I have an 11 week old pup and a eleven month old pup, when they are allowed to play there are times when the younger pup becomes extremely vocal. When it goes from barking to little snarls I immediately step in to calm the little one and it stops, but I have never seen this before, and he doesn’t do these little snarls while playing tug. Is this anything to worry about? I have had several pups before, but never seen or heard something like this. Could it be a breed specific thing? (Boxer pup) It happens on almost all of their daily play sessions, any ideas or comments would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
I'm no expert, but I will say that my pup does the same thing when he plays with my brother in law's german shorthair. They are about the same age but I've just come to realize that when my pup is just loud because he's smaller (cockapoo) and just being really playful. When he gets in a certain state of mind when we are playin with him he barks and growls (he thinks it's a game), my only solution is to ignore him or take him on a walk to burn some energy. He's probably not barking or snarling when you play tug w/ him b/c he's not releasing the same level of energy then. IMO I wouldn't worry about it, he's just trying to act tough. Are you worried somebody will get hurt?
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