Before getting our dog we did borrow my doggy. Our puppy is 11 months old now and we have been on a few walks with my 'borrowed' dog, Jake, over the past year. The dogs trot around side by side but don't engage more than that. Jake is 4. He is a toy poodle, my dog is a miniature poodle.
The problem is having Jake in the house. With lockdown etc my dog is not used to having other dogs in the house. Jake has been once before for a few hours, and she was following him wherever he went and was quite aroused/stressed. We met on a walk and then walked around for about 1/2 hour all fine, but the second I got them past the front gate she was on high alert. When we got over the threshold she started mounting him repeatedly, when he went into the garden she chased him, when I called her back he came back and she was on his back again. He fought back and it got a bit aggressive. The rest of the time I did manage to calm it down and they did sleep in the same room with me working. He stopped reacting and just blanked her after that - so that was good and gives me hope.
I am going to have Jake over next week for round 2 and want it to go better this time. Ideally I would like to de-stimulate her around having him in her home so that I can carry on seeing Jake and his owner.
Is it just because she is a puppy or should I not bother and accept that this is the dog she is?
Does anyone have any advice? I can't seem to find this kind of niche advice on the web.