re: Dog seems depressed about new puppy.

Had a 7lb three year old (at the time)Chihuahua/Yorkie Mix that was a cute little lapdog that was and is the center of attention. She is more like a cat than a dog and has eyes that everyone melts for and wants to hold her.

I brought home my Rottweiler puppy and she wouldn't even look at him. I would hold her up to his face and she would turn her head away from every direction to avoid looking at him. It took her 3 months but one day she walked up to him and started to play with him. It was unusual for her because she doesn't play with anything- no toys, no ball, no ANYTHING.

She has learned to tolerate him and they are a pack, but there is very little interaction between them since he grew to full size. He will lick her and she will allow it and they will sleep a few feet away from each other. But when he starts to get playful with anyone in the room and she has had enough she will bark and let him know. she will bite his jowl and growl if he gets too rambunctious in the house or on the patio. She still rules him and puts up with him, and he allows it. They will find their own level of understanding.