jelous dog

[cantona 310]

my 9 month old pup cought his second rabbit , both rabbits having myxie so no big deal, the problem was when my other lurcher went over to the kill and the pup attacked it, ive never had problems with fighting before so i want to nip it in the bud any ideas please? i have owned lurchers for a long time including bull cross so no silly replies please

[Hannah4181 260]

I wouldn't worry too much about it, the pup is at an age where he'll naturally be challenging dominance with the older dog anyway. Its also completely normal for dogs to protect a kill, especially the first couple.

 

My 3 dogs never fight, they sleep together, and are fed a raw diet together, happily eating their own in very close proximity together. Occasionally spats start over a kill and i leave them to it. The youngest dog is a lurcher and normally the one to catch, he has made it perfectly clear to the two others that they aren't to take a catch from him . . . . yet at home he is the lowest ranking dog in the pack and will give up food, bed, toys anything for the other 2.

 

Obviously if your dogs are scrapping to the point where they are going to cause serious injury then i'd intervene, but IMO leaving them to sort it out and reach an understanding of leadership between themselves is by far the better way to go, and save you a hell of a lot of stress and worry later. The pup will change a lot over the next year and i'd openly expect a few squabbles whilst balances are reached.

[cantona 310]

I wouldn't worry too much about it, the pup is at an age where he'll naturally be challenging dominance with the older dog anyway. Its also completely normal for dogs to protect a kill, especially the first couple.

 

My 3 dogs never fight, they sleep together, and are fed a raw diet together, happily eating their own in very close proximity together. Occasionally spats start over a kill and i leave them to it. The youngest dog is a lurcher and normally the one to catch, he has made it perfectly clear to the two others that they aren't to take a catch from him . . . . yet at home he is the lowest ranking dog in the pack and will give up food, bed, toys anything for the other 2.

 

Obviously if your dogs are scrapping to the point where they are going to cause serious injury then i'd intervene, but IMO leaving them to sort it out and reach an understanding of leadership between themselves is by far the better way to go, and save you a hell of a lot of stress and worry later. The pup will change a lot over the next year and i'd openly expect a few squabbles whilst balances are reached.

thanks, makes a lot of sense, just hope when out with other peoples dogs he dosent do it,maybe mellow with age he seems to have gone a bit weird at the moment

[Hannah4181 260]

I wouldn't worry too much about it, the pup is at an age where he'll naturally be challenging dominance with the older dog anyway. Its also completely normal for dogs to protect a kill, especially the first couple.

 

My 3 dogs never fight, they sleep together, and are fed a raw diet together, happily eating their own in very close proximity together. Occasionally spats start over a kill and i leave them to it. The youngest dog is a lurcher and normally the one to catch, he has made it perfectly clear to the two others that they aren't to take a catch from him . . . . yet at home he is the lowest ranking dog in the pack and will give up food, bed, toys anything for the other 2.

 

Obviously if your dogs are scrapping to the point where they are going to cause serious injury then i'd intervene, but IMO leaving them to sort it out and reach an understanding of leadership between themselves is by far the better way to go, and save you a hell of a lot of stress and worry later. The pup will change a lot over the next year and i'd openly expect a few squabbles whilst balances are reached.

thanks, makes a lot of sense, just hope when out with other peoples dogs he dosent do it,maybe mellow with age he seems to have gone a bit weird at the moment

 

Probably just an age thing, and he'll be full of himself if he's caught a couple, getting them to fitness can also make them a bit edgier. You'll probably find as he grows it'll settle down, and the more he catches. If i was you i'd take him out on his own a few times too and nail his retrieve, and in turn ramming home the fact that actually you are in charge and you will be taking the kill regardless. Good luck with him.

[Simply Bull 02 11]

well to be honest a 9 month pup should not be doubled up on a rabbit mate problem solved

[Hannah4181 260]

well to be honest a 9 month pup should not be doubled up on a rabbit mate problem solved

 

 

Could the dogs not just have been walking and found the myxi bunnies??

 

My dogs hunt up throughout their entire walk, the terrier working the cover with the lurchers ready to catch, they double up on rabbits all the time, because other than walk them on a lead all the time i can't stop them, and nor would i want to. To me watching the dogs hunt on their own, working it out and doing what comes naturally, is one of the greatest pleasures of owning them. Pointing the lurcher at a rabbit on the lamp, and watching him take it, is also pleasing but IMO nowhere near as satisfying as watching them hunt their own quarry.

[cantona 310]

well to be honest a 9 month pup should not be doubled up on a rabbit mate problem solved

like i said i have a lot of experience with lurchers, just not had probs with jelous dogs fighting over catch, i will always exercise more than one at a time, i wouldnt call it doubleing up more like mass hunting, oh well

[toby1066 413]

dont take pup out with older dog spend some time on your own with it so you can bond

[ferreter.al 22]

should grow out of it,i was out earlier kicking around with a few lurchers and terriers and terriers caught a rabbit in bushes and came off it so i sent my spanial pup in to retrive it and as she came out big halfx bull/greyhound slammed into it,was funny to watch a tug of wall between a bullx and a tiny cocker bitch.cocker won and retrived the bunny to me but i had lurcher that would run off with kills and all sorts and its very frustrating but as others said try the pup on its own so its not thretened by competition over the kill.atvb

[charlie boy 85]

I wouldn't worry too much about it, the pup is at an age where he'll naturally be challenging dominance with the older dog anyway. Its also completely normal for dogs to protect a kill, especially the first couple.

 

My 3 dogs never fight, they sleep together, and are fed a raw diet together, happily eating their own in very close proximity together. Occasionally spats start over a kill and i leave them to it. The youngest dog is a lurcher and normally the one to catch, he has made it perfectly clear to the two others that they aren't to take a catch from him . . . . yet at home he is the lowest ranking dog in the pack and will give up food, bed, toys anything for the other 2.

 

Obviously if your dogs are scrapping to the point where they are going to cause serious injury then i'd intervene, but IMO leaving them to sort it out and reach an understanding of leadership between themselves is by far the better way to go, and save you a hell of a lot of stress and worry later. The pup will change a lot over the next year and i'd openly expect a few squabbles whilst balances are reached.

 

 

leave them to sort it out haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa risking injury and spooking every other morsale of game withing 2miles with the sound of two dogs tearing each other , clever that go knit a jumper or something.

[Top Lamper 2k10 169]

some dogs dont grow out of it though my mate has a saluki grey and its a c**t for growling at other dogs over dead things and sometimes it tries to bite them i would try to stop the dog doin it mate because u dont want to be taking a dog out lamping in a motor and having a good nights haul and puttin the rabbits in the back of ya motor with the dogs then gettin half way home to here 1 of the dogs screaming in the back because the over dog is biteing it because it got to close to the rabbits ive seen it happen mate and it could end up with a vets bill

[charlie boy 85]

well said