Took sonny to the beach today and he grabbed a spanial by his tail and wouldnt let go until I prised his teeth apart. He drew blood on the other dog. Feel shocked and disappointed with him as he hasnt done this before. He does get a bit rough with smaller dogs and have notice problems with spaniels before. Two spaniels chased him when he first went for a walk. He also grab an ear last week but the spaniel bit him back. He also tries to grab yorkies around the neck. Dont want to muzzle him or keep him on the lead but cant see any other choice at the moment.
Re: biting other dogs Oh gosh ,I'm can imagine how you felt. Dexter is our first dog and when he was younger I spent a lot of time watching YouTube of dogs at play ....not having the experience I felt like my gauge of how rough is enough wasn't right.This was confused by people I'd meet who would say,'they are fine they are only playing ' or other people who would gasp when I thought it was ok .I felt like I was forever interrupting play and always getting it wrong.I walked a lot with a friend who had a puppy the same age as Dex who was very rough and not well socialized with any dog except Dexter,as they grew up this dog got bigger and stronger than Dex and I regret deeply that I'd didn't stop these interactions sooner as eventually Dexter was bitten on the neck and I also felt like I'd let him practice a lot of bad habits with this dog....( hindsight,a wonderful thing ) as Dexter would nip,round the back of the neck when he got too excited in play and I was scared he would do another dog what had been done to him. Nipping ,bitey face ,rolling ,chasing and quite fierce noises are all part of play as long as the dogs are evenly matched and take it in turns.....Dexter can get to what I consider too rough when he is over excited and now that I know him so well I can literally see the gear change and his energy crank up so I interrupt him before he gets to this point as he could roll a dog quite strongly and he will try and grab round the neck .....but even so at this point I will be told by people I'm with ' he's fine,they are just playing ' they are but It's not an even match at that point and I don't want anyone getting hurt so I interrupt them.I police Dexter massively around little dogs,but to be honest he adapts his play well,one of his best pals is a tiny JRT and he just let's her run around his legs . This might not help you too much as it's not the same as your situation but I couldn't pass by your post without offering something as I know you will be feeling low about this.... Was Sonny and the spaniel having a full on play when the tail was grabbed...if so it could just be over excitement and lack of self control in a young dog? If so I'd suggest really careful,observation of the play getting too strong and get Sonny's attention on you with a really great treat or toy to interrupt his energy.f it was fear from his previous negative experience,I'm not sure how to advise you,I'm sure others will be along that can though. Best wishes Angela
Re: biting other dogs Oh dear, that must be worrying for you. Looking back at your posts, Sonny is about 7 months now? He is still very young, and probably still working out how to appropriately play with other dogs. Can you look up some older puppy/teenage socialisation classes? This might help you with Sonny learning to play appropriately with other dogs. Also it will help you to know how interactions are going, and to step in if they might be heading in the wrong direction. Perhaps the play between Sonny and the Spaniel wasn't ok for him, and he was put in a situation where he got a bit aggressive or something like that. It might be the case that Sonny isn't happy around Spaniels and Yorkies, in which case you can try to deal with this by either making sure he has lots of pleasant interactions, or avoiding them (not all dogs want to interact with a lot of other dogs).
Re: biting other dogs yep he is coming upto 7 months and he was really good on the rest of the holiday even on the beaches. He was playing with a little scotty this morning who was bossing him about. https://scontent-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/h...=5c6867b6d162d0b0d1b26d3f5e5fe101&oe=55B42704
