u/periodahhh2

It seems that it is just ‘Premier 1” State League. Now it just requires application and events to cram in games instead of a normal season.

This team will be playing in June, but the problems with parents have created a toxic environment, it seems like it will be difficult to finish the season on a positive.

We have a female dog who is about 3 years old and she was a rescue. We got her when she was about 6 months old. She’s a good dog, but she resource guards the house and us as the owners. When anyone or anything comes near our house or inside, she goes ballistic. She will bite so we are extremely cautious of that.

We recently just got a new dog. A 6 month old rescue who had been in a foster home. She is super sweet and energetic.

Our resident dog has been very aggressive towards the new dog. She has attacked her in the house and in the backyard where we’ve had to break it up. The moments she has attacked are usually when the new dog is trying to enter or exit the house or walking up/down the stairs, or just too close to her.

Yesterday was a good day. There were no fights and they were pretty much around each other the whole day. We reward our resident dog with treats when our new dog walks by her and she doesn’t show her teeth or react. She is a fan of this because she is food motivated.

We have been taking them on walks and letting them off the leash to run around in a secure area when it’s just them. They play together and also ignore each other, but when we go back home it’s sometimes a different story.

Our new dog is a bit scared of the resident dog (I would be too if I had gotten attacked multiple times) so she has been careful when passing her and just more aware of her surroundings.

I am wondering if this will ever be resolved as we continue to work with both of them? How long does it take for a dog to become more comfortable with something else in the house? Again, she is territorial but has done a pretty good job of showing restraint considering how aggressive she can be. Is there anything else we can be doing to train both dogs?

A couple more notes: the resident dog is not spayed. The new dog is. They are both female and about the same size.

There is a player who will be in 8th grade in the fall, but her birthdate puts her in the U15 age group. Per ECNL-RL rules, would she be able to play in the U14 age group for the full year, or just in the spring time? I’ve seen that only two trapped players can participate on an ECNL roster, but wondering if that is for the full year or just when they would be impacted, in the spring.