Boxer too rough with other dog

[Linus' Mom]

Cruiser is now 6 months old. He is a typical happy Boxer with an abundance of energy. We also hvae a 6 year old Lhasa/Shih-tzu named Franklin.

Cruiser CONSTANTLY wants to play with Franklin. His playing is getting rougher and rougher with each passing day. He does not mean to be so rough... but he is 50+lbs and all legs..... Franklin is 19 lbs. Poor Franklin is spending most of his time hiding behind or underneath furniture. Cruiser is just relentless. Occasionally Franklin has gotten real mad and put Cruiser in his place.... but Cruiser just keeps coming back for more. It is clear that Cruiser loves Franklin ( follows the poor guy everywhere) and you can tell that he is just playing. There is no aggression on Cruiser's part. Cruiser is crate trained and spends the night and workday in his crate.. so I know that Franklin does get some quiet time

Yelling "stop", "no", "leave him" does not work. We try to distract with a toy and he is uninterested.

Does anyone have any ideas?

 

[Lola's mum]

Have you tried giving Cruiser time out? If he is relentlessly playing with your other dog and your other dog seems bothered how about just putting Cruiser in another room or keeping putting his lead on so you can at least have some control over him?

I have the same sort of problem when my brother comes around with his dog. My 2 do not give him a moments peace and he is so passive he just lets them but looks really uncomfortable about it and tries anything to get away from them. When they won't stop jumping all over him I put their leads on and tie them to a chair and make them sit and stay until they've calmed down.

Hope this helps.

 

[duke's nana]

Wish I had some advice. I have the same situation as you. Posted your same story about 2-3 weeks ago. Duke is 6 months and Trooper (Peek-a-poo - 20 pounds). They go at it the same way. I have tried time outs but after about 15=-20 minutes they are back at it again. Some evenings I am at my wit's end. Too bad you aren't close =- we could put the boxers and other dogs together so they could have someone their own size to play with. I have also tried putting pennies in a can and shaking it behind my back; however, he will stop but not for but about 1 minute and then back again. Duke can sit and lay on command except when he is playing with Trooper and then you wouldn't even think he knew anything because he sure won't do any of those when I try to get him to in order to stop him.

 

[Linus' Mom]

LOL - If we did live closer it would be ideal! I will not mention this post as my DH is a HUGE tarheels fan ( all around sports fan) he would likely convince me to move to the US for Cruisers sake!!!!

My poor Franklin - he does want to play with Cruiser and he can hold his own but the problem is that Franklin wants to play for a few minutes then he has had enough. Cruiser would play for hours on end and he gets rougher and rougher as time goes on. I am hoping that as Cruiser matures he will calm down a bit. Cruiser is our second Boxer so I know that it will take time.... We are going to be doing obedience with him after Christmas so maybe that will help. He sounds like Duke though.. he knows the "sit" command but I am wasting my breath and time when he wants to play.

Most of the time I want to ring Cruisers neck.... but I would not trade him for the world. I melt when he looks at me with those big round eyes!

 

[saint_agha]

*good Dog*

Hi Ya'll... I have 10 month old boxer, his name is Ace. I was just told by my friend to watch a show called "GOOD DOG" it's in "Life Network".. don't know if ya'll get it or not in the states. But here (CANADA) we sure do. It's a good show to watch.. I usally tape it.

Give it a shot!