Puppy behavior

[Ravenbird]

So we humans had to constantly intervene, mostly prevention which was never let the two dogs loose together without supervision. And that rule still stands today because they are both intact females.

Not understanding what that has to do with anything here.

The Doberman breed is known for SSA, whether spayed or neutered. I would still keep the same protocol even if one or both the bitches were spayed. My bad for wording it as if being intact was the reason. I have zero problems with SSA under our roof, but my dog tends to be domineering in personality. I lean toward prevention, thus the two girls are never left alone together unattended. We do all normal stuff together, outdoor chores with both dogs running about. As long as a human is home, both dogs are loose in the house. I'm just saying, if we go to an event without the dogs, one dog is in a bedroom with door shut & the other gets the rest of the house.

My main point was that sometimes when the elder dog refuses to give the new puppy a deserving snap to put it in its place, the human has to protect the elder dog and as you said, make sure that it doesn't feel "replaced" by the new addition. One thing we did is allow the elder furniture privileges, which she never had before while my puppy has a bed on the floor in the living room. 3 years later, it's still like that.

 

[Kaiser2016]

Absolutely blows my mind how healthy female dogs can 'sync up' like they do when living together Last cycle here the time difference in starting was measured in hours and difference in finishing was only a few days.

Human women will do the same Is Period Syncing a Real Thing? Why Women’s Periods May Sync Up

 

[EricA]

The Doberman breed is known for SSA, whether spayed or neutered. I would still keep the same protocol even if one or both the bitches were spayed. My bad for wording it as if being intact was the reason. I have zero problems with SSA under our roof, but my dog tends to be domineering in personality. I lean toward prevention, thus the two girls are never left alone together unattended. We do all normal stuff together, outdoor chores with both dogs running about. As long as a human is home, both dogs are loose in the house. I'm just saying, if we go to an event without the dogs, one dog is in a bedroom with door shut & the other gets the rest of the house.

My main point was that sometimes when the elder dog refuses to give the new puppy a deserving snap to put it in its place, the human has to protect the elder dog and as you said, make sure that it doesn't feel "replaced" by the new addition. One thing we did is allow the elder furniture privileges, which she never had before while my puppy has a bed on the floor in the living room. 3 years later, it's still like that.

That is good common sense and playing it safe right there.

If the owner makes darn SURE that nothing can go wrong - Nothing can go wrong.


Very much agree with your comments about human supervision.

 

[EricA]

Human women will do the same Is Period Syncing a Real Thing? Why Women’s Periods May Sync Up

Was my final big red flag (her not being even close to being 'in sync' with the other females here) that something was 'off' with one of the girls and led me to have a full blood panel and thyroid panel done on her.

She failed those thyroid tests.

Once we got her levels back in the normal range (and kept them there) those cycles got right back together like someone was flipping a switch for when it was time.