 Dog Body Checking Other Dogs
#401752 - 08/11/2016 04:27 PM |
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Hello,
I have a blue Heeler who is almost 2. He is VERY playful and puppy-like still. I put him through pack leadership training last year when I got him. He is a very submissive dog. When he is playing with my boyfriends dog, he body checks the dog. i am not sure if this is aggressive or playful behavior? Is this behavior ok? Last weekend we were at our cabin and he was by the lake and I was at the top of the hill. He ran toward me, which is not unusual. Usually he will stop in front of me or run past me. He kept going, ran between my legs and threw me in the air. This is the first time he has body checked me or anyone else. I am not sure if it was because he was feeling very playful or being dominant. Any insight is appreciated! Is it normal and ok for dogs to body check each other when playing?
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#401756 - 08/11/2016 08:17 PM |
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Sam, male GSD, did it a few times when he first arrived here, to the other male, Titan. It was quite a sight. The first time, he knocked Titan butt over tea kettle. The second time, Titan absolutely corrected him.
I didn't like the behavior, so I stopped it before there was a third time. I'm not as spry as I once was, and the thought of one of the mutts barreling in to me at speed is not particularly appealing or welcome. And breaking up a serious set to between two full sized serious GSD males can be a challenge.
As I've noted in past posts, I can bellow with attention getting results, and my favorite bellow is NO! And the mutts are conditioned to stop when I bellow or utter NO.
To answer your question, some dogs do it. And to continue, I don't particularly care if it is playful behavior because it can lead to a confrontation, and that ain't playful.
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#401757 - 08/11/2016 11:28 PM |
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My dogs are a Blue Heeler and an American Bulldog. Both of them are high energy and under 2 years old. Lots of chase and body slam games go on at my house! There's an expectation of NOT barreling into me. When one of them slams into me I growl/yell "NO" and sort of move into them like an adult dog would. Make an impression just like an adult slammed into by a puppy would. My AmBull still occasionally forgets but for the most part they respect my space.
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#401758 - 08/11/2016 11:53 PM |
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I don't allow it.
My GSD Trooper has very little body awareness and he's knocked over patio chairs, picnic tables, ran into the car, fence and the BBQ but he's learned through hard knocks that people are off limits.
Cathy the bully breeds can be quite the body slammers. I think it just may be a part of their makeup.
There have been Pits, a White Bull Terrier and a Presa in my family and all do/did it......or tried.
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#401759 - 08/12/2016 01:37 AM |
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This is another behaviour I am trying to stop with the visiting dog, Boxer/Dane cross, the Boerboel can take it, and has participated with joy, the old Pointers and me, not having it, so a quick 'NO!' is starting to work, she says optimistically 
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#401760 - 08/12/2016 06:51 AM |
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So is the body checking with dogs dominant behavior or playful? It happens when they are running, so how do I stop the behavior if I don't want him to continue?
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#401763 - 08/12/2016 11:48 AM |
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Dogs playing together is fine...but I don't allow it to escalate to far. With very high drive dogs it doesn't't take too much to tip it over into a fight...at least with mine. They are always happy to take it a step farther. So I just do not let it go..it is stopped. They do not have to crazy play.
As far as pushing me around in play or not..accidental or not....just not allowed at all. They need to respect my space.
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#401766 - 08/12/2016 01:13 PM |
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Hello,
I have a blue Heeler who is almost 2. He is VERY playful and puppy-like still. I put him through pack leadership training last year when I got him. He is a very submissive dog. When he is playing with my boyfriends dog, he body checks the dog. i am not sure if this is aggressive or playful behavior? Is this behavior ok? Last weekend we were at our cabin and he was by the lake and I was at the top of the hill. He ran toward me, which is not unusual. Usually he will stop in front of me or run past me. He kept going, ran between my legs and threw me in the air. This is the first time he has body checked me or anyone else. I am not sure if it was because he was feeling very playful or being dominant. Any insight is appreciated! Is it normal and ok for dogs to body check each other when playing?
Happy-go-Lucky rough-housing dogs can wrestle & body-slam & "play kill" each other all day long without it ever ramping up into an actual FIGHT -- But if one dog is usually on the "losing" end of the bargain & gets BULLIED so that it tries to Avoid & Hide from the other dog or seriously WARNS the other one OFF by displaying Fear-Aggression then you will know the difference & must not allow it ... Or if the dogs have "hair-trigger" brawling thresholds & easily "take offense" at Disrespectful K9 Behavior, then you must either Micro-Manage their romping around loose with each other OR not let them exercise together at all.
My two Dobermans are both rescues who have been living with each other for almost 18 months & are not technically Dog-Aggressive, but early-on they did have TWO Very BRIEF blood-drawing arguments because I had relaxed my diligence Too Soon while integrating the male into home life with the female -- I continued being determined that they should LEARN to exercise with each in the yard, but until quite recently they could still change from "playing nicely" to Raising Hackles & Showing Teeth in the blink of an eye ... However, within the past few weeks, they have finally Developed enough mutual Trust that they can now rough-house together outdoors WITHOUT becoming reactive occasionally & requiring ME to call a Time-Out to prevent an argument from erupting between them.
Both of mine are Equally Assertive with each other, so neither one is the "under-dog" ... My male is much more Handler-Submissive and would never get Rough with Me, but my female would probably treat me like a "push-over" if I ever allowed it, so I always have to stay on top of being the Pack Leader with her -- I'm used to that role from owning an AKITA for 10 years, who would have tried to Rule the Roost with a less assertive owner 
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#401788 - 08/14/2016 07:14 AM |
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Thank you Candi, that was very helpful!
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#401790 - 08/14/2016 11:39 PM |
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For yrs I lived with 2-3 occasionally 4 terriers at a time.
Often all were intact male and female both.
They all ran loose at the same time and never had a serious fight among them.
When kids teased the dogs at the back fence the JRT male would occasionally redirect on the Border male occasionally but the Border could care less for the most part.
No more then mouthing and growling.
A "QUIT" yelled by myself or the wife stopped it.
My Norwich Grizzly ruled the house, even over my daughter's Rott but as he became blind and deaf in his old age the JRT had to be watched but the Rott still honored Griz.
It's not to uncommon for a dog to take advantage of another in the house that was "loosing it" with age.
Also the JRT wasn't as sound temperamentally as a good JRT should be. Fact is he was nucking futs.
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