Plays too hard with his cousin!
Gus gets totally wild when he's with my sister's dog (Nilla). He just won't leave her alone and always is playing with her, chewing on her ears, and basically pinning her to the ground. Nilla won't just put him in his place like other dogs Gus tries to do that to, and we haven't found a good way to show Gus that it's not okay. It's really a fixation on this one dog... he occasionally runs into other super submissive dogs at the dog park and will occassionally pin them down, but he lets them up and then chases down other dogs. He's not being mean, just very dominant play behavior when he knows the other dog will submit to it. If he plays with a dog that is more dominant than he, he gets the hint really easily. The biggest problem we have is he doesn't act this way often, so it's hard to teach him consistently. Any suggestions? If we could find a collar that beeped at the same frequency as his invisble fence he'd be trained in a day because he knows what that beep means!! |
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| My dog does the same thing with my friends lab, it is so bad i cant even take him over to their house. this is the only dog he is like that with, he just loves to play with her so so much, and he is to rough with her. I get embarrassed |
Would this be puppy Gus who basically considers sheep woolly snacks? Gee, why am I not shocked?  
Color me bad, but when I encounter this and the other dog clearly is NOT enjoying the pesky dog's attention but won't do anything about it, I step in between them and I'm there every step of the way. Any transgression against the pestered dog is a transgression against me. I'm not mean, but I get in the dog's space and I make the pest back down (body blocking can do wonders - something OES understand WELL) I.e. - mess with this dog, you mess with ME, buddy. Pretty soon it becomes unfun so they move on. Some times you can divert them into another game where they're both playing with you instead of him fixating on the Golden. Some times not so much. Some times, once the Pest gets the picture and backs off sufficiently, the other dog will start to play and on some occasions they can actually learn to enjoy playing together. Often they're just mismatched in the play department and the poor abused Golden is probably just praying for the little patoot to either go home or fall off a cliff, whichever comes first. On rare occasions, especially if it is the pestered dog's owner who stands up to the pesterer, their dog may be bolstered by the fact that their owner is obviously standing up for them; sort of gives them permission to stand up to the Pest themself. I wouldn't count on it, but you might see some small move in that direction. Kristine |
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