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The first minor puncture wounds were immediately treated by the vet, this happened while we were away for a few days and they were under the care of our roommate. I chalked this up to a fluke and too rough of play. This is now the second time i have found telltale blood and open skin and I am keeping my fingers crossed we dont have to deal with a secondary bacterial infection again.
Our younger puppy, charlie, hadn't had this issue while his littermate was still under our care because they matched each other in energy and would correct each other which is normal learning of socialization. But now it is only the two of them and billie, our older dog is gentle to the point of flaw.
I can honestly say that we are at our wits end. We love charlie tons but he is very stubborn and while we have conquered a lot of basic training this is something that is becoming very worrying to me.
He is doing wonderful learning bite inhibition on humans, and he is rarely mouthy with us - however, when playing with billie he is extremely rough and her problem is that she tolerates too much from him and rarely ever yelps or really gets angry with him when he crosses a line. The thing is he never shows any kind of outright aggression, they have never had a fight - he just yanks on her neck to roughly and i have caught him the act several times now.
We try to correct the behavior by redirecting the game, or using a stern no, shaking a can of coins, etc. and he does stop his game but eventually he keeps going back at her in this way. This second injury is right next to the original, same spot right on her upper neck - beneath the chin.
I have never dealt with this, I am quite honestly unsure of what can be done, he will soon enough be larger than her (he is quite a big puppy, they are both mutts) and I am worried that once his milkteeth are gone we will be dealing with serious puncture wounds rather than tiny superficial ones.
Has anyone else dealt with this?
Our younger puppy, charlie, hadn't had this issue while his littermate was still under our care because they matched each other in energy and would correct each other which is normal learning of socialization. But now it is only the two of them and billie, our older dog is gentle to the point of flaw.
I can honestly say that we are at our wits end. We love charlie tons but he is very stubborn and while we have conquered a lot of basic training this is something that is becoming very worrying to me.
He is doing wonderful learning bite inhibition on humans, and he is rarely mouthy with us - however, when playing with billie he is extremely rough and her problem is that she tolerates too much from him and rarely ever yelps or really gets angry with him when he crosses a line. The thing is he never shows any kind of outright aggression, they have never had a fight - he just yanks on her neck to roughly and i have caught him the act several times now.
We try to correct the behavior by redirecting the game, or using a stern no, shaking a can of coins, etc. and he does stop his game but eventually he keeps going back at her in this way. This second injury is right next to the original, same spot right on her upper neck - beneath the chin.
I have never dealt with this, I am quite honestly unsure of what can be done, he will soon enough be larger than her (he is quite a big puppy, they are both mutts) and I am worried that once his milkteeth are gone we will be dealing with serious puncture wounds rather than tiny superficial ones.
Has anyone else dealt with this?