I have a puppy playdate scheduled this morning for socialization. Both pups are about four months old, with mine being a couple weeks older.
I had a playdate last week with a pup from the same litter as the dog coming over today. Overall it went well, but my dog got a little rough with the other puppy at one point. Initially I thought it was just them sorting things out but then I read the post about Axle being bullied at the dog park and I wondered if my dog was being a bully and if I should have intervened.
Any tips on puppy to puppy socialization? Do you step in if one dog seems to be playing too aggressively? Also, my dog tends to bark a lot at dogs she doesn't know. This only lasted a few minutes while she got to know the puppy from last week but it's kind of annoying if we're out somewhere. Any tips for correcting that behavior would be great too. I've been starting to make progress with it when she's on leash and sees dogs but when I'm introducing her to another dog like today should I just let her bark at the dog while they meet, or take some action to correct? I wasn't planning to put her on leash for their meeting today because I wanted to see if being off leash changes her reaction (though, it didn't last time.)
The playdate will be at my house in the back yard and the last puppy was a female, this one is a male.
I had a playdate last week with a pup from the same litter as the dog coming over today. Overall it went well, but my dog got a little rough with the other puppy at one point. Initially I thought it was just them sorting things out but then I read the post about Axle being bullied at the dog park and I wondered if my dog was being a bully and if I should have intervened.
Any tips on puppy to puppy socialization? Do you step in if one dog seems to be playing too aggressively? Also, my dog tends to bark a lot at dogs she doesn't know. This only lasted a few minutes while she got to know the puppy from last week but it's kind of annoying if we're out somewhere. Any tips for correcting that behavior would be great too. I've been starting to make progress with it when she's on leash and sees dogs but when I'm introducing her to another dog like today should I just let her bark at the dog while they meet, or take some action to correct? I wasn't planning to put her on leash for their meeting today because I wanted to see if being off leash changes her reaction (though, it didn't last time.)
The playdate will be at my house in the back yard and the last puppy was a female, this one is a male.