Our beloved Border Terrier cross is 11. We adore her and she is 90% perfect but she has a couple of terrier traits that aren’t ideal and, as we have started to ponder about getting a puppy, wonder if she would seriously influence the puppy. Worst trait is her unpredictability around other dogs - she looks for and reacts to any hint of aggression in another dog so we keep her on lead if dogs are about. She has a very strong prey instinct and gets very excited about going on a walk so that she is a bit manic on the lead for the first 15 mins of any walk. Again we manage this but have never been able to stop it. We rehomed her aged 2.
Is it a given that the puppy will learn these traits too as if so we’re better waiting till our lovely girl has left us?
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WasWildatHeart · 03/02/2018 09:20
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