Need advice on getting my older pug to play nicely

[steph]

We've just picked up our 8 week old puppy today, Chips, and introduced him to sodapop. All seems to go well until sodapop wanted to rough play with him. We all supervise them when they were together today but had to pull sodapop away from chips whenever we saw her pounce on him, but she would still go after him. This has happened far too many times on the first day. I thought about placing her separately in another room after correcting her, but I also want to avoid any jealousy issues. So any advice on training a pug to gently play with her new brother? Btw, she tends to be unusually pushy with him, which I find odd because she gets along fine with other dogs and puppies that we have encountered. I know this is only the first day but I want to make sure I nip any bad habits now than waiting till later.

[Snifter]

It's a bit hard to advise because normal pug play can look like excessive rough housing. Is Chips obviously trying to get away? What exactly is Sodapop doing? You say she is pouncing on him but is she actually putting her weight on him or is she leaping about and lunging at him? If you are able to post a video of the typical play that is bothering you it may be easier to form a view on whether it is dangerous or if Chips seems frightened by it.

[sugarskullz]

Heres my 2 cents worth............
We just brought home our 8 week old Ozzy to Lola (8 months old). She plays really rough too. She does what we like to call the POLAR BEAR SLAM. Similiar to what a polar bear does when finding food under the ice, he rears up and then slams down on ice to break it. She also head pushes him around the hardwood floors and holds him down and gives him teeny nips. All of this is incessant.
Freaked us out at first and we were constantly yelling at Lola, but after a few days we relaxed and realized for all Ozzy's tinyness, he gives as good as he gets and keeps coming back for more. Never whimpers or cries, which leads me to believe she isn't hurting him. Still keep an eye on them, but much more relaxed now. i separate them after too long as I know he must be getting exhausted and doesn't quite have the stamina Lola does, YET!!

[Oregon Pug Mom]

I would just watch closely & as long as Chips isn't whimpering or appear afraid & comes back for more this may be Pug bonding. I brought my 8 week old home to a 90lb boxer (who is very gentle) & he pushed her over when she nipped him & after a couple of days I realized it was the boxer who I needed to rescue from Marley- she is relentless!!

[kcaudle]

I always allow my puppy to have time out from his crazy sister. When I see him looking tired I take him to his space and addie to her space. It seems to work out well...

[Pat's Crew]

here is pic of Gus who was 54 pounds and Zeus who was about 7 pounds in this pic.
I was sooooooooo nervous at first..since Gus could be rough and is deaf........but they got along really well
did the butt sniffing things and then things were fine
Gus could easily have eaten
Zeus.......for lunch..lol
but he was soo gentle with him..and even fed him through the crate door..
what I did was seperated Zeus so Gus could get some private time with me and the puppy could get some sleep..
Gus let him chew on his ears and the list when on
they looked rough in play but they were just playing... a little pug and a tug toy and a huge bulldog on the other end of the tug and al the growling between both of them......
Gus is still awesome with Zeus......

keep a close watch on them and make sure your older dog gets a break here and there...puppies can be tiring for anyone........

[steph]

Today was much more better, compared to yesterday that is. I make sure that Sodapop gets time with me and my boyfriend, like how it was before chips came along, and then when she settles from playing with us, we take Chips out of his area and start to play with him. She does not seem as pushy with him today. Chips will have 5 minutes of playing with toys by himself, and when he starts to get excited, tail-wagging, play bowing to the stuff toys, that's when sodapop leaps from the sofa and starts to shove him around with her nose. Yesterday, he would imnmediately put his tail down and run behind the sofa to get away from her. Today, I caught him once or twice pawing back at her, barking, and doing a play bow... and when she responds, he hides with his tail down.

At times I'll let her shove him around with her nose, she's very interested in his genitial area, for a couple seconds, but then I hear Chips make this loud quick whimpering sound and that's when I intervene. But it's like she's egged on by the whimpering, or maybe she responding more to me pushing her away when he does this whimpering. To me, it sounds like a very loud yelp... almost as if someone had stepped on his paw. She will go after him still, even trying to squeeze through behind the sofa where he often hides. I also see her shove him with her paws so he's sitting in the middle of her, and then she would scratch at his back, like how she would scratch at the bottom of her crate or stuff animal... that's what concerns me the most because it seems very dangerous for Chips. But then again, he doesn't whimper when she scratches at his back like that, only she she's pushing him against the sofa with her nose.

I know I'm rambling now, but when Chips isn't getting excited while he's playing, like he's walking around or just sitting somewhere watching everybody, sodapop is very good with him and sniffs him, even licks him on his face, and then walks away. I don't know. These pugs totally have me confused. Wish I can read their minds.

[Emilyjane]

this post is interesting for me, ive just bought home my new 8 week old puppy Bella, and George is being abit of a pain, he wont leave her private bits alone, always sniffing her bottom. how can i stop this. she keeps going near his genital area aswell like yours is.
day 1 (yesterday) was pretty hard, he was being a bit rough, day 2(today) its calmed down alot more, and im putting her in her cage alot more.