 What type of play is appropriate?
Hey guys and gals!
As many of you know, we recently added a 9 month old pup to our household. I don't have much experience with owning multiple dogs (that interacted with each other anyway) and I'm not sure what is considered appropriate play. Teddy and Toki do a lot of rolling over and getting on their back legs to box. Or they'll run alongside each other and press against each other. I think this is okay? What concerns me the most is that I see a lot of teeth between the two of them. They mouth on each others shoulders and necks (they aren't actually biting each other or growling) and a lot of times they bite (again not actual biting, just mouthing) each other in the mouth. I can hear them smacking their teeth together when they do this. Neither dog seems distressed and they're not really making any noises (like snarling or growling) but it's kind of weird (?) to watch. I'm not really sure if they are playing or going through the process of establishing dominance or whatever. Is this normal play behavior?
How do your dogs play? Is this behavior something I should be stopping or redirecting?
Thanks for any help |