Although Wendell is unaware that other dogs are bigger than he is, luckily the bigger dogs understand the size difference. I love it when our 25 lb JRT mix plays with 5 lb Wendell by lying down on the ground - he seems to be trying to get down to Wendell's level. He plays totally differently with dogs who are smaller than he is than he does with bigger dogs. The 105 lb Bernese Mountain Dog down the street does the same thing.
The only problems we've had were with Boxers. Both of them that we've encountered play by using their big paws alot, and ended up almost "squashing" our little dog. The first time it happened I thought it was just an isolated behavior, but since the second Boxer did the same thing some weeks later, I have kept our dog away from that breed. I love them, but they just play too rough for our little guy. |