Not many chatters on here anymore?
Pyr owners...any of you introduced a pup to your adult pyr? Marley isn't really interested in the pup? that normal? he pretty much gets up and walks away when she goes over to him. It has been a week...not enough time?
We did. Cara, my first Pyr, was 10 y/o when we adopted Daisy, who was 8 weeks old. Like Marley, Cara ignored Daisy for a while (other than a few snuffles). I remember that it was sad b/c Daisy looked at Cara like a surrogate mom & Cara didn't seem too interested. Also, since Cara never had any puppies, she may not have had much of a maternal feeling toward Daisy (nor would Marley). Later my girls played a little, but this was pretty different from your situation b/c Marley is only 2 & Cara was a very old lady when Daisy came in. I'm betting that in time that Marley will find some advantages to being a big brother. Right now she's too tiny to be much fun for him, plus being a Pyr, he's instinctively gentle with little ones (like he'd be with lambs). So right now he's probably a little put off, a little bored (not much fun yet
), and a bit worried that he'll step on the baby. Oh & I agree with Jane, I just bet that they *do* have some dialogue going already. Just wish we could listen in, don't we??