Ihave a 8 month old bitch who we have had since 8 weeks, 2 months ago we adopted a 16 month old bitch They play fight, no aggression, but I cant get them to stop
Hi. Do they ever get separated for 'down time'? Maybe having one each side of a baby gate for short periods each day Do they have crates? They are both adolescents and full of energy. You could train and reward 'settle'. Every time they are calm around each other reward them and say something like 'calm'. They will get used to this word and after a while you should be able to say it then they do the behaviour. How much do they get walked? Do they always go together?
Hi Katrina, welcome! I can't offer any helpful advice but I am sure there will be some from other members who have experience of more than one dog. Is there one dog that usually starts the play? If so, maybe you could come up with a strategy to pre-empt the play. Maybe have a pattern that they get used to, like: food, separate rest for half an hour, play time or together time for an hour then walk. I don't know really, just thinking out loud
Its part of having two young dogs I`m afraid . Do you walk them a lot ? I haven't ever used a crate but if they are getting too hyper , I would suggest using them for time out . Welcome to the forum by the way
My two are a year old now and still play fight whenever they can. They don't do it in the house as they know that's not okay, but on walks or in the garden they go mad. We used to allow it but now they actually cut eachother and I've just got fed up with it. They ignore me 80% of the time when I tell them "enough" which they used to know!! So if you work it out, let me know
