u/Outrageous_Ebb494

I’m 16 and honestly cannot tell what I look like most of the time.

I put reactive in quotes because I don’t really know if they are reactive though it kind of feels that way. So my mom needs advice, she has two dogs, a basset hound mix that just turned two on the 4th, his name is Leo and a little small like 16 pound mutt that’s about to be three in a few months I think, and his name is Otto. the little one has always kind of been mean. But the Leo is usually the sweetest boy ever but being mostly basset he also has an attitude. Though Leo gets very mad whenever Otto growls at him and barks really loud at him, and Otto is basically always growling at him which I know has to be aggravating. But recently he’s been getting mad and barking and snapping at him even when Otto hasn’t growled. And my mom is worried about this because she does not want Leo to become a mean dog that she has to constantly worry about. I’d definitely still say that Otto is worse than him in terms of reactivity because he is mean to both Leo and my dog and me 😭 but Leo only ever really gets mad at Otto and him and my dog are best friends. Though it’s still worrying bc Leo is 60 pounds and Otto is like 16 like I said and Leo could easily do some damage on Otto if he wanted to. So really what I’m looking for is what steps my mom should take on helping them get along, personally I think that if Otto stops being an asshole and growling constantly then I think Leo would stop too but I have no idea what to tell her on how to get him to stop as my dog has always been very docile. So yeah if you have any ideas please comment them and I’ll let my mom know if anyone knows what to do.