High I tried to post in pets section but it wouldn't let me make a thread there. So I have a big dog and a little dog. They get along beautifully, the little 1 is 5 and the big one is almost three. old pic but just showing the size difference. Whenever one of them barks the other backs that one up. My question is when he wants to play with her she hides behind me (he can look scary when he wants to play), but when he tries to take something from her she barks and bites him and he backs off and doesn't bite. She has never made him bleed and kind of acts like his mom. When he sniffs her butt she iether puts her tail down or bites him. I want to let them play they bark at each other and it looks aggressive, but I know that how dogs play. So should I let them go buck on each other and figure shit out by themselves or should I keep stopping them when they bark at each other and play aggressive or not? Please help this situation gives me lots of anxiety I don't want to stop them from playing, but I'm scared of her tiny ass getting hurt.
Let them be the bitch will always show agressive ness wen getting unwanted attention its totaly normal the younger dog will eventualy learn hope that helps
Can't really say w/o a vid..it's usually pretty obvious tho. Dogs wear their emotions on their sleeves (so to speak).
My dogs are closer size but the 1 year old always bites at the 11 year old and they bark and bite each other. The dogs will know when it's too rough and will show each other.
I think that the big one knows not to hurt the little one. However, that doesn't mean that is the little one is too annoying it won't take measures. When my father was growing up his family had a little dog that was always barking, and a bigger, mellow dog. The big one got so fed up with hearing the little one bark, one time, he picked him up by the scruff of his neck, and just tossed him. The little one was not hurt, but he stopped the yapping for a while at least.
We've got a big guy and a little girl. Even when they get rough, there's nothing mean going on. A lot of the time, it's fake biting with the mouths held wide open, pushing and shoving. Even what looks like a real bite is just a little grab on the loose skin of the face or the ear, or a tug on the rear leg. So you just have to watch and use your best judgement as to whether it's really getting mean. Some dogs don't pick up cues very well from the others, and play time can turn into a fight in a hurry.
You can usually tell because when dogs are fighting for real, they're typically silent. If their ears are forward, they're also most likely not trying to be hostile. Let the animals sort themselves out. If they start legit fighting (which would be the unlikely case) throw a blanket over them. Disorienting them will distract them, and dogs have short attention spans so they'll forget they were even fighting.