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April 28, 2011

Does back yard play biting and chasing between my dog & my son’s dog contribute to more aggressive chasing?

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Hi Cindy -



I have just ordered the DVD on training with an E-collar and hopefully I'll be able to use that to answer part of my question. I have a well-trained yellow lab/husky mix (the dominant dog), and introduced my son's 1-1/2 year old stray (very little training) into my home. Both dogs are 60 pounds, get along well, but engage in chasing and play-biting behavior, running around and nipping at each other's necks and legs and mouthing each other. No one is getting hurt. Is this normal for adult dogs or should I be nipping this in the bud? I found a fenced soccer field to let them run but the new dog evidently picked up a bad habit from my son's other dog of hard-run chasing and lunging at the neck. It looked just like a National Geographic special where a predator is bringing down game. I'm not going to let them run together again until I get the DVD and learn how to stop that with the E-collar. My question is, does the back yard play biting and chasing contribute to the more aggressive chasing? Do I need to stop that in order to effectively stop the more aggressive chasing and lunging or is play-biting normal for adult dogs? Thanks for your help!



Lorna
Cindy
Cindy Cindy's Answer:
This is something that I’m not sure I can answer with 100% certainty. A lot of people have dogs that play and wrestle without it ever escalating into an injury or fight.



I know that I do not allow my own dogs to engage in the chasing and play fighting because with my dogs is WILL turn into something more serious. I use the ecollar to reinforce the word NO if they get out of hand. I don’t mind if they run together when we are walking, but my young male dog will start to become very intense and will try to body slam, roll or drag the other dogs down. My other dogs don’t deserve to be treated this way and it serves no purpose so I don’t allow it.



Cindy

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