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Originally Posted by Ringo1  I'm not saying big dogs and little dogs shouldn't play.
The whole 'predator drift' thing scared me because the whole article was about dogs that had gotten along all their lives and suddenly, for no reason, the big dog attacked the little one. Maybe it was because the little one was wriggling around and a light bulb went off in the larger dogs head - like hey! that looks like a rat! And I'm supposed to kill rats!
No one really knows why this can happen with dogs that have lived together peacefully for years. There was no conclusion in the article about why. I wish I could find it.
It scared me because there is a ten lb size difference in my two dogs.
I don't mean to scare anyone else! But something we all should be aware of ~ it had nothing to do with training. Just a fluke. |
Scared makes us think and be safe.
We run a 87 pound difference and a 80 pound difference and a 70 pound difference and a 30 pound difference and yes we have anywhere from 3 to five dogs here and pups depending on our shows and litters.
I have one dog that I watch like a hawk as he sometimes forgets himself but I never let anyone out alone at play. I with them and if I am not with them only big go with big and little with little. Except the sister that are one bog and one small.
I'd like to see the dogs that attacked the others I am thinking that other things where going on medically or that they may only have been co existing and not liking each other.
JL