A
year and half ago our family got a new member – a two months old malinois. This
remarkable event was, of course, highlighted in a post. It was so nice to get a
puppy! However, I foresaw some possible troubles as my elder male – strong Alpha
Canaan dog – is very intolerant to any rivals.
To
our great surprise and relief he fully accepted the newcomer. I only slightly taught
them how I’d prefer they treat each other. There are some well known methods
how to make two male dogs to live together in peace, as it is a big problem for
a lot of dog masters. Frankly speaking, we tried to avoid these popular
methodic and made an accent on the other side of the “Alphaness” – the strong
will of my elder dog to be a leader of a pack means for him to be responsible for his pack.
He played with the puppy like a loving father, defended him and now even shares with him his favourable mattress! |