Mouthing

[Dan Outdoors 13]

My lurcher in constantly mouthing the new pup, pining her etc, should I just leave them to it? Will they settle? The pup is still confident and also gets involved.. normal behavior? Any advice appreciated..

[MikeTheDog 153]

Normal!...It's play fighting, mum is teaching pup how to grab it's first bunny.

[skycat 6,173]

As long as she's not hurting or frightening the pup it is perfectly normal. All part of the way adult dogs teach pups who is boss, but also how to play. Pups that grow up alone without another of the same species to learn from are poorer by far.

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

As long as she's not hurting or frightening the pup it is perfectly normal. All part of the way adult dogs teach pups who is boss, but also how to play. Pups that grow up alone without another of the same species to learn from are poorer by far.

On this note Penny; if you were bringing a young pup into a home where there is already an older dog (a steady bitch) would you be inclined to kennel them together for the first weeks/months to help bring the pup on?

 

Or kennel them side by side and just give them a few hours a day together?

[skycat 6,173]

I would never kennel a pup with a bitch that wasn't its own mother. No matter how tolerant the bitch may be. It only takes one bite if the adult is fed up with a pup pestering it and you have a dead or damaged pup, or one that is traumatised: you wouldn't want to come home to a bleeding, terrified pup huddled in a corner of the run. Kennel side by side: make sure pup can't get its head or feet through the mesh or bars. That way they have company, but both are safe. Only allow access to one another under supervision.

[Dan Outdoors 13]

Thanks all for your posts, D

[BORDERSCOT 3,816]

 

As long as she's not hurting or frightening the pup it is perfectly normal. All part of the way adult dogs teach pups who is boss, but also how to play. Pups that grow up alone without another of the same species to learn from are poorer by far.

On this note Penny; if you were bringing a young pup into a home where there is already an older dog (a steady bitch) would you be inclined to kennel them together for the first weeks/months to help bring the pup on?

 

Or kennel them side by side and just give them a few hours a day together?

 

 

I'd never ever kennel a pup and an adult together....blueprint for a disaster there....

[tote 854]

 

As long as she's not hurting or frightening the pup it is perfectly normal. All part of the way adult dogs teach pups who is boss, but also how to play. Pups that grow up alone without another of the same species to learn from are poorer by far.

On this note Penny; if you were bringing a young pup into a home where there is already an older dog (a steady bitch) would you be inclined to kennel them together for the first weeks/months to help bring the pup on?

 

Or kennel them side by side and just give them a few hours a day together?

 

As has already been said no way would I even think about the above, far too big a chance of it ending in tears.