Have 2, four month old cocker spaniel puppies, males, litter mates. Will start playing...then start fighting, no blood has yet been drawn it just sounds bad ya know showing teeth etc. Should I stop this?
2007-08-07 10:24:56 · 5 answers · asked by duckie1ny 1 in Pets ➔ Dogs
If these were two kids, would you continue to let them fight until one started drawing blood?
How about a little common sense here?
2007-08-07 10:34:39 · answer #1 · answered by Dogjudge 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's just puppy play. All puppies do this. I have two 5 month old pups which I kept from my last litter and they play/fight all the time. Sometimes you'd think they were murdering each other the way they growl and bite but it really is just playing.
They are both probably trying to gain dominance over each other, especially if they are males. One will be the more dominant one so I would just let them sort it out themselves.
A good idea would be to have them neutered when they have matured but do let them have their puppyhood first.
2007-08-07 17:35:08 · answer #2 · answered by Fields of Gold 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Uhhhh... YEAH.. Why would you allow them to fight like that.. You want them to hate one another?? You shouldn't keep 2 male littermates anyhow.. They'll fight more and harder than 2 males of different litters.. Sounds like a good time to rehome one of them because you don't know what the heck you are doing and you are going to ruin them both.
2007-08-07 17:33:48 · answer #3 · answered by DP 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes because my dog and my cousins dogs alwaysfight and it gets badder every time they do it so stop the fighting before one of the puppies gets really hurt.
GOOD LUCK!!!
2007-08-07 17:36:47 · answer #4 · answered by bre 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As long as they are not bringing blood let them have at it.... They are setting their pecking order and many dogs "play" this way!
2007-08-07 17:34:42 · answer #5 · answered by ♥♥The Queen Has Spoken♥♥ 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋