, catching her once on the snout as Scout walked past her on the floor (Miya didn't have a bone or anything else, as far as I remember) and once yesterday, getting her ear. Of course, each one of these times Scout yelps and cries like she's being tortured but settles down fairly quick, but both of these bites have drawn blood.

Miya, for the most part, is okay with Scout... she sniffs her when she passes her and when these two instances have happened there really hasn't been any warning, especially with the bite on the snout, and for the most part Miya seems okay with Scout; they can pass each other fine and this morning I had Scout on a leash and my son brought Miya out and put her on a dog run to potty and when I brought Scout in Miya sniffed noses with her, tail wagging. And then when I brought Miya in the house Scout, who had been brought in before Miya, saw her and jumped on the couch with my son. So Scout is learning to stay out of Miya's way.

I'm hoping these are isolated incidents that are going to resolve, especially now that my wife his home with her for the next five days and my wife is clearly the alpha of our pack. But I was wondering if anyone else has seen behavior like this when introducing a new puppy. All three are spayed females, if that matters.

Any advice?

[madi]

Scout is just adorable, Dobermans are faithful and loving dogs, my parents have had several of them over the years. Miya is being a normal dog establishing the pecking order and hopefully they will learn to get along eventually and become friends. Dobermans as mature adults rarely back off from a fight and rarely lose one either. My parents always had the pure breeds, so maybe being a X breed Scout will not be all that aggressive. What X is she? do you know? her ears are adorable, could it be beagle? xx

madi xx