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I have two dogs: one a 4 1/2 yr. rescued standard size dog (60 lbs.) who was a kennel dog and a small size, 20 lb dog. The smaller 1 1/2 yr. old dog, Doodle, when she wants to play will bark at the larger (Sydney) dog until she plays and the annoying part is that Doodle & Sydney "mouth" each other back and forth and sometimes get so carried away that they have ripped and chewed the slipcover and a blanket I have on my couches. Doodle puts her front paws on Sydney and walks around w/her as she is mouthing her. She will also walk on the couches along w/Sydney mouthing her as she is walking by them. How can I get Doodle to stop this behavior? I have started putting her back in the crate as I did when she was a pup. She, of course, will stop if I she's in her crate or if I "yell" at her to "leave it" but that is just a temporary fix. It's so annoying (to me, more than Sydney). They both get along wonderfully well - they play together, sleep together, eat together. AND, Doodle also starts this behavior when I give Sydney attention. Jealousy, perhaps?
Let me just say both of my dogs are part poodles and I was told poodles are higher strung. I was told that Doodle being 1 1/2 yrs. old and part poodle will grow out of her "puppyish" behavior by 3 yrs. old. I never heard that before but then I've never owned a dog that was part poodle. I also was told by a trainer that if Sydney didn't like it she would let Doodle know in not uncertain terms.
One of my concerns is that Doodle is now mouthing one of my cats (a small 10lb. rescued Persian) and I'm concerned that she may hurt him. My other two cats are 16 and 20 lbs and are almost the same size as Doodle and they ignore her. I'm usually around to stop the behavior w/the cat but sometimes I'm not and my Persian is such a gentle cat I don't want him to become aggressive or shy because of this. Maybe I'm overreacting!?!?
Let me just say both of my dogs are part poodles and I was told poodles are higher strung. I was told that Doodle being 1 1/2 yrs. old and part poodle will grow out of her "puppyish" behavior by 3 yrs. old. I never heard that before but then I've never owned a dog that was part poodle. I also was told by a trainer that if Sydney didn't like it she would let Doodle know in not uncertain terms.
One of my concerns is that Doodle is now mouthing one of my cats (a small 10lb. rescued Persian) and I'm concerned that she may hurt him. My other two cats are 16 and 20 lbs and are almost the same size as Doodle and they ignore her. I'm usually around to stop the behavior w/the cat but sometimes I'm not and my Persian is such a gentle cat I don't want him to become aggressive or shy because of this. Maybe I'm overreacting!?!?