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Is it bad to roughhouse with a pup?
#17982 - 12/06/2002 12:32 PM |
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I don't know why, but I don't like it when my friends wrestle with my 6 month old GSD.
Does it matter either way?
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#17983 - 12/06/2002 12:54 PM |
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When my Leerburg GSD was a puppy I did not allow anyone else, other than me, to physically dominate him. I think that (for a protection dog) the dog must think that *you* are the only one in the world that can kick his ass.
Don't let that keep you from socializing the dog and letting him/her meet all kinds of folks in every shape size and color. Just don't let anyone else dicipline or dominate *your* dog.
My boy Gromit is six in January and is a great family friend, great with my daughter and a fierce protector when appropriate. He also has exactly the attitude I was shooting for when he was a puppy, he *knows* he can kick ass.
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#17984 - 12/06/2002 03:47 PM |
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I hate people playing rough with my GSD!!! The last time some guy was playing rough with her, he was pushing her head side to side, while she had her mouth open, I told him I didn’t want him playing with her like that! He continued for another minute until her fang got caught on his arm. He claimed she “bit” him but I watched the whole thing, she didn’t bite him!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" /> I told him to stop it earlier!!! It really ticked me off!!! If you don’t want people playing rough with your dog, make sure it’s very clear!!!
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#17985 - 12/06/2002 03:55 PM |
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i was jsut asking shepherdgirl-deanna this on aim.. i love to play rough with my 4month old apbt but he will do a full mouth bite on my arm so hard it can leave bruises. this doesnt bother me at all i secretly kind of like that he has such a nice full mouth bite but does this teach him the wrong thing? when i am ready to stop playing i just sit down and call him and he comes over and sits next to me and licks my face. he can really switch it on and off just like that.
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#17986 - 12/06/2002 04:25 PM |
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While I will wrestle and play with my dog, I don't let other people do it. I too have run into situations where people were "petting" my dog on the sides of the neck and got too rough and then "he bit me"... If you don't know the people, don't let them pet/play with your dog.
I was hiking when this happened and the person that was with me was upset because Gunther growled when he had enough of this idiot playing with his neck.
So far as the "full mouth bite" thing, you aren't teaching him anything by using yourself as a prey item. If you want to play bite stuff with your dog, get a pup tug and Ed's bite training puppies tape. That will show you how to encourage the right type of bites, without any bruises...
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#17987 - 12/06/2002 04:41 PM |
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So, as far as strangers go, what's the best place for them to *pet* one's dog? By that I mean; if you have the oppurtunity to tell them before-hand, how would you instruct them?
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#17988 - 12/06/2002 04:51 PM |
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Problem is not so much a location as it is an application. For some reason men like to bat their hands around and play wrestle with dogs. Which is fine on the neighbors golden, but Gunther doesn't like... It only takes a split second for someone to go from passive petting to this wrestling crap, <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" /> so I don't let people pet him anymore unless I know them. You could pet him(like a normal person, stroking with the fur) anywhere... no problem.
Again this isn't a case of the dog biting, rather a perceived bite on the case of the second party. If he bit, there would be blood. If a tooth so much as grazes some people they think the dog bit them. :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
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#17989 - 12/06/2002 05:02 PM |
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Thanks guys. I agree with all replies. My friend is constantly wrestling with my dog: at my house, at his house, in the car (even when he is driving!) and it drives me nuts! So today I asked him for the 10th time to just leave my GSD alone and he called me a wierdo. I may be over protective but something inside me tells me I shouldn't allow others to man handle her so rough.
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#17990 - 12/06/2002 05:06 PM |
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If you need to break your friend from manhandling dogs, send him to my house. My boy Gromit would be glad to assist. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
Seriously, if you explain to your buddy why you are telling him to stop and he continues, don't let him around your dog.
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I play as rough with my pup as he wants. Yeah, sometimes it hurts, then we stop. So what if he bites me. I can get a band aid. he knows when I've had enough, just like he knows when to back off my bitch.
Friends see my arms, I tell them "puppy man bites" and they don't roughhouse with him. I think they imagine horrible wounds under the band-aids. I don't tell them different.
No one pushes the bitch too hard either-she will give an honest warning growl and they back off. I have one pal who insists on pushing her- a real big guy who grabs her whole body - I have told him a thousand times he is going to get bit one day soon. To the bitches' credit, it hasn't happened yet, but I have no doubt it will if I don't keep them separated, like kids.
Some people are just idiots.
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