My pitbull sometimes gets a little carried away when he plays. Both with my other dog and with my bf and me. He almost drew blood on my bf hand today. That's not a good thing.
We were playing in the snow and chasing eachother around today and I grabbed Mikey and rolled him in the snow and started to bury him. Unsucessfully of course. He hates his back legs being handled and will growly and get snappy at us. So he didn't like it when I put him in the snow. He's fine once he's there but he hates getting there. Even good things like cuddling in bed he doesn't like being helped there. He LOVES being there but hates it when I try and scoop him onto the bed.
Both out dogs play fight pretty roughly and they can't be fed together if there's a really tastey treat (leftover roast...).
He's never hurt me but he does get kind of rough. I'm really paranoid that he's going to have a problem with soemone someday because he's a pit and I'll lose him. <sigh>
How do I teach him not to do that? I don't play tug-a-war with him or anything. I don't encourage him when he gets rough. Usually walk away or scold him.
Any thoughts?
Saje
We were playing in the snow and chasing eachother around today and I grabbed Mikey and rolled him in the snow and started to bury him. Unsucessfully of course. He hates his back legs being handled and will growly and get snappy at us. So he didn't like it when I put him in the snow. He's fine once he's there but he hates getting there. Even good things like cuddling in bed he doesn't like being helped there. He LOVES being there but hates it when I try and scoop him onto the bed.
Both out dogs play fight pretty roughly and they can't be fed together if there's a really tastey treat (leftover roast...).
He's never hurt me but he does get kind of rough. I'm really paranoid that he's going to have a problem with soemone someday because he's a pit and I'll lose him. <sigh>
How do I teach him not to do that? I don't play tug-a-war with him or anything. I don't encourage him when he gets rough. Usually walk away or scold him.
Any thoughts?
Saje