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Hey all, bit of a curve ball with this one.
Puppy is about 6 month old and good as gold, we made sure to socialise him so he's super inquisitive and friendly.
However, there is a down side to this emerging. He's fine with people and the 3 cats he lives with, and loves other dogs, a bit too much.
So for example if he meets another dog he wants to play and have a sniff and all that. But some other dogs simply don't want to play with him, so if I pull him away he gets upset and barks and generally acts up to the point it annoys other people and dogs, and I have to remove him from the situation.
He's a Yorkie /shitzhu cross who's not had the snip yet but it's on the cards, maybe he'll settle a bit after the dreaded chop?
I'm wary of the chop. The way it was explained to me is that once they are off it kind of stops the clock on parts of the dogs development. So if they are, for example, timid/scared at the time of the chop then they may never get over that. I can't say for sure but the theory makes sense to me. Either way I certainly wouldn't see it as a cure for all and any acting out and would never consider it for a dog that's still growing.
My complete German Shepherd is 19 months now and still very puppy like. He's not aggressive or domineering in any way but does gets up in other dogs faces and wants nothing more than to just play. Most are fine with it but older or more timid dogs do find him a bit much and have snapped at him before. He does hate to be dragged away from new friends but will settle down once they're out of sight or a little distance away. He doesn't seem to understand (or just ignores) the signs that he's not welcome but is getting better, certainly seems more perceptive than a few months ago anyway.
I'd say give it some time, he nowt but a nipper now.
If you aren’t sure, chemical castration is available now. An injection lasts 6months or a year, does exactly the same as the op, but isn’t permanent. Our spaniel had it & has definitely calmed a little.
He’s 6 months - give him time
our cockerpoo is now just over a year and still expects every dog he meets to want to play. Only difference now is that he gets the idea pretty quickly if they’re not up for chasing and playing and moves on after a sniff or two.
To start with he would just constantly run around older dogs barking trying to get them to chase him but now is happy to just sniff and leave it at that.
As for other dog owners - sod em, if they don’t like it they are free to move their dog elsewhere. He needs to learn and (in my opinion, which has no basis on anything other than our dog) that won’t happen if you keep taking him out of the situation.
as was stated above, a nip or two from a dog that isn’t up for playing won’t hurt, ours regularly gets told in doggo terms to ‘do one’ when he meets older dogs and it hasn’t put him off or made him timid, just reinforces his learning of who to try to play with
Blimey, the solution to a excitable puppy is to cut his nuts off!
Harsh.
At the risk of contradicting what you’ve said, it actually sounds like he’s not socialised enough/or the other way round and too much. He’s not reading the body language of other dogs to know not to pester. That’s the bit he needs to learn and he’s more than capable of doing so. IMO, amateur opinion, and not having met the fella.
Hell also be at peak teething at 6 months won’t he? Always a challenge that bit.
Our pup used to do the same, btw, and with a couple of exceptions (dogs he played with when younger) is now very calm and responsive to other dogs body language. Day care helped a lot here, lots of opportunities to learn and get told off, but in relative safety.
One other thing, and at the risk of sounding like an internet conspiracy theorist. Be wary of what your vet tells you, our original vet pretty much tells us whatever gets them income. Our second vet is much more inclined to suggest options that don’t involve them making money.
It it was the second vet that corrected the surgical screw ups of the first in our case.
I came here for the puppy photos. Is disappointed.
Wait, it’s possible to post photos on this site????????
Sounds like he could do with a nips or two from older dogs who he might be annoying a bit, so he can learn that not all dogs want to play.
A puppy thread without pics of the subject? Do you not know the rules?
*wanders off muttering*
Let him play with other dogs y’a miserable git.
He will get a bite from another dog soon enough, that’ll be a sign to him “that’s enough now fella” and he’ll need another couple before he gets the message.
Castration isn’t the answer, he needs to learn Dogs social boundaries and only other Dogs will tell him that.
Puppy training courses definitely the way to go on this one..
My two springers were very boisterous and they’d yap and play fight all the time, it’s thier way of learning to both interact and grow.
Do you have a doggy daycare place near you? Might be worth putting him in there even just for a 1/2 day once in a while to get him used to socialising with other dogs. Helped out pup loads and the natural doggy pecking order there will put him in his place.
Until the OP comes up with the goods here's one our dude getting one over on the cone of shame:
Agree with above. Our dog thought everyone, human and dog was his pal. Eventually it will learn what an unfriendly dog looks like.
Same with people it nows ignores people who ignore her. One bit of attention and it's all over them.
Shitzhus can take longer. Some are very dominant and seem to think they are not small dogs. We had a male years ago who only stopped pestering all other dogs when a huge German Sheperd picked him up by the fur on his back and shook him.
This is our dude - we met about 10 dogs on our hour walk this morning - of those he was told off by about half (one very aggressively), 3 didn't want anything to do with him and with the other 2 he had a nice little run about and chase.
All about playing the percentage game with Bud - he'll at least try to play with everyone, but has got the knack of knowing when not to bother 🙂