Cami
Boxer Insane
Cami is just over 10 months old. She lovessss all dogs but our problem is her normal boxer play which other dogs seem to take offense to.
She was socialized with many dogs, including family members, neighbors, and friends dogs every since we brought her home at 9 weeks old. She has been in 2 different classes, puppy kindergarden and a slightly more advanced puppy class.
The dogs all think that she is trying to attack them or is being aggressive with them. They all fall over on their backs and she of course sees this as a sign of submission and immediately preceeds to jump on top of them and trampling all over them with her big feet. All the while she is just play growling and kidney beaning and wiggling the nubby!
She has not shown any forms of aggression to any dog. She only wants to play. So my question is....and I will use an actual situation as an example;
My in-laws have a very big/solid unneutered male Boston terrier. He has been known to bite humans on occasion, but for the most part is a good dog. When Cami was smaller (now 52lbs), they would chase each other in the yard and have a great time. Now, this boston seems a little intimidated by Cami. He just tries desperately to get away from her and we end up seperating them A) because we don't want Cami to hurt him and B) we don't want him to turn on her and hurt her.
Are we making a mistake by seperating them? Should we just allow them to learn how to play with each other? I feel bad taking her over to the inlaws, I feel like they have to make a consession for Cami by putting their dog alone in a room until we leave. Also, they are our Cami-sitters, when we have to leave her for a day. She ends up staying in a kitchen, with an eye on her at all times but no doggie to play with that she knows is in another room.
Can an overly exhuberant Cami turn a "normal" dog into a biter? Or, is this all just normal dog behaviour and they should be left alone to figure it out? With supervision of course.
She has been bitten by two different dogs....one Boston, male....my inlaws during play when she was younger, nothing serious and by a female Corgi who was out for blood, again, we jumped in immediately and nothing serious. Actually on both occasions when she was bitten, she didn't even seem to notice and wanted to continue on playing.
Any advice? I want my dog to be able to make and keep "friends".
Susi & Cami
She was socialized with many dogs, including family members, neighbors, and friends dogs every since we brought her home at 9 weeks old. She has been in 2 different classes, puppy kindergarden and a slightly more advanced puppy class.
The dogs all think that she is trying to attack them or is being aggressive with them. They all fall over on their backs and she of course sees this as a sign of submission and immediately preceeds to jump on top of them and trampling all over them with her big feet. All the while she is just play growling and kidney beaning and wiggling the nubby!
She has not shown any forms of aggression to any dog. She only wants to play. So my question is....and I will use an actual situation as an example;
My in-laws have a very big/solid unneutered male Boston terrier. He has been known to bite humans on occasion, but for the most part is a good dog. When Cami was smaller (now 52lbs), they would chase each other in the yard and have a great time. Now, this boston seems a little intimidated by Cami. He just tries desperately to get away from her and we end up seperating them A) because we don't want Cami to hurt him and B) we don't want him to turn on her and hurt her.
Are we making a mistake by seperating them? Should we just allow them to learn how to play with each other? I feel bad taking her over to the inlaws, I feel like they have to make a consession for Cami by putting their dog alone in a room until we leave. Also, they are our Cami-sitters, when we have to leave her for a day. She ends up staying in a kitchen, with an eye on her at all times but no doggie to play with that she knows is in another room.
Can an overly exhuberant Cami turn a "normal" dog into a biter? Or, is this all just normal dog behaviour and they should be left alone to figure it out? With supervision of course.
She has been bitten by two different dogs....one Boston, male....my inlaws during play when she was younger, nothing serious and by a female Corgi who was out for blood, again, we jumped in immediately and nothing serious. Actually on both occasions when she was bitten, she didn't even seem to notice and wanted to continue on playing.
Any advice? I want my dog to be able to make and keep "friends".
Susi & Cami