New to the group. Have interaction question.



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St. Patrick's- Survival of the- Fittest

Barked: Sun Jul 27, '08 7:34am PST


	I have 2 Mastiffs....Darwin 238# and Tyshan 150#. I just recently bought a Basset pup and would like some input on how to interact them. The Mastiff's are gentle and like the pup and I have no jealousy issues, but I am overprotective and dont want pup squashed. My thinking is to keep interactions short, one dog at a time supervised of course until pup gains some size. What do you all think? Any suggestions welcome.

Just a good ol'- boy!

Barked: Mon Jul 28, '08 1:40pm PST


	I think you have the right idea. We have two bullmastiffs and one boston terrier. I would definitely make the introduction, a slow one. We always seem to learn the hard way, but at least we learn Just because of their size, I would definitely never leave the pup unsupervised with them,ever. Good luck! You have beautiful dogs!

St. Patrick's- Survival of the- Fittest

Barked: Tue Sep 16, '08 10:32am PST


	Update to the Mastiff/ to Basset introduction. We have successfully introduced them and they LOVE each other. I still never leave them unsupervised, but the pup is now 25 lbs. and the Mastiff is careful where he steps. They share toys and are pretty good at doing toy 'trades' in the case of I want what you have. But things are going very good. My biggest issue now is that the Basset sticks his entire muzzle into Darwin's mouth to clean any bits of food stuck in the jowels. YUK, but Darwin does have better breath. LOL

where is- everyone?

Barked: Mon Sep 22, '08 11:31pm PST


	hi darwin.....welcome! congrats on your new puppy...how fun is that!?! you are one big pup....makes me look like a mini-mastiff. hehe!!