Guilty went out of heat February 15. She still has girly hormones going on but not like when she first went into heat and when she was in standing heat. You can read about Preacher and her segregation here. During her whole heat cycle she was kept away from Preacher as we found out Preacher had issues with her in heat and would start fights with her or more like would attack her. To help calm Preacher down I put a Adaptil collar on her and plugged in a room diffuser. You can read about Adaptil in this blog post by clicking here. I put away all the bones and the treat puzzles. Once Guilty was finished with her heat cycle I started letting her and Preacher be together for short supervised visits. In the beginning Preacher would give her the stink eye and we were on top of getting Preacher to focus on something else. Guilty learned to stay clear of Preacher and would avoid her when she got a bad vibe from her.
Pick up your feet loose your seat to Guilty.
A week and a half later the girls can be in the house together and hang out without any issues. I even caught Preacher going up to Guilty and gave her a kiss. Preacher wants to play with Guilty but we stop it before anything gets going. I just don’t want to take a chance that excitement will trigger something in Preacher. We have been training a small amount so getting both girls some much needed exercise as well. Preacher still sleeps in her crate at night as I’m not brave enough to let her have free run while we are sleeping and I can’t keep a eye on her.
John get’s his seat back.
So I’m hoping it was all a hormonal surge that pushed Preacher over the edge but we still can’t let our guard down as when we do that will surly be when the cobra strikes. We are adjusting to our new normal and so far so good.
A overdue thank you and shout out to PetNitro who put Sand Spring Chesapeakes blog in their Top Dog Bloggers To Follow in 2017 list. We are among 50 other great bloggers to be recognized and we are so proud to be in our first list! As you can see I proudly displayed their badge on the right in my sidebar. Congrats to all that made the list!
Have a great weekend all!
You have a good plan. You have a lot of girlies in one house there is bound to be scuffles….lol.
Phew!
Glad things have calmed down. Now the dogs can focus on musical spots on the sofa.
P.S. Congrats on making PetNitro’s Top Bloggers to Follow in 2017! Well deserved recognition!
I am glad the heat is off for the most part. Hopefully, there will be peace in the Sand Spring home ♥
You need to build a small home for Preacher and Gambler to live in together as they seem to be the instigators!
I thought of that as Gambler and Preacher were hanging together for a month and got along just fine.
Always like to read your posts. Great insight to dog behavior
Hi Dr. Dan, Thanks for stopping by. It’s my special insight!
my dad said dogs are like people and looked at the mama… who gave him a stinky eye too… humans huh? glad there is peace in stancerville now :O))
I’m glad things have settled down there, and hope they stay peaceful. Congrats on making that list!
I’m glad things have settled down for you a bit! I know how it goes when your dogs can’t be loose together. When I adopted Rye, it was a full month and a half of always having barriers between the dogs before Barley accepted Rye and thought she might be fun to play with. Then it was another several weeks before I let them be loose together for longer periods of time. Now they can finally be loose together almost all the time (except when I’m not home when nobody’s loose anyway), but there are still times when Rye annoys Barley and we have to take some time outs. I’ll keep my fingers crossed that things just keep improving for you!