So Brooke and Frankie are doing wayy better than I could have ever imagined after only 2 days together. So far there are only two issues. No food aggression at all. But there is some toy problems. Brooke is spoiled rotten, she is used to always stealing toys right out of her cousins, push over labs, mouths even if she has the exact same one right in front of her. So she won't let him have ANYTHING. Part of it may be that the toys were hers before he even came here, he came with his only toy, a kong. No bones or anything. They don't fight very viciously about it but I still don't like it. So for the most part we removed toys from the equation, the only time they get bones is after they eat when they are separted (to avoid bloat since they play so intensly all of the time). [MENTION=2092]JAKEISGREAT[/MENTION] sent us two dinosaur shaped nylabones which were a life saver for a little while, I opened them at the same time and gave one to each and they were fine, Brooke kept to her own, presumably since they are new and she doesn't yet consider them hers. But then Frankie got bored and went over to Brooke and it was on all over again. So no toys again. Any ideas?
The other issue is the humping. I'm not sure if he's doing it as a dominance thing or just because he isn't fixed and his hormones are telling him to. We are DEFINATELY fixing him soon, it's just a crazy time of year with christmas coming so fast. Brooke hates it when he tries to, she makes a growly noise that I've never heard from her before. So she's trying to stop him but she weighs about 38 lbs and he's gotta be over 60, so as fiesty as she is (and she actually holds her own VERY well considering) she gets pinned and frusterated. We are doing our best to correct Frankie with a raised voice which sometimes makes him let go but other times we have to pry him off. Any ideas or advice on this would be great too!
The other issue is the humping. I'm not sure if he's doing it as a dominance thing or just because he isn't fixed and his hormones are telling him to. We are DEFINATELY fixing him soon, it's just a crazy time of year with christmas coming so fast. Brooke hates it when he tries to, she makes a growly noise that I've never heard from her before. So she's trying to stop him but she weighs about 38 lbs and he's gotta be over 60, so as fiesty as she is (and she actually holds her own VERY well considering) she gets pinned and frusterated. We are doing our best to correct Frankie with a raised voice which sometimes makes him let go but other times we have to pry him off. Any ideas or advice on this would be great too!