Playtime
Funny how they respect the little old man’s space…
A submissive smile is sometimes confused with dog aggression
Tina
First time playing tug and fetch with Tina and she’s doing great.
First time playing tug with Tina and she’s doing great…
Took the pup out for a nice long walk on this beautiful day.
Small clip of some nice dog play. Notice the jaw sparring (mouth wrestling). It’s actually a healthy interaction between two dogs. They learn this from proper socializing during the first 16 weeks of their lives. They learn this for proper play fighting and social skills when they mature.
You can tell this is healthy only by the loose body language and the bouncing around. Also the demeanor shifting switching roles.
We should always see demeanor shifting, loose bodies, bouncing and brief pauses in play. If we don’t see this we should micro manage and step in to help with pauses.
Grat to understand body language when dealing with multi dogs.
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How to introduce new dogs in the same house so they can play? We get asked this question quite often I’ve r the years.
First we rule out any aggression towards other dogs. Then if that’s all good we move forward slowly especially if we don’t have a history of each dog. These two dogs I know well and ruled out any aggression towards other dogs.
Therefore, I then look at play styles of each dog. The Yorkie is dainty and a cheerleader type that likes his space and nothing rough. The Pug is definitely a rough and rowdy player and loves it.
Therefore I micro manage each interaction and this helps them until they learn what’s acceptable play.
Ok that’s a summary and lots more goes into having multi dogs and always feel free to ask questions (forums section).
You can notice on day two the Pug ( Tanner) is self handicapping himself so the Yorkie (Kobe) can play more 😊 and not get scared of any tough play. ETC. Tanner goes into a down position and play bows…
What we look for is healthy dog play with all dogs always…
