New Pup :) - Page 2

OOOH and please don't name him "Barron"  it is really really common for GSD.  A good and strong name but we both know you need something original :)Hmmm now I have to watch Farscape from the beginning again to see if there are any cool names :)

How about Byron, or Brutus, yea he looks like a Brutus!

I know no one asked, but when I was doing rescue, I got a red zone female that would have a dog on its back by the throat in seconds.  She tried to kill everything that moved, wanted to attack my alpha male over water, would go on her hind legs, teeth bared at the sight of another animal (this is when I first got her-still have her 7 years later, now 13 and gets along w everyone, even my cats).  Very shortly got a call about a male in need of resuce that had been chained for 6 years, starved and beaten (kept him till he died at 9 of bone cancer that arose in one of his many healed broken ribs).  After taking 2 hours just to get him near me, cutting his chain off with bolt cutters and looking in his eyes, I realized this was a dog I would never allow to be hurt again, so I was keeping him.  Now what?  I had this red zone crazy rescue that I just got.  Well, simply put, she had no choice (because I didn't).  I kept them apart similar to what you are doing for a few days.  Then I got her on a short leash brought her to my living room with the other dogs loose.  Platzed her and put her on her side (I have a command for that) and every single time she tried to act, look, sound, aggressive or raise her head  I recall holding her (now she was submissive to me, so really not so much force, as body dominance on my part..won't work if your dog does not see you as alpha_) with my hand poised softly but ready to be firm on her neck (like a bite) for about an hour (she is stubborn) where I periodically had to "bite" and keep her down as the male went all around her.  She finally gave in.  I made sure I walked them together and of course watched her like a hawk for a long time.  With my new pup, I was ready to do the same but I bought my older male when I picked him up, let them bond (he is a very animal friendly dog) and when I was starting the process with the pup and my not so animal friendly male, he did what I did with the female, held my other dog down and let him know that puppy is off limits.  Of course I would NEVER allow a puppy alone with an adult dog, ever, especially a female.  But you can MAKE them get along and you can let them know in your pack certain behavior will not be tolerated.  It can be done but it is a lot of work, vigilance and a strong command of your pack.  Keeping them apart for too long is delaying the inevitable.  I would try to have you hold your female in a platz on her side and have someone else hold your puppy and have the puppy around her and every time she gets tense, gives an evil look, tries to get up, keep her there until she relaxes.  I don't mean to let your pup near enough unsupervised so she can lunge at him and bite.          

had a bitch out of paxton, a son out of galant and she was lacking in civil aggression but loved to work. woul have made a good sport dog but not suitable for poice and thats what i breed.

Senta appears to have become resigned to the little pup's presence in our home. Of course, she will NEVER be left unsupervised with the pup.

For the past three days, my husband has kept her tired out by repeatedly taking her out to a park with a steep hill and playing two ball until she wheezed (repeat, repeat, ...). We baby-gated the kitchen and confined the pup there since it has a tile floor. My husband sits in a chair in the kitchen next to the baby-gate- the pup sleeping/playing at his feet and a tired Senta laying on the other side of the gate. We allow a few very short periods of heavily supervised interaction, both inside and outside the house, between the two of them per day; we'll gradually increase the number and lengths of their interactions. After three days of this, Senta appears to have gotten used to the pup and now pretty much just ignores him during their interactions. Surprisingly, Senta will choose to lay next to the pup's crate during the night (he's less than thrilled to be confined to his crate at night); she'll also lick his face in greeting in the morning.