Huey doesn't get out on play dates so the only other dogs he sees fairly regularly are my parents Cavaliers, both who are larger than breed standard...maybe close to 30 lbs? He plays well with them. Yesterday, we added 2 new dogs into the family mix...cousin brought 2 lab/beagle mixes, about 45 lbs each. Essentially puppies, 9 months old. Boy puppy went into play bow at Huey, Huey snarled. I told him no, be nice. I actually picked him up at one point because I though he was going to snap at the bigger dogs but my dad said put him down, he needs to get used to them. Cousin said "they wont hurt him, they just want to play". I explained tthat my concern was that Huey would hurt THEM, not the other way around. Huey finally settled and played with them a little, but he was pretty wary all day. Bless him, he was a tiny little thing surrounded by much larger dogs as well as 15 people. He was just protecting his personal space! |