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Originally Posted by Martin128  I havent see dogs actually propely fighting but ours do yelp if we let them carry on. Usally it ends there but somtimes it dosent. My mom is becoming very worried though. She is even thinking of getting rid of one.  |
wow , 2 pups the same age , that does seem like quite a handful. What are they doing excatly that is a cause for concern?
I have a 17month old Yorkie, and a 14week old Shih Tzu puppy. My 2 play fight all the time, and it does sometimes get out of hand, however, it is always the puppy who starts it
Suzi, my yorkie is of corse bigger then Miley, mIley being only 14 weeks old, and such . She is a little fireball, but Suzi loves it too, chases her all over the place, however, when I see that Miley is actually scared, tail down, and panting, I step in !
What you can do is separate the two pups. Place one in a different room , door closed. Give the pup water and food, a pee pad. Time away from each other is a good thing.
If you have a xpen use it, better yet, 2 expens would be great for now . how old are the puppies? When they do grow up , you will have to get them fixed right away. Esp. that they are from the same litter. INbreeding is a very bad thing.
I do not think you will need to have to rehome on of them , if you start to just separate them when they start to become too rough with each other, however remember anther thing, this is how a puppy learns propper social skills from each other, how NOT to bite too hard, and play so rough , is from each other, and how to behave around other dogs is from each other.
I have the excat same problems with my 2 , taking each others toys away, however they work it out on their own. Don't try and invervene all the time. Allow them to work it out . Just be certain you have more then a few toys to go around for the 2 little ones.
They are really funny to watch as they work out their differences. Just like children, they will learn ! Just yesterday I gave my 2 a bully stick , one each. Suzi kept wanting Miley's bully Stick, each time, but Miley would go and get the other bully stick Suzi left behind, (shurgs) I did not get it, Suzi is very possesive of the bully sticks , but miley is just learning about them. Poor Miley , she did get a chance to chew on one, but, Suzi kept grabing em, as much as she could away from Miely. Miely figured it out though, luckily she is not into them as much as Suzi is just yet.
I think if you rehomed one of your pups you would feel real badly at this time .Because you can always put one of them in a different room for a little while until the excitement calms down.
