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Whiskey has been home for 5 weeks.. We got him when he turned 17 weeks from a pet shop (socialization period was over unfortunately).
The point is, he's been terrorizing my Bailey (Shih Tzu, 4 kg) when he is out of his pen. They were separated by the ex pen for his first 2 weeks at home while he was getting potty trained. But now that he is quite reliable in pottying where he should be, we have been letting him out most (ok all) of the time and keeping Bailey in the bed rooms (baby gate). Just FYI, they are never together unsupervised.
But when they are in the same area, there are times when Whiskey goes after Bailey, chewing on her scruff. I have seen this when Bailey was younger and she did that to my other Tzu, BUT they were the same size. Whiskey is ~13kg to Bailey's 4.
The "play" goes a little like this:
Bailey does her own stuff, Whiskey goes right after her. Bailey ducks under the tables and chairs. Whiskey barks (thank god he hasn't gotten the big boy bark yet) and nips (like a puppy) at Bailey. Bailey nips back and makes tiny little yips(like a warning thing, she doesn't growl or bark, she was too well trained by my mum..). They then get so excited exchanging yips and barks, Bailey leaves the safety of the chairs and tables. Then Whiskey comes in and paws at her, and bites the scruff of her neck. Tails wagging furiously the whole time.
This is where we usually step in and remove Bailey to the bedrooms. Yesterday, I decided to let the play go on for a while longer to see what happens, Bailey laid on her back, tail wagging and whiskey did the same.
My question is, is this normal puppy play? We are going to go for puppy class soon, but because its the holidays here, classes won't start til next weekend. Should I be concerned with his behaviour? There was one incident where they got too carried away and when we separated them, Whiskey growled and snapped at us..
The point is, he's been terrorizing my Bailey (Shih Tzu, 4 kg) when he is out of his pen. They were separated by the ex pen for his first 2 weeks at home while he was getting potty trained. But now that he is quite reliable in pottying where he should be, we have been letting him out most (ok all) of the time and keeping Bailey in the bed rooms (baby gate). Just FYI, they are never together unsupervised.
But when they are in the same area, there are times when Whiskey goes after Bailey, chewing on her scruff. I have seen this when Bailey was younger and she did that to my other Tzu, BUT they were the same size. Whiskey is ~13kg to Bailey's 4.
The "play" goes a little like this:
Bailey does her own stuff, Whiskey goes right after her. Bailey ducks under the tables and chairs. Whiskey barks (thank god he hasn't gotten the big boy bark yet) and nips (like a puppy) at Bailey. Bailey nips back and makes tiny little yips(like a warning thing, she doesn't growl or bark, she was too well trained by my mum..). They then get so excited exchanging yips and barks, Bailey leaves the safety of the chairs and tables. Then Whiskey comes in and paws at her, and bites the scruff of her neck. Tails wagging furiously the whole time.
This is where we usually step in and remove Bailey to the bedrooms. Yesterday, I decided to let the play go on for a while longer to see what happens, Bailey laid on her back, tail wagging and whiskey did the same.
My question is, is this normal puppy play? We are going to go for puppy class soon, but because its the holidays here, classes won't start til next weekend. Should I be concerned with his behaviour? There was one incident where they got too carried away and when we separated them, Whiskey growled and snapped at us..
