Question about dog behavior.
We are doggysitting my fiancee's parent's 4 year old female coton de tulear. I am a proud owner of a 10 year old female rottweiler. The coton du tulear seems verry traumatized by the presence of my big dog, she doesn't want to eat any food and keeps on hiding in small spaces unreachable by the big dog. Should we keep these animals away from each other for the next week or will the small dog finally adapt to having a new friend around. Maya the rottweiler is very friendly and playful, everytime she gets to close to Abby the coton de tulear, Abby gets very defensive and growls loudly.
Please help me as I don't want to put this small dog through further trauma.
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