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Originally Posted by DBlain  I thought of this thread this morning, Lola was laying next to her toy, I went to pick it up to toss it to her. She did not intend to bite me, she just went to grab it and my finger got in the way. I can't believe how deep her tooth went in and how much blood it drew. I actually had chills from it. Lola is 5.25 lbs but when playing or thinking about playing she gets very worked up and mouthy. Had she been a bigger dog I might be at the doctor right now. I know many of you mix dog sizes but like the link Nancy posted proves, without constant supervision the combo of a larger dog with a much smaller dog is an accident waiting to happen.
Play biting can be just as bad as biting on purpose. I was playing tug of war with my friends large dog one evening. I pulled the toy hard towards me and the dog lurched to get it and wound up biting into my lower arm. I was wearing a very heavy sweater but I felt the pain and then later when I got home saw that the dog's teeth marks were in my arm and in two places had broken the skin. I had a doctor friend with a pair of dobby sisters, he used to laugh about how he would have to stich up an ear or a leg from their "playing" So don't be fooled, when it's not a level playing field things could go wrong. |
Donna, if you have ever had a large dog, you would know that you should only play tug with them under certain rules....and never put yourself in a competition with a dog in a win/lose situation...you should always be the most alpha...
my point is big dogs and little dogs are the same in all ways...the only difference is how
we view them and train/tolerate from them...Lola bit you by accident because you allow her, because of her small stature, cutsie cutsie self to be powerful...we Yorkie owners are all guilty of that...if it were a big dog you would know better than to allow them to become like Lola??? The problem is that many big dog owners don't know the rules and are uneducated in owning big dogs...like your friends, they should have known better than to allow you to engage in tug with their dog...I certainly wouldn't have allowed anyone to play tug with my large dogs, not my labs, not my pit, not any of them...
Here is a video of which I've not seen but am sure it is based on what I already know of how to raise big dogs.
Tug of War with Your Dog | Cesar Millan