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    Quote Originally Posted by ZoeysMommy View Post
    With the size difference, I wouldn't allow that type of rough play. Its not fair play and a 20 pound dog can get hurt. Control it before it reaches that level of excitement
    It's really hard to control it because the little one is the instigator. He WANTS to play, and I can't just not let them play. I do split them up if they get too rowdy, but for the most part they play okay, just sometimes it turns in to wrestle-mania in our living room. And the collar/neck grabbing is irritating.
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    If you are going to allow them to play like that, then the collars should come of. If you are outside and don't feel comfortable taking the collars off, then the dogs shouldn't wrestle. Collars on while wrestling can be very dangerous. Are the dogs microchipped?

    I agree with the others about stepping in and calming the crazies. You have to pay attention to the dogs and step in before it gets out of control. My guys wrestle all the time. Usually they will go downstairs because they know they aren't allowed to anywhere else, but occasionally they will go at it in the living room and all I have to do is say their name. Try having some treats handy so you can train the behavior (to separate them when you say to). You can either say their name, or better yet, have a cue word/s like "enough" or "settle" or whatever. If things get too out of hand then it's a time out either leash them up and separate them if they won't stay in their corners, or crate them.

    Good luck. I know it is hard, you feel as though you are taking away their fun, but it is for their safety.

    Rough play can get out of control very quickly. Charlie is a great big brother and deals with a lot, he has had scratched, bloody ears, blood on his face, and a scratch above his eye that is still healing, all from Burton. Burton has had no injuries. But they only play that way with one another. I would be very cautious when your pup loses his puppy card and the other dog no longer wants to deal with the rough-housing. Charlie will tell Burton off and Burton will know when to quit. And they are well socialized so they know not to play so hard with others. You just never know, especially with outside dogs - even if you do see them often.
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    I could not agree more with what charliebbarkin posted. Bruce instigates all the bitey face and Sophie is a very happy participant. She does play very rough at times, not really telling him off, she's just a brute. And if she gets the zoomies it's 10 times worse. I've really been working on controlling it before it escalates, I use the cue "enough" and enforce it with a touch on each of them. I also vary how long I will let it go, trying to teach them I say when they play like this, not them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by charliebbarkin View Post
    If you are going to allow them to play like that, then the collars should come of. If you are outside and don't feel comfortable taking the collars off, then the dogs shouldn't wrestle. Collars on while wrestling can be very dangerous. Are the dogs microchipped?

    I agree with the others about stepping in and calming the crazies. You have to pay attention to the dogs and step in before it gets out of control. My guys wrestle all the time. Usually they will go downstairs because they know they aren't allowed to anywhere else, but occasionally they will go at it in the living room and all I have to do is say their name. Try having some treats handy so you can train the behavior (to separate them when you say to). You can either say their name, or better yet, have a cue word/s like "enough" or "settle" or whatever. If things get too out of hand then it's a time out either leash them up and separate them if they won't stay in their corners, or crate them.

    Good luck. I know it is hard, you feel as though you are taking away their fun, but it is for their safety.

    Rough play can get out of control very quickly. Charlie is a great big brother and deals with a lot, he has had scratched, bloody ears, blood on his face, and a scratch above his eye that is still healing, all from Burton. Burton has had no injuries. But they only play that way with one another. I would be very cautious when your pup loses his puppy card and the other dog no longer wants to deal with the rough-housing. Charlie will tell Burton off and Burton will know when to quit. And they are well socialized so they know not to play so hard with others. You just never know, especially with outside dogs - even if you do see them often.
    Both dogs are microchipped, but their collars stay on any time we aren't in the house. They have their city licenses and their name tags which they need incase they wander off. Harbour doesn't go anywhere but Finnegan is a beagle and if he ever gets out he is GONE.

    When we are out at camp I let them play for a little while, but when Harbour has had enough I usually put her on a shorter leash and keep her with me, while Finnegan stays on his tie-out.
    I know Harbour would rather be off sniffing and rolling in the dirt, but I have to keep her on a short leash and that sucks for her.

    I just wish there was a way to stop the neck grabbing without having to be right there. Could I put something gross tasting on Finnegan's neck?
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