We have a 3 yo male malamute, hes fixed, hes dominant but not aggressive.
We decided to rescue a beautiful 4yo fixed female Malamute. We were told she was submissive by the rescuer,
SO its the first night in her new home, shes likely very stressed from the 12 hour drive, emergency trip to the vet this morning and groomers this afternoon (She has a severe ear infection with both bacteria and yeast! Shes got Staph infection on her skin, she’s underweight and she’s running a fever due to the infections!) We have started her on her meds but she’s definitely not healthy right now…
The new arrival, we have found, isnt so submissive after all. She’s not taking any of the male’s dominance manuvers (attempts to mount, mouthing ankles, chest to chest bumps, etc) She’s actually MOUNTED HIM back after he does it! She’s begun to actually initiate the dominance over him as of the last hour or so
My question is- Should we allow these attempts at dominance to go on right from day 1 or shall we keep things squashed until she’s healed up?
Any info would be greatly appreciated.–including info on how it went when you added a 2nd dog to your pack?
Thanks so much, we are stuck right now with how to proceed!