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Wolftrap · 08-16-2005, 02:33 PM

I was playing with coco in the park with one of her toys and we always play like this tug o war together and coco loves it. She even brings the toy I play with her with and puts it in my lap and if I don't touch it she takes my hand and moves it to touch the toy. Well this lady in the park told me that I should never do that with my dog because it makes them aggressive. Is this true? I have been doing this with her since I got her at 8 weeks old she is now 9 months and is not aggressive AT ALL. As a matter of fact once she bit me by mistake my hand was close to her mouth when I was playing with her toy and she got down real low and did like an army crawl to me and licked my hand. I guess her way of saying sorry. But this game has not made her aggressive. Will this eventually happen?

08-16-2005, 02:33 PM	#1
Wolftrap Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: New York Posts: 238	Does Playing Tug O War Make Them Aggressive? I was playing with coco in the park with one of her toys and we always play like this tug o war together and coco loves it. She even brings the toy I play with her with and puts it in my lap and if I don't touch it she takes my hand and moves it to touch the toy. Well this lady in the park told me that I should never do that with my dog because it makes them aggressive. Is this true? I have been doing this with her since I got her at 8 weeks old she is now 9 months and is not aggressive AT ALL. As a matter of fact once she bit me by mistake my hand was close to her mouth when I was playing with her toy and she got down real low and did like an army crawl to me and licked my hand. I guess her way of saying sorry. But this game has not made her aggressive. Will this eventually happen?