Hello everyone, this is my first thread in this forum, but I just have a few doubts and I hope you will be able to give me some advices.
To start, as the title says, I have a new dog in the house. My mother found it wandering around near a road, so she caught him and brought him home. He had blood on his hair because of the fleas, so when my mother got home she gave him a bat. Apparently it's a Shih Tzu dog, a Chinese breed that's quite new in Europa, a hundred year's old, they're supposed to be very clever dogs and he's all white. He's quite small and doesn't even weigh five kg. The veterinarian we took him say's he's aged from nine to twelve years old, she isn't sure. He has an eye cataract and a heart murmur, so he's really slow, but the veterinarian says it's nothing to bet very worried about, only if he starts coughing a lot. He doesn't eat much. We've had him for 3 days, and only today I've heard him bark. The first day my other dog wouldn't let him quiet so he growled a lot, but today he followed the other dog everywhere and he wouldn't pay him any attention. He's a really obedient dog, so we don't know why would anyone abandon a dog like that.
Well, my main question is what can the other dog react? He's been with us for eight years and wasn't social with other dog, so him a bit concerned he will get sad and attack the new dog, but he hasn't until now.
Also, the new dog sometimes urinates inside the house, is it too late to teach manners?
Any advice would be welcome.
Best regards,
António.
