New dog problems...help!
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We've been trying to do two walks a day. Once in the morning and once at night. He slept quietly in his crate at the foot of the bed last night
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Nope! Just puppy-play. Dogs are pretty tough, and it's how they interact. Joey will let Cooper know if/when a bite or tug is too hard - usually with a little "ouch, that hurt" yip, or a short "knock it off" warning growl. Sometimes punctuates with a warning snap- depending on who instigated the play, and who is dominant. Our one Frenchy is like that - plays a little rough. Our other Frenchy lets her know when it is too rough, and to tone it down. What's funny is when our rough one really gets on the other's nerves, they stand up on their hind legs, chest to chest, nose to nose, and yell at each other until the "I'm tired of your attitude" message is received and she backs down. We call it there "ewok" fights.
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That is good to hear. What about toys? Cooper has a lot of toys so we bought a bunch for Joey so that he would have his own, but they don't seem to share well. Joey shows no interest in toys until Cooper grabs one, the he wants it. And he will just watch COoper chew on it and keep inching closer. When Cooper drops it, Joey grabs and and Cooper growls a little while he watches Joey play with it. Is that something we need to correct?
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Just a little "sibling" rivalry. They are just getting their pecking order in place - something they will do on their own. Would not intervene unless it turns into fight-night over a toy. Our two 2-year old Frenchies are the same way. We can even give each of them an identical nylabone to chew on, and one will wait unitl the other isn't looking and steal her bone away for herself, leaving the identical bone she just had behind. They are like little kids sometimes - only want to play with what the other has
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UPDATE AGAIN!!:
Well after a few weeks, we were worried that the boys were not getting along and we were still not sure what to do. My wife met a nice woman at a puppy social hour who had a weiner dog and out of the blue she said that if we didn't want Joey that she would love to have him. It was odd because my wife had not even mentioned that we were having trouble. We thought about it and gave her a call and went to meet her and her husband. They were great people and Joey seemed to like them so we agreed to give him to them. We figured he would have a great life because the wife would be home all day and it was a calmer house. Well a week went by and we were supposed to take him to their house and we kept delaying it. On the way there I decided that we did not have a good reason to give him away and that we were too attached. We kept driving in circles talking about what we were going to do....after two hours of driving in circles we decided we HAD to keep him. I called the couple and they were disappointed but understood the situation.
So now we could not be happier and Joey is our's forever. They boys get along great now and love to play with each other. Joey is much mellower than Cooper but they really balance each other out. Here are some pictures!
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Well after a few weeks, we were worried that the boys were not getting along and we were still not sure what to do. My wife met a nice woman at a puppy social hour who had a weiner dog and out of the blue she said that if we didn't want Joey that she would love to have him. It was odd because my wife had not even mentioned that we were having trouble. We thought about it and gave her a call and went to meet her and her husband. They were great people and Joey seemed to like them so we agreed to give him to them. We figured he would have a great life because the wife would be home all day and it was a calmer house. Well a week went by and we were supposed to take him to their house and we kept delaying it. On the way there I decided that we did not have a good reason to give him away and that we were too attached. We kept driving in circles talking about what we were going to do....after two hours of driving in circles we decided we HAD to keep him. I called the couple and they were disappointed but understood the situation.
So now we could not be happier and Joey is our's forever. They boys get along great now and love to play with each other. Joey is much mellower than Cooper but they really balance each other out. Here are some pictures!
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