That is what I what to do, any ideas?
They get along really well together, but the younger one will nip her side when they run and bowls her over by grabbing her legs while running too.
Melissa Thom Webboard User Reg: 12-04-2007
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Separate the dogs would be a good start to work with them one on one. You've been advised in the past to work with these dogs one on one. Get dog crates. Let them out one at a time, repeat until your dogs mind you all of the time.
Getting along really well together except when they're not is akin to my boyfriend being a nice guy, except when he's abusive. Really, who is anyone kidding?
Lynne Barrows Webboard User Reg: 09-22-2007
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Quote: Mandi Barrett
I know Connie, but I have the same issues. Just watched a cute video of a GS letting a tiny chihawa?? bite and tug at her. This is how my GS is, I tell her to get up, because isn't this encouraging the GR/Malamute to be dominanate over her?
Mandi, what you are not seeing in this video is that the GSD inadvertantly, or maybe on purpose, corrected the puppy for this obnoxious behavior.
At about 30 seconds into the video the puppy yelps and stops biting the GSD. Something happened that we can't see because of the camera angle. Maybe the GSD put a paw on the pup; I'm not sure. You will see that after that the pup's demeanor was quite different.
That GSD was very tolerant, and maybe your older dog is, too. That doesn't mean that she enjoys the rough play, and it doesn't mean that you should not stop it, IMO.
She may tolerate it for awhile, and then it may escalate into a fight that will ruin their chances of living companionably. You need to prevent the pup from harassing the older one so that this does not happen.
One thing you can do is keep a drag line on the pup all the time. When she starts to get too rough you can tell her 'Enough!' and redirect her away from your older dog. It's much easier to do this with a drag line than by grabbing her collar.
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That GSD was very tolerant, and maybe your older dog is, too. That doesn't mean that she enjoys the rough play, and it doesn't mean that you should not stop it, IMO.
She may tolerate it for awhile, and then it may escalate into a fight that will ruin their chances of living companionably. You need to prevent the pup from harassing the older one so that this does not happen.
I agree.
This is not submission at all, just an adult being tolerant of puppy behavior. After a certain point the tolerance will stop. Just because a dog will put up with this from a puppy, does NOT mean it should have to.
This is not the type of interaction that I would ever allow.
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