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SissaYSU · 05-29-2006, 05:06 PM

First off...sorry for all the recent posts!

Second...how many of you have more than one yorkie that either play/fight together?

My question is..how can you tell when it's fighting rather than playing? I can't even decipher it with the different noises they make when playing/fighting! I stand there and tell others to help me get them apart (one hold one i hold the other) and they stand there and go "aw they're just playing, let them be" but I swear...sometimes they look like they're fighting

I like to see them playing. Tyke has had past health problems with arthritis and an injury and to see him playing like this makes me kind of happy cuz he can move (as opposed to a month or so ago when he would walk all hunched over and hide and shake a lot...don't worry he was taken to the vet and on medication now). So to see him playing with Bubba is something I never thought I'd see again. And at times it seems almost good for him because if Bubba weren't here to play with then all he'd do is lay around. It's almost like Bubba keeps him young (I know I sound crazy)

My question is...when is enough enough? As in when can I let them keep up with the playing and when do I step in and break them out? It's so hard to tell sometimes

Sometimes they make noises that sound like they're squealing and I think they're in pain and I break them apart and they look at me and go back at it. Maybe I'm slow...but I honestly can't tell when is an "ow I need to stop" cry or just a cry of them playing.

Thanks

Melissa

05-29-2006, 05:06 PM	#1
SissaYSU Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: ohio Posts: 229	when is it considered playing and when is it considered fighting?????? First off...sorry for all the recent posts! Second...how many of you have more than one yorkie that either play/fight together? My question is..how can you tell when it's fighting rather than playing? I can't even decipher it with the different noises they make when playing/fighting! I stand there and tell others to help me get them apart (one hold one i hold the other) and they stand there and go "aw they're just playing, let them be" but I swear...sometimes they look like they're fighting I like to see them playing. Tyke has had past health problems with arthritis and an injury and to see him playing like this makes me kind of happy cuz he can move (as opposed to a month or so ago when he would walk all hunched over and hide and shake a lot...don't worry he was taken to the vet and on medication now). So to see him playing with Bubba is something I never thought I'd see again. And at times it seems almost good for him because if Bubba weren't here to play with then all he'd do is lay around. It's almost like Bubba keeps him young (I know I sound crazy) My question is...when is enough enough? As in when can I let them keep up with the playing and when do I step in and break them out? It's so hard to tell sometimes Sometimes they make noises that sound like they're squealing and I think they're in pain and I break them apart and they look at me and go back at it. Maybe I'm slow...but I honestly can't tell when is an "ow I need to stop" cry or just a cry of them playing. Thanks Melissa __________________ I'VE BEEN EGGED!!!! Last edited by SissaYSU; 05-29-2006 at 05:10 PM.