How do I keep my lab puppy from bullying my great dane puppy?

Whenever they are together he contiuously bites her using his teeth, she bites back but NOT using her teeth!


My lab puppy is 4 months old and my great dane is 7 months old!

How do I keep my lab puppy from bullying my great dane puppy?
They will work this out and this is how dogs play...





Sit back and enjoy it... won't last forever = but the memories will





Have Fun Kiddo


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Reply:Do they draw blood? They might just be playing! Labs aren't naturally aggressive. My two dogs play bite using their teeth but they never heard eachother or draw blood...
Reply:First, labs are bred to have 'soft mouths'. In retrieving, if they didn't, whatever was brought back would be kinda hard to recognize......My lab mix got attacked by a dog once, and even though she was in horrific pain, she never did damage to the other dog that was mauling her..She bit back, yes, but it was always with 'soft mouth'....


Also, one of the best ways for puppies to learn 'bite inhibition' is in play or play fighting with their litter mates. If, in your 'gut', you think it IS only 'rough-housing', let them be. Better they take out their boundless puppy energy on each other rather than your fingers or favorite shoe!


Trust your instincts, you will know when it becomes more than rough-housing...or if you are not sure, just ask. Lots of dog people here!!!


(Don't forget to read up on the stages of teething, just when you think it's over, another teething stage begins........and so it goes....)Woof.





Oh, and get them neutered..else a new breed is born-the 'Daneador'!!
Reply:Trust me, the Great Dane can handle it! The larger dog will let the puppy know when it has pushed too far.


They will work it out on their own.
Reply:That is the same thing that used to happen with my 2 bull terriers. The female would also bully the male by attacking his legs and drawing blood. I am a firm believer in time out. When he bites her leg, give him a firm "no" and but him in the crate for about 5-7 mins. This is how I have trained all my dogs, my breeder told me about this trick.
Reply:As long as nobody is getting hurt, leave them alone. They're trying to figure out who's in charge of the pack. Of course you need to make sure #1 is YOU, they can battle it out for #2.





If you interfere when they're not hurting each other, you'll prolong the process and could get one of them hurt (ie- you tell pup #1 to stop picking on pup #2, pup #2 thinks she's hot stuff now and starts picking on pup #1 as payback. Pup #1 decides enough is enough and really hurts pup #2).



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