Puppy Play

[Bowie 51]

Its important to get a good bond going but young dogs will test the boundaries and need to know who's the boss. So how often do you play (or playfight) with your pups. Are there any rules/guidance around this activity such as not letting them win in games of tug and war? What sort of activities other than the usual fetch, sit, training do you do. Will you give em a good old bit of rough and tumble at home for a bit messing about on the floor type stuff (oi before you start no not that sort lol)

 

How do you go about this in your experience.

Thanks

Edited January 23, 2023 by Bowie
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[bird 9,587]

18 minutes ago, Bowie said:

Its important to get a good bond going but young dogs will test the boundaries and need to know who's the boss. So how often do you play (or playfight) with your pups. Are there any rules/guidance around this activity such as not letting them win in games of tug and war? What sort of activities other than the usual fetch, sit, training do you do. Will you give em a good old bit of rough and tumble at home for a bit messing about on the floor type stuff (oi before you start no not that sort lol)

 

How do you go about this in your experience.

Thanks

None, just being around them, and give them nice easy attention that all they need. Most my colliexs, liked to play with a ball, my. Bullxs weren't that bothered, most lurchers, sighthounds, have nice calm temps anyway, not like you playing with full on apbt lol, even if they got some in them,  it be watered-down with greyhound in them.! 

[Bowie 51]

14 minutes ago, bird said:

None, just being around them, and give them nice easy attention that all they need. Most my colliexs, liked to play with a ball, my. Bullxs weren't that bothered, most lurchers, sighthounds, have nice calm temps anyway, not like you playing with full on apbt lol, even if they got some in them,  it be watered-down with greyhound in them.! 

Thats what i do. Ive had running dogs for 15 years . I have one now though who had a few issues when he came to me- the last owners couldnt cope with him. I think they were a bit soft with him and he has the temperament of wanting to dominate. He gets a bit carried away with the old playfighting and can get a bit bitey through excitement.. Though he also has a habit of trying to get round the back of ya as well. Only 13 month came to me at 8 months and was quite a destructive fella with furniture...Deer/Grey 29 tts.

 

Ive only ever had 3 month old pups and theyre easier to mould than having to undoe whatever they previous people have done.. It just made me wonder if there were any hard and fast rules regarding this.

[Bowie 51]

ps @bird.. i was on here before but not signed in for a couple of years and my old login dont work anymore so new account.

[stop.end 4,079]

53 minutes ago, Bowie said:

ps @bird.. i was on here before but not signed in for a couple of years and my old login dont work anymore so new account.

Hi greb.

[Bowie 51]

Dunno who greb is but my screename was Staggerz

[moonlighter 1,160]

Greb, when you say, you’ve kept lurchers for 15 years…. My old lurcher lived to 15, so could literally have had one lurcher

[Bowie 51]

Who's this greb fella?

Ask a straightforward question and get accused of being (i presume) a banned returning member.

Yep my old deerhound passed away in May this year aged 13 and I ended up with another semi rescue deer/grey a week later bred by the same breeder as my old dog , also have a pair of whippets.. I had a couple of other dogs when i was a kid /young man so just added a couple of years on for them as they were my dads really . I'm no expert by any means but not a complete newbie.

I know a few of the DRWLC fellas and like going to their race meetings up in the Peak District. Do i need to post my pics up or what?

I'm not "greb" whoever they are. LOL

[Bowie 51]

[moonlighter 1,160]

Nice dogs… if your not Gred, then I apologise.. 

[Bowie 51]

4 minutes ago, moonlighter said:

Nice dogs… if your not Gred, then I apologise.. 

No worries. As i say i used to post on here years ago - not much tho. I guessed they got rid of a load of inactive accounts at some point as my old login wouldn't work... unless ive got the password wrong. I tried a few different ones but in the end just made up a new account.

Who was Greb and what did he do? Im intrigued now lol

[Daniel cain 42,803]

7 minutes ago, Bowie said:

No worries. As i say i used to post on here years ago - not much tho. I guessed they got rid of a load of inactive accounts at some point as my old login wouldn't work... unless ive got the password wrong. I tried a few different ones but in the end just made up a new account.

Who was Greb and what did he do? Im intrigued now lol

he didn't do f**k all...that was the problem.....but rub everyone up the wrong way

[foxdropper 17,092]

Almost singlehandedly ruined the big cat thread too.

[Bowie 51]

Forums eh?

Im just here to read about dogs and pick up a bit of knowledge. I'm out 3 hours a day (3 x 1 hr walks) . This young dog (and ive only ever had bitches) just has so much energy and was really destructive when i got him - him destroying the young couples £1500 sofa was the last straw and how i ended up with him. I found that he just needed knackering out and he calmed down a lot. 

I got him in May but in October had a bit of a health issue.. i got a problem with my leg- turns out i have PAD (peripheral artery disease) which is a blocked artery that makes walking bloody murder...but with nobody to help me i just have to grin and bare it.

I'm waiting for a date for an operation now but still doing the same 3 hours a day as he starts letting me know about it if i dont..

i dont have much of a garden to just let him out on and he refuses to poo out there. He starts howling and then starts biting the furniture and reverting back to being destructive .. im on morphine and that helps with the pain a lot.

I got one of those cheapo lamps off ebay for about £30 and have just started taking him out with that.. There just doesnt seem too much about where i am on a night.

I'm lucky If i see 1 or 2 rabbits in an hour, he's had a few runs and he's proper up for it...Cos my leg how it is and me hobbling im letting him run free tho so he's getting a bit too used to just running round free range and so its hit and miss if he sees whatever i manage to beam up. Though ive managed to have him on slip and he's seen a couple of rabbits and belted off after them...  Ive no permission so im limited to public paths through fields... Its not like i can run away from any gamekeepers if i accidentally <cough> strayed somewhere im not meant to be. Plus im nearly 50 and not as fit as i once was.

Most places are a bit hilly but i found somewhere that looks alright which is a bit flatter that im going to have a shine round later but i can only do an hour tops.. and i have to keep stopping a lot cos the pain... i picked Bowie cos ive got different coloured eyes like old David.. but The Crippled Poacher might've been a better screename.

Anyway's thats me.. its good to be here

[Flacko 1,732]

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