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02-27-2011, 04:50 PM | #1 |
Snick&Viv= BFF Donating Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Michigan
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| Are Snickers & Reesie ready to be left home alone together??? Hey everyone!!!! So Reesie (our 17.5 week old Biewer) has been home for about 6-7 weeks and things with Snick (2.5 yr old 1st yorkie) are progressing well. They are typical brothers, a mixture of playing, chasing, spatting, competing etc. They still once a day get into it where it sounds scary but many have told me this never goes away. They play well together, esp tug of war together. THEY ARE NOT CUDDLING or SLEEPING together yet. Snick does try to hump Reesie every now and then. Are they ready to stay home alone together while we are at work???? We would block off the hallway or space and they would stay in there with all their things. Toys, pads in case they can't hold it (both are outside trained-ing), beds etc. Right now they are in separate pens. Thanks a million friends!!!! Smiles- Vivian
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02-27-2011, 05:01 PM | #2 |
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| If you do leave them home I wouldn't let them be together. Sounds like they haven't completely bonded to each other yet.
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02-27-2011, 05:17 PM | #3 |
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| Have you tried leaving them alone together for just a few minutes? That's how we started ~ just a little bit at a time. There was a good bit of size difference though - so we probably took more time than most. If you have ANY doubts; then I wouldn't trust them yet. They have a lifetime to be alone together ~ why rush it.
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02-27-2011, 05:24 PM | #4 | |
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Thanks!!!! -Viv
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02-27-2011, 05:26 PM | #5 |
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| No, I would not leave them together alone. Whoever told you that the once a day getting into it and sounding scary may never go away was not accurate IMO. That behavior will diminish to occasional scrapping between them once Reesie has learned the appropriate canine manners. My three have an argument maybe once in a while like any family member annoying another would. Your boys need time, and this process can take months. Stop trying to rush the love between them, it is Snick's choice when he will want to butter up to Reesie. I know it is not what you want to hear, but trust me in the end all will be well between them. Personally, I'd allow them to sleep together, but I'd make sure it was in my room. I'd put them in the same pen to sleep but again I'd make sure it was when I was there. Teddy slept with the others, it was the only time he didnt act like a little annoying piranha with his jaws snapping in Barney's face. It helped them to bond, without stress. Perhaps your boys need more time together. By now, Snick realizes that the little intruder is not going away, and he will soon accept him fully......He already has done so (tug of war, playing, etc)..... Good luck!
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02-27-2011, 05:35 PM | #6 | |
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Thanks- Viv
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02-27-2011, 05:55 PM | #7 |
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| Seems like we need more time and bonding. Makes perfect sense!!! Please let me know your experiences if you would be so kind to share!!! I'm thrilled with their progress so far and excited to see them bond further as time goes on. Hugs- Vivian
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02-27-2011, 06:28 PM | #8 |
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| I wouldn't leave them out together yet. I brought Calvin home last May, and I still put him and Chase in their seperate pens when we are gone. I would worry too much about a fight if they were together. |
02-27-2011, 06:36 PM | #9 |
LoveMy2 Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: East Tennessee
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| Glad things are progressing Viv. I would wait a bit longer before I left them together while I was gone. It took several months before I left Maddie and her sis together completely free and unsupervised (and this was just while I was in and out of the house) Now, a year and a half later, I don't worry about them being together alone. I gave myself plenty time to see how they interacted with eachother Good luck! |
02-27-2011, 06:48 PM | #10 |
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| It really sounds like they are progressing Viv!! I agree with the others though... My two don't really ever have scraps, so I disagree with whoever told you it was normal to happen once a day... I think that tells you that they are not 100% there and should be in their separate areas when you leave for extended periods. I'm glad to hear that Snick seems to be accepting his little brother
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02-27-2011, 07:53 PM | #11 |
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| I'm a little confused what you mean by scrapping. Are they playing or actually more like escalating into a fight? Doodlebug is my little instigator and loves to cause a little commotion but it is very rarely become an actual fight. When I say rarely it might happen once every several months that there is any type of issue. They can get very loud while playing~is this what is happening? Or is it an aggressive fight where one ends of being submissive and on their back? I would be very careful if it is the later of these scenarios. If there have been fights while they are together and you are home I would not leave them home alone where they would be confined together. It would concern me that if they did scrap while you were not there to stop it before things got out of hand that you might come home to a injured pup. Also, I would suggest if this is more than play that you look for triggers in their behavior and start to divert they attention prior to it happening.
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02-27-2011, 08:16 PM | #12 |
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| Do you ever need to intervene when they are together? This was the biggest indication to me that my two were ready to stay home together. When I no longer need to step in to tell Armani to be gentle, or tell Chloe to stop being a pest. Once they were getting along fine, sharing toys, sleeping together, playing, etc. without any direction from me, I started leaving them together.
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02-27-2011, 08:37 PM | #13 |
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| my two get into scuffles everyday and sadie will sometimes take it a little too far in play and make Bentley squeel, but they love each other and wouldn't do well seperated. i started out kenneling Bentley and letting Sadie out to roam, then after a few weeks or so they were in love, snuggle buddies and they both were always together with us and just playing and wrestled like normal dogs. so we put them together and have never had a problem. i like you are ready for an hour-three hours at a time for a couple days and if they are both good then you can start going for longer periods together. sounds like typical doggie play to me honestly. it's normal for them to get into scuffles. my two at least a couple times a day get to really wrestling and it becomes a loud crazy scuffle. they aren't trying to kill each other or anything, just really rough playing. sometimes Sadie bites Bentley too hard and he yelps, but she then stops and he walks away and all is fine. good luck. glad it's going well!! |
02-27-2011, 08:42 PM | #14 |
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| I think everyone knows their own dogs, but I don't think I would chance it yet. We have a 3 month old (that's hyper and 'in Gracie's face" - to play - all the time) and it irritates Gracie after a while and she snaps at her...which I don't exactly blame her. Knowing she could hurt her I always separate her and Gracie's 5 month daughter (to keep the 3 month old company) in an x-pen and let Gracie and Carly have the run (of the upstairs) if we all have to be gone and can't take them with us. I think it's better safe than sorry. If you don't have an x-pen, maybe put the little one in the bathroom with a gate across the door and then they can see each other throughout the day and not have access to each other. Just an idea
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02-28-2011, 06:10 AM | #15 |
Snick&Viv= BFF Donating Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Michigan
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| Their interactions are interesting. Usually they play by chasing each other, playing tag, wrestling, gentle mouthing, and some pouncing on one another. They LOVE to chase one another and hide and seek. So cute!! They also LOVE tug of war!! Other times I see Snick is ANNOYED and will sometimes make Reesie squeal out and I put an end to it right away. We are trying to break things up with we see Snick get annoyed, and also trying to get Reesie to be "less annoying" b/c he likes to nip at Snick and that's when the intersting noises come about creating scuffles. I thought for sometime that it was corrections Snick was giving Reesie but as soon as Reesie let out his 1st squeal, I knew Snick was being too mean. Reesie never makes Snick squeal, Reesie just barks and makes oinky noises. They need more time. Thank you SO much for your opinions and experiences. Please let me know if I need to do anything else. No one has ever gotten hurt, thank goodness and Reesie does leave Snick alone SOMETIMES if warned enough by Snickers. If he doesn't leave Snick alone, thats when we hear a squeal from Reesie b/c Snick' had enough nipping. XOX- Viv
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