How can I get my 2 older dogs to accept my 6 week old puppy?

I have 2 bitches, 7 year olds, both spayed. They are springer/field spaniel X. My friend brought us a new Jack Russell X puppy which is 6 weeks old. My girls will not go near him, they seem terrfied of him. I have him in a cage, which gives him some form of comfort and safety, and also my girls some peace of mind, but they won't go near him even to smell him in the cage. Have tried rubbing a towel over him after drying my dogs with it, hoping to put their scent onto him to make them accept him. Hasn't worked. Got him Monday, this is Wednesday. Please can somebody help me?
NO JOKES PLEASE.

I had my 2 older dogs from RSPCA, they are sisters and I got them at 6 weeks old.

let them be for another few weeks... just ignore the fact that they are ingoring him and dont push them into going near him.. in another few weeks he will be bigger and stronger and they will have come to learn he is here to stay. after that time gently introduce them ONE at a time..so they dont have the chance to gang up on him... make sure you dont leave them alone together even if they seem okay until he is at least 6 months...just to be sure..by this age he will be getting big and strong. they are probably ignoring him and showing him he is not even important enough for them to smell it is their way of saying .'we are the bosses you are bottom of the pack' give them time and good luck....:-) ps..he is very young so make sure they dont scare him as he is pretty vunerable at this young age.

Please keep them seperated until the puppy gets older and bigger and can defend himself. The older dogs will not like a new "threat" to their territory and may attack. (I have had this happen). Please keep them seperated, then when the puppy is older, slowly introduce them but only why they are being supervised.

Well..I know this is a little different, but I had an older cat when I brought home my puppy 4 yrs ago. I kept them separated for a bit and let the cat play with the puppy's toys, then when the cat was sleeping I put the puppy's blanket next to him. It was just gradual and pretty soon it's like they don't remember the puppy not being there. Now they sleep together, share a water bowl and are inseparable.

Just give them time!-- They are probably worried they are going to hurt him!-- I think its a maternal instinct or something. -- Maybe just play with him with one girl at a time... They might be a little jealous of him too!-- Just give it time, they'll warm up to each other and become the best of friends! :) They're just not sure of HOW to play with something so small!!

If you keep them seperate that encourages their scared behavior, but you have to keep them together to show them there is nothing to be upset about.....keep them together as much as you can

you have got a very young pup that pup shouldnt of left its mother untill at least another 3weeks but as for the other dogs leave them they will be fine give them time

This may seem like a simple answer but stop making a big deal out of it. The harder you try to make your girls like the pup the more they will fight it. From now on whenver your girls are acting afraid make sure you ignore them and if they come to you for support make them leave. Do not support their fear, and dont keep the pup away from them, on the other hand dont make them go to the pup. Give it some time and let them figure things our their terms it may take a few weeks/months but the less you fuss over them the better off youll be.

there must be some mistake. A puppy aged 6 weeks is no where near ready to leave it's mother.
Your dogs won't go near him because they instinctively know that a very young pup will have a protective mother nearby ready to attack them if they go too near. Why did you accept a pup which is too young to be away from the mother?

It could take a little while. They are pack animals, so they have to figure out how to accept the new one into the pack. I know a good method I use is to put them all in an enclosed or fenced outdoor area and get them used to short periods of exposure, engaging them in playtime.

A Jack Russell is a high energy dog, so they will have to get used to him now. So taking them all out to play with a favorite toy, ball, rope, or frisbee would be a good thing to do to get them used to one another. It should only be a short time that they accept the pup.

Dont keep them seperated but you should supervise him while he is around them, give them time, they will soon accept him, it has only been a couple of days, as they were in the house first it is their home, if they didnt really want to accept him they would of attacked him by now, they will get used to him it takes time.the older the dog, the longer it will take but just give them all love and they will soon learn to love each other

It will settle down. As he grows and starts to demonstrate more adult behaviour they will relate to on a more equal footing.

As long as they have not shown any direct aggression i would not worry too much.

Remember they are the same age and have spent all their lives together all of a sudden this little pup (and it will be very little compared to them) turns up and wants to roll, play and pull on ears.

They will adjust- dogs are very adaptable. Everytime they are nice to it just be sure to reward them with one of their favourite treats.

This isn't quite the same thing, but our maltese, Kayti is 5 years old and we just got a baby bunny in April. When we brought him home Kayti looked at him, and then walked away and wouldn't go around him the rest of the day. The next day she was wagging her tail for him and now they are best friends.Your dogs probably just need time to get used to their new brother and then the 3 of them will probably never want to be away from each other.

As a guess you are probably paying more attention to the puppy the the dogs that will make the dogs jealous. pay more attention to the dogs and let them play with each other and after time they will probably get along. Also any time you have more then one dog ther is a hierarchy and each dog will find comfort in knowing its place whether its the alpha dog or the one at the bottom of the chain. Let them figure this out on their own but make sure they don't try to hurt each other.

Hiya Nellie
Sit your self down and have a cuppa, your getting yourself into a right tizz- woz, relax, Your 2 lady's are going to be fine, at the mo they are scared stiff, they see this little 'thing' and cant make head nor tail out of it, the trick is Nellie, you've got to let them get on with it, you will find the 2 lady's will back off from the pup, try and go into another room, anything to get away, its okay curiosity will win in the end, they will come round it might take a couple of months of watching them, playing with all of them, give them some goodies together (dog treats) go over the top with praise with the 2 lady's when they do good, just ignore the bad, there will be some growling going on from time to time, that's your clue to let the lady's know that you are the boss, you have let this other dog into your pack.....
I have a 14yr old staffie, and i got 2 jackrussells pups, 7 months ago, at 1st you would have thought id betrayed her boy did she sulk, growled, hunger strike, you name it she did it, now ha, she thinks she is there big sis, she is always looking out for them, wanting to know what they are doing if she dosent like it, she will stop them, Nellie give it time hun, all will be fine....... :-)