Will tension between adult dogs influence puppy?

[autumn]

I know there are a few members that have dogs of the same sex that do not get along and those dogs have to be kept seperate.

I am currently in that situation.

I will be the first to admit that it is very hard to have this type of situation. I had problems before with males and now the problem is with females. The situation is being managed but there have been a few growls through a fence and alot of hard stares. If they are together at all a big fight breaks out so they have to be totaly seperated.

The question I had was do you think the tension can affect a puppy? Can this affect his attitude toward other dogs? Chopper is 6 months old and just a doll. He loves all other dogs but it has crossed my mind that this may not be good for him since he is just a pup and so impressionable. Funny thing is he adores the foster and the other dog is his mom

[winniecnm]

The only thing I see as a problem is one of the bitches displacing the agression on Chopper.

My two bitches hated? each other now they seem to be getting along most of the time so I have about 5 years experience in bitch to bitch hate here. The bitches lived seperate lives till recently being allowed short supervised interactions with each other.

Sometimes when Nik and Jas would go through a pissy spell, whichever bitch was with Bear at the time would beat him up in frustration at not being able to get at the other bitch. They would never do more than leave a small scratch on his scruff, but they would take him down and pin him. The excitement of being mad at the other dog would entice a fight between bitch/dog, but he would always quickly back down and let the bitch cool off. That is my experience so far. And I never encouraged that behavior, whenever the two girls started to get barking at each other the situation would be changed so they would not even know the other dog existed.

I hope this makes sense it is way past my betime. Good luck!