Playing Rough

[Janimal]

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That is my question

Is there a thread on here about Dogs playing together - or advice anyone could give me. Oscar is quite rough when he plays with Kobi and bites his legs (w00t) the pup thinks its all fun but I get worried and tell Oscar off. Is this advisable or should I let themselves sort it out. Oscar dosnt seem to BITE him that hard but boy does he knock him about.

 

[Susan]

You should have seen Ricky when Tam was tiny. He would grab him anywhere, but never hurt Tam. Tam would be tossed about, but not in a mean way. Now Tam does the same with my sister's yorkie. Jack is 4 weeks younger then Tam, but gives as good as he get's. Just keep an eye on Oscar, but he wont hurt the pup on purpose :thumbsup:

 

[Tesa]

Let them be Janis. They will sort themselves out far better if you don't interfere. Don't even worry about how much noise they are making. I know it will be hard sometimes to sit back and watch, you will want to protect your baby, but leave them be, they will be fine, promise.

 

[Nicola]

It always sounds worse than it is when they are playing.

If Kobi didn't like it he would run away or whimper/cry. If Kobi hangs on in there and tries to give back as good as he gets, it sounds like they're just having fun. Possibly a pack leader thing going on too...others will know better than me...but they usually sort these things out this way too, so you're probably best just keeping an eye on things and only intervening if looks like one really will get hurt.

A dog can tear and puncture the skin of another one in the blink of an eye. If Oscar meant any real harm, you would know by now. If he wants Kobi to stay away he would let him know in a really snarrly, sharp way. This latter sort of action usually takes place over sharing and food, so this maybe the time to keep a quiet eye out.

They sound fine to me. All sounds very normal, especially as one is a pup.

 

[Janimal]

Thanks - do appreciate it - This is a first for me ever - 2 dogs - so Im very new at all this. The advice on K9 has been fantastic and Im sure I would know the warning signs now. :thumbsup:

At the moment they are sharing a bone - so after what Debbie (Alfyn) showed on this subject Im sure they will get along just fine.

 

[chelynnah]

A friend of mine calls this 'puppy bowling' and considers it a very important aspect of the puppy's teaching. The older dog is teaching the pup how to play, to be submissive, all sorts of things. Leave them be unless it seems to escalate and someone will get hurt, and then if you HAVE to tell someone off tell them both off not just the older one. When I'm collectively telling them I'll say 'Girls Enough!' or 'Everyone All Done'. You need to be reinforcing the older one who's been there longer so he doesn't get insecure and then really take it out on the little one.

It can be scary to watch, but they'll do fine if you let them sort it on their own.

Wendy

 

[hannibulls]

This is a nightly event at our house. :blink: Wilf play fights with our two adult Bulldogs. The eldest, a male, bites his legs, then drops his front end (bum in the air - not nice on a Bulldog (w00t) , rolls over, lets Wilf 'attack' him and them gets back up and starts all over again. However our Bulldog bitch, sits and watches, taking it all in, then looks at me to say 'Mum, what ARE they up to?'

It's all part of growing up, even though it gets a bit noisy at times. :teehee:

 

[Max&Smokey]

I had two Dog whippets one was 3 when the other whippet joined the family all was well with play fighting until the younger whippet was around 18months then all hell broke loose. Two trips to the Vets to have broken teeth removed and me to the hospital for punture wounds in the hand as I separated them. They were very evenly matched dogs same height and weight so they wanted to both be top dog and were prepared to fight seriously to win, it was a real example of nature at work. I must say this happened because of my failings as an owner to understand the hierachy thats needed. Following this incident we had one de-manned and left the other natural and enforced feeding and other social rules to position one dog as the top dog. Since then until they both passed away we had no more problems.