Huxley_Is_A_Rabbit
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Hello everyone! This is my first post, apologies if its in the wrong section.
I have a 5 y/o mini lop called Huxley. He is a house Rabbit and has free run of the living room.
We recently acquired a Cockapoo Puppy, 8 weeks. We are working to bond the Puppy and Huxley and I am looking for advice on how best to do this as I understand these next few weeks are critical in the process.
So far, the puppy is very scared of the bunny which I think is a good thing for the moment but I believe this will change. Based on how things are going, we are confident the puppy will learn to be gentle with the Bunny and see it as the dominant but it's the other way round that I'm concerned about. The rabbit currently shows very little interest in the puppy but when they are closer, you can see the Rabbit is more on edge. He spends more time hiding under furniture that he did but he also stills flops and is eating and drinking normally - so not terrified.
Does anyone have any tips on specifically trying to get bunny more relaxed and at ease around the puppy?
I understand this may never happen and we would be lucky just to be a situation where they ignore each other.
Thanks so much in advance x
I have a 5 y/o mini lop called Huxley. He is a house Rabbit and has free run of the living room.
We recently acquired a Cockapoo Puppy, 8 weeks. We are working to bond the Puppy and Huxley and I am looking for advice on how best to do this as I understand these next few weeks are critical in the process.
So far, the puppy is very scared of the bunny which I think is a good thing for the moment but I believe this will change. Based on how things are going, we are confident the puppy will learn to be gentle with the Bunny and see it as the dominant but it's the other way round that I'm concerned about. The rabbit currently shows very little interest in the puppy but when they are closer, you can see the Rabbit is more on edge. He spends more time hiding under furniture that he did but he also stills flops and is eating and drinking normally - so not terrified.
Does anyone have any tips on specifically trying to get bunny more relaxed and at ease around the puppy?
I understand this may never happen and we would be lucky just to be a situation where they ignore each other.
Thanks so much in advance x