I have a 7month old beagle. We got her from 10 weeks old off a sheep farm.
She was fine for the first few months of having her but once she got past the teething stage, she started being very distructive when we go to work.
I mean me and my partner come back every 3-4 hours to let her out and feed her but she still destroys everything she can.
We went to an expert and his conclusion was that we should maybe get a companion for her.
So yesterday we brought back home an 8 week old Australian Shepard (*****), off one of the top breeders in this country.
We did let them meet on a public road (me holding the pup as she hasn't got all of the vaccines yet) and then brought both of them in the house (one dog on one side of a baby gate, the other on the other side) and let them meet each other better.
The beagle was so happy! with her tail waggling like mad! The puppy wasn't really too bothered about the beagle.
So we slowly started letting them in the room together to see what they do!
The Aussie isn't really bothered about the beagle and will happily do her own thing but the beagle will not leave her alone! She keeps jumping onto the puppie with her front paws, taking most of the puppies treats off her even though they both got one each! And the main thing is that the beagle keeps putting her head under the puppy and lifting her up in the air which then results in the puppy falling over.
Is this a normal behaviour ?
I'm really worried that is a sign of jealousy?
At night time we have set up a pen for the puppy in the living groom where the beagle sleeps just to make sure the puppy is out of the beagles way and that the beagle doesn't hurt her !
Can anyone help?
Is this ok behaviour?