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[quote=Anonymous]OP, have you had opportunities to see your dog around puppies and very young dogs? Some older dogs are irritable, some really do take on, not a parenting role but kind of an aunt/uncle role. At the dog park I go to there are many people who bring their adolescent dogs AND large breed puppies. I've seen many older dogs let a youngster play with them--jumping on them, rolling over and allowing the younger dog to act like he's won the match, and so on. And dogs who understand that a puppy is frightened by all the big dogs running around and are careful in how they approach the puppy. And other dogs who don't (although the ones who don't like puppies basically avoid them). I've even seen senior dogs tolerate a rambunctious 6 month old just fine. Consider that wolf packs usually consist of a breeding pair and mostly offspring of various ages, and they figure it out.

There's 2 questions here--one is the work of having a puppy, which is work but is rewarding. Last time I had a puppy I was young and single and living with friends so the puppy always had people around and pretty much naturally trained in terms of behavior. One of the best behaved dogs I have ever owned.

The other is the question about older dog and younger dog. [/quote]

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