How do I stop my new puppy from bothering my older, laid-back dog?

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Artemis is a puppy (a pitbull/mastiff breed). She is displaying behavior to my older male dog Zeus of dominance. Zeus is a more laid back dog. He is neutered, 4 years old pit bull. How can I stop Artemis. Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed Large (61lb +) | Female | unspayed | 1 month and 27 days old | 7 lbs

Jennifer Summerfield, DVM CPDT-KA · Accepted Answer

I'm sorry to hear that your dogs aren't getting along! It would help if you could explain exactly what behaviors you are seeing that concern you - a two month old puppy is not old enough to have any idea what dominance is (and this doesn't actually play much of a role in dog-dog interactions, in most cases!), so this description doesn't help me much to understand what's going on. Feel free to post another question with more details about specifically what Artemis is doing that you are worried about, and we would be happy to try and give some advice :)

How do I stop my new puppy from bothering my older, laid-back dog?

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