i recently took on a neutered male pbp around 11 months, lives outside with chickens with shelter and a 800 sq ft pen. I have been letting him out into the backyard when we are home and outside. My Great Dane is super docile and had gotten along with him.
One day I was feeding my kids lunch on the deck. The pig must've smelled food and made his way over to the stairs. My Dane was there standing around when all of a sudden the pig attacked my dog. I managed to break it up and there was no injury. My dane was shaken up. About 15 min later the pig was in a different part of the yard and my Dane walked close by. Well, the pig did it again and I had to use a shovel to break it up.
My dog was acting on self defense. From then on, I am afraid of allowing them near each other...any idea how to handle this? I hate to ban the pig to his pen only but feel I have no choice...how can I determine whether or not these two can coexist?
Thanks
One day I was feeding my kids lunch on the deck. The pig must've smelled food and made his way over to the stairs. My Dane was there standing around when all of a sudden the pig attacked my dog. I managed to break it up and there was no injury. My dane was shaken up. About 15 min later the pig was in a different part of the yard and my Dane walked close by. Well, the pig did it again and I had to use a shovel to break it up.
My dog was acting on self defense. From then on, I am afraid of allowing them near each other...any idea how to handle this? I hate to ban the pig to his pen only but feel I have no choice...how can I determine whether or not these two can coexist?
Thanks