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bgibbs · 03-24-2015, 06:42 PM

Raider and Addie are 9 weeks old today. As I've mentioned before, Raider is the dominant one and he won't give Addie any peace. He is always biting her, rolling her over, just generally being a pest. It is playful most of the time, but occasionally he gets a little rough and Addie lets out a "Yelp". We try to let them work it out, but when it seems to be getting out of hand, we pick them up. They have been sharing a crate until tonight and we put them in separate crates. So far, they have been quiet.

We want to let them be dogs and we know this is part of it, but we have also heard of litter mates having aggression issues with each other as they get older. We asked the vet about it and he said to not worry about it, that Addie would eventually put Raider in his place.

We just want to be good parents!

03-24-2015, 06:42 PM	#1
bgibbs Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Southlake, TX USA Posts: 75	How much aggressiveness is OK? Raider and Addie are 9 weeks old today. As I've mentioned before, Raider is the dominant one and he won't give Addie any peace. He is always biting her, rolling her over, just generally being a pest. It is playful most of the time, but occasionally he gets a little rough and Addie lets out a "Yelp". We try to let them work it out, but when it seems to be getting out of hand, we pick them up. They have been sharing a crate until tonight and we put them in separate crates. So far, they have been quiet. We want to let them be dogs and we know this is part of it, but we have also heard of litter mates having aggression issues with each other as they get older. We asked the vet about it and he said to not worry about it, that Addie would eventually put Raider in his place. We just want to be good parents!