First, I am the dummy, not any of the dogs.
I have always had dogs, mostly hunting dogs, labs, beagles, bassets, springer spaniels, etc. I have always trained them myself. I have a situation now that I am at loss for a solution.
We currently have three dogs. A 7 year old, 110 pound lab/mastiff and a pair of 4 year old, 15 pound Jack Russells that are litter mates. These three get along well. They are well behaved in the house, follow commands, etc. They are contained in our yard by an invisible fence system. Outdoors, the two Jacks are OK, until something they feel the need to kill comes along. That is anything on 4 legs, and most things on two. I have never discouraged this behavior. We live on a farm. With livestock and livestock feed, we get critters that need killin. Uninvited two legged visitors who cross the invisible fence boundary and ignore the "beware of dog" sign deserve whatever lower leg injury they might get.
My daughter is married to a Marine who is currently deployed, so she asked to move back in with us. No problem with that. The problem is her 9 pound, 10 month old, golden/labra/Irish/cockerdoddle, Dani.
Dani is an awesome puppy. I drove 29 hours in a car with the mutt and she is as well behaved as any dog I ever been around. I expected some "issues" with our dogs taking to a new pack member, but it's goin worse than I ever imagined.
Our big dog, Zeus, loves Dani. Loves to play with her, a little roughly, but nothing bad. The two Jacks however want her DEAD. I have seen them kill groundhogs in a matter of seconds. If they get a hold of Dani, she's toast. When we bring them near her and they go into KILL mode, and our big dog becomes aggressive towards them. It's been a horrible s**t show at our house since Labor Day when Dani came to our house.
The ONLY way for the Jacks to be anywhere near her is muzzled, which they of course HATE.
Clarice... Meet Dr Hannibal Lecter...
I can let them in the house with her if I'm holding her in my chair. But if she wiggles free and hits the floor, it's on.
Any expert or even semi-pro advice?
I have always had dogs, mostly hunting dogs, labs, beagles, bassets, springer spaniels, etc. I have always trained them myself. I have a situation now that I am at loss for a solution.
We currently have three dogs. A 7 year old, 110 pound lab/mastiff and a pair of 4 year old, 15 pound Jack Russells that are litter mates. These three get along well. They are well behaved in the house, follow commands, etc. They are contained in our yard by an invisible fence system. Outdoors, the two Jacks are OK, until something they feel the need to kill comes along. That is anything on 4 legs, and most things on two. I have never discouraged this behavior. We live on a farm. With livestock and livestock feed, we get critters that need killin. Uninvited two legged visitors who cross the invisible fence boundary and ignore the "beware of dog" sign deserve whatever lower leg injury they might get.
My daughter is married to a Marine who is currently deployed, so she asked to move back in with us. No problem with that. The problem is her 9 pound, 10 month old, golden/labra/Irish/cockerdoddle, Dani.
Dani is an awesome puppy. I drove 29 hours in a car with the mutt and she is as well behaved as any dog I ever been around. I expected some "issues" with our dogs taking to a new pack member, but it's goin worse than I ever imagined.
Our big dog, Zeus, loves Dani. Loves to play with her, a little roughly, but nothing bad. The two Jacks however want her DEAD. I have seen them kill groundhogs in a matter of seconds. If they get a hold of Dani, she's toast. When we bring them near her and they go into KILL mode, and our big dog becomes aggressive towards them. It's been a horrible s**t show at our house since Labor Day when Dani came to our house.
The ONLY way for the Jacks to be anywhere near her is muzzled, which they of course HATE.
Clarice... Meet Dr Hannibal Lecter...
I can let them in the house with her if I'm holding her in my chair. But if she wiggles free and hits the floor, it's on.
Any expert or even semi-pro advice?