He is beautiful, sweet and very intelligent. On to the problem.
I also have a chocolate lab, a teacup poodle/yorky mix and a small cat. My beautiful pitbull puppy plays by biting. I'm not so worried about my lab, but the little poodle/yorky mix, Whitey, is barely 5#'s and has the tiniest neck. The puppy is already three times his size and tries to pull him around by his tail and takes his neck in his mouth.
We are working to stop the "biting as play" behavior, but I'm worried. We are having some success, but a single backslide on the puppy's part could snap Whitey's neck. And to make it worse, Whitey is all testosterone, 5 pound alpha male! When the pitbull pisses him off, Whitey is all over him - and the puppy backs off. For now.
We got the puppy when he was 4 weeks old, so they have been together all this time.
Should we worry? and are there any techniques out there someone could recommend to insure that all our babies are safe together?
2006-08-08
05:29:53
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riodance50
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