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CountryYorkies · 06-03-2011, 08:50 AM

Hello. I'm new to YorkieTalk and would appreciate any advice/help offered.

I got two puppies from the same breeder in February. A morkie we named MavRik, and a yorkie we named Kyoti. The woman put them together to play to see if they got along before she sent them. They got along fine and have been together ever since. In fact they've become prit near inseparable.
They're almost 8 months old now, Kyoti being 2 weeks older than MavRik. The problem comes when they start playing together. MavRik got bigger than expected and is now about 3 times bigger than Kyoti. This would be fine, if MavRik didn't get so rough. He starts jumping on Kyoti, pinning him to the floor, and running him over. He even starts biting the back legs of my one other dog, who is bigger than him. When he starts getting too rough, I tell him "No" and put him in a "time out" where I make him sit down until he appears to be calmer. He calms down for awhile but pretty soon he's back to being too rough.
I understand that he's still a puppy and has lots of energy to expend, but I'm afraid that he's going to hurt Kyoti. I also recently got a 4 month old puppy from the same breeder, who is smaller than Kyoti and has an open fontanelle, and I'm very scared that he's going to seriously hurt her. I keep her in a separate area or else I hold on to MavRik while she's out with them.
Should I continue telling him "No" and making him sit until he calms down or is there a better way to get him to be gentler?
Thanks in advance for any help/advice.

06-03-2011, 08:50 AM	#1
CountryYorkies Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 14	rough play- how to stop? Hello. I'm new to YorkieTalk and would appreciate any advice/help offered. I got two puppies from the same breeder in February. A morkie we named MavRik, and a yorkie we named Kyoti. The woman put them together to play to see if they got along before she sent them. They got along fine and have been together ever since. In fact they've become prit near inseparable. They're almost 8 months old now, Kyoti being 2 weeks older than MavRik. The problem comes when they start playing together. MavRik got bigger than expected and is now about 3 times bigger than Kyoti. This would be fine, if MavRik didn't get so rough. He starts jumping on Kyoti, pinning him to the floor, and running him over. He even starts biting the back legs of my one other dog, who is bigger than him. When he starts getting too rough, I tell him "No" and put him in a "time out" where I make him sit down until he appears to be calmer. He calms down for awhile but pretty soon he's back to being too rough. I understand that he's still a puppy and has lots of energy to expend, but I'm afraid that he's going to hurt Kyoti. I also recently got a 4 month old puppy from the same breeder, who is smaller than Kyoti and has an open fontanelle, and I'm very scared that he's going to seriously hurt her. I keep her in a separate area or else I hold on to MavRik while she's out with them. Should I continue telling him "No" and making him sit until he calms down or is there a better way to get him to be gentler? Thanks in advance for any help/advice.