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There is absolutely no reason not to neuter. I have a dog-aggressive un neutered male i can tell you I will never let a dog go intact again. Its the best decision you’ll ever make for you and your dog. Plus, you wont risk bringing more puppies into the world that will end in shelters. =
Neuter the sooner the better. Depending on when testosterone starts flowing potential aggression will soon follow.
Because she is dominate she might just be enforcing it. Is the new pup testing her place in the pack? Is she neutered? If not, get them both neutered. It might help. I’d sat give it a few more weeks and see how it goes. Best of luck =]
Generally even dog aggressive dogs will accept a young(under 6ish months) pup of the opposite sex. My Yami is very dog aggressive but quickly adjusted to Zelda. She was 13 weeks old.
Give him nice things in the crate, new toys, treats, associate the crate with good things. If he whines when you lock him in even after all those good things, just let him whine, he will get over it.
This is a pretty good link:
http://www.humanesociety.org/animals/dogs/tips/crate_training.html
I am a 2 pit mom!
Older dogs almost always take in pups with no trouble. I found that if your current dog is rather well behaved to start with, and you get a pup, the pup will learn from the older dog. Yami really kept Zelda in line when we brought her home to him. I’d suggest that you adopt a female dog so there is less risk of same sex spats. As for that “double trouble” buy crates for your dogs, as long as you dont put them in there as punishment, they wont mind being in there while you are away. My dogs will willingly go to their crate to sleep and such all by themselves. Also, because he is getting into the garbage i would crate him. Zelda consumed a plastic bottle that got stuck in her system and ripped her intestine and stomach all up, it cost us almost 2,000$ to save her. I’d hate to see that happen to anyone!
