Hey all. Haven't posted in a while but had something happen that really startled me and wanted to see if this is a bigger concern or just a tiff.
I have two Bernese mountain dogs. Rocky we got at 8 weeks. He's now turning 7 actually next week. Been a great dog. Super gentle giant. We go anywhere with him around dogs. Not always the best manners with other dogs. Never aggression more so just being right in there face thinking he's a Yorkie and wanting to play. Which is common with most Berners. Every dog who has ever been aggressive with him he normally turns his back and ignores. I've seen it happen at the vets where he doesn't even react to dogs who are losing there minds barking at him.
Few years ago we had a breeder use rocky as a stud. And we took pick of the litter for the deal. That is where Cosmo came in the picture. Cosmo is now 2.5. Also intact. The two of them have been best friends since day one. Cosmo came to us at 8 weeks as well and it was funny watching rocky raise him. As Cosmo got bigger we noticed lots of typical wrestling and playing. Never any teeth shown, or growling etc. Not at feeding time nothing. They sleep in the mudroom I made them a house that has two seperate sides divided by a divider. But if they come out of the house there is a common shared area for them. They literally never spend any day time in there. Just typically around 10pm when I send them to bed. Then all day they are free outside with us on the farm.
Well it's midnight here as at around 11ish I woke up to what sounded like other dogs were in my house having a royal rumble . obviously it was not other dogs it was my two dogs. I quickly came over opened the door which stopped the fight. But from when it woke me up then for me to make sense of the noises then run over there. It was at least a minute or two. And it was loud the entire time. When I came in both dogs looked like it was a blood bath. But after closer inspection it looks like they both had some open skin with blood. But with the long coats it looked like the side of each of their faces were soaked in blood. But it was in fact lots of saliva I guess mixed with some blood as the cuts are quite small. I was able to treat them both and have them sepereated right now.
I am concerned. Was this the younger dog taking over from the older dog? Is one of my dogs maybe stressed about something? I have no idea how to take this. Again neither dog has never ever shown any aggression to people or dogs before. Nevermind each other.
Thanks
I have two Bernese mountain dogs. Rocky we got at 8 weeks. He's now turning 7 actually next week. Been a great dog. Super gentle giant. We go anywhere with him around dogs. Not always the best manners with other dogs. Never aggression more so just being right in there face thinking he's a Yorkie and wanting to play. Which is common with most Berners. Every dog who has ever been aggressive with him he normally turns his back and ignores. I've seen it happen at the vets where he doesn't even react to dogs who are losing there minds barking at him.
Few years ago we had a breeder use rocky as a stud. And we took pick of the litter for the deal. That is where Cosmo came in the picture. Cosmo is now 2.5. Also intact. The two of them have been best friends since day one. Cosmo came to us at 8 weeks as well and it was funny watching rocky raise him. As Cosmo got bigger we noticed lots of typical wrestling and playing. Never any teeth shown, or growling etc. Not at feeding time nothing. They sleep in the mudroom I made them a house that has two seperate sides divided by a divider. But if they come out of the house there is a common shared area for them. They literally never spend any day time in there. Just typically around 10pm when I send them to bed. Then all day they are free outside with us on the farm.
Well it's midnight here as at around 11ish I woke up to what sounded like other dogs were in my house having a royal rumble . obviously it was not other dogs it was my two dogs. I quickly came over opened the door which stopped the fight. But from when it woke me up then for me to make sense of the noises then run over there. It was at least a minute or two. And it was loud the entire time. When I came in both dogs looked like it was a blood bath. But after closer inspection it looks like they both had some open skin with blood. But with the long coats it looked like the side of each of their faces were soaked in blood. But it was in fact lots of saliva I guess mixed with some blood as the cuts are quite small. I was able to treat them both and have them sepereated right now.
I am concerned. Was this the younger dog taking over from the older dog? Is one of my dogs maybe stressed about something? I have no idea how to take this. Again neither dog has never ever shown any aggression to people or dogs before. Nevermind each other.
Thanks