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Originally Posted by Lauri & The Gang
I see nothing wrong with what the puppy did.
Right now your puppy sees the 2 yr old as a littermate and is reacting the same way he would if another puppy grabbed hold of his hair and pulled.
THAT is why puppies need to stay with their littermates AND Mom until at least 7-8 weeks of age. That is the time they learn about bite inhibition. It doesn't matter if Mom has stopped feeding them - they NEED that extra time to learn very important lessons.
If the pup had reacted to his Mom like that she would have corrected him.
Now I'll give my standard chant:
We are Humans.
We are NOT dogs.
We do NOT speak Dog.
We CANNOT speak Dog.
Dogs communicate primarily with their physical being - the way they walk, the way their ears look, the way their mouths act, their fur, their eyes ... all in ways we humans could NEVER imitate.
The best we can do is imitate SOME dog verbal language.
When puppies play and one gets too rough the other will let out a loud YIPE and move away. This lets the other pup know that they got too rough.
So, when you are playing with your puppy and they get too rough, give a loud YIPE (stress the I sound) and walk away. It won't take many of these instances for the pup to learn that too rough = no more play.
But there-in lies the problem - you can't teach a TWO year old human to do that.
The best course of action in your case is to only allow highly supervised interactions between the pup and the child. Any grabbing should be IMMEDIATELY stopped by you and the child removed from the puppy.
Remember - the puppy did NOTHING wrong.
As for your vet not commenting on the age - most vets have little (if any) training or knowledge in canine behavior.
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Thank you for the information is was very helpful, I did not think about it in that manor.