Appropriate play.
Interesting body language.
Three is a crowd so Nala hangs back and doesn’t get involved.
This is what appropriate play looks like. Both dogs taking turns play bowing, no grabbing of collars and knowing how to de-escalate without going over threshold without my help.
An easy trick to give medication. You can use any high value food that you can roll in a meatball. You can also gently cook the beef, let it cool and then add the pill.
Make sure to balance an antibiotic with a probiotic to help protect the gut biome.
Handling exercise
Handling exercises are important to teach cooperation. This puppy will be well over 100 lbs when full grown. Starting as a puppy will help as the dog ages. There are things that you/your Veterinarian will need to do to make sure your dog is healthy and cooperative care is imperative. Getting them used to having their bodies handled is much easier when they are younger and smaller. They may not like, that’s okay. The more you do this the more tolerable they will be over time. They will just learn to accept it because nothing bad happened.
Cody is obsessed with rodents under the shed (genetics). So we went on a hunt together! Find a way to work with them instead of fighting them. Teamwork.
Things you can do with your dog when you have off-leash reliability from training a solid recall! You too can have this!