...is this normal? (it is right?)

[pattysdaddy]

Ok I'm just curious here and wanted some opinions. I think this is normal but want to double check cause if I'm wrong, I want to be corrected.

I've been going to the dog park lately with my dog (dog park is not the issue, I know people have mixed emotions on them but lets leave that aside) and my dog plays really nice with other dogs. My question is if Dog A does something to Dog B, and Dog B barks or snaps at Dog A for a second or two, then lets off, isn't that Dog B's way of saying leave me alone, or I don't like that or something of that nature?

...I've seen some dogs do this as well as my own dog. For example one male tried to mount my Dog and she lashed out and gave him an earfull...he backed off, she stopped and everything continued fine.

I've also seen other dogs with a stick for example, a dog tried to take it and they snap at them. Once the dog leaves and doesn't try to get the stick, things are fine.

The dogs all play fine. It just looks like once in a while one dog does something and the other dog lashes out and seems to say I don't like that.

Am I wrong with this?

I've only seen one instance (this week actually) where a man showed up with some sort of an Akita and it would start to play then try to attack the dog it was playing with. He called his dog over to calm the dog down. When this dog met up with my dog they didn't like each other much and went at it. We seperated the dogs and he left saying his dog was being very moody today. After he left allt he dogs played nice again.

 

[adojrts]

Your absolutey correct imo. That is just dogs teaching each other manners, boundries and acceptable behaviour and I don't think we as humans should butt our noses in what is the dogs world at that point.
Little story here lol.
Many years ago we had a litter of jrt pups, momma was wonderful, not an aggressive bone in her body etc.
It was evident right from birth that one of the pups was going to 'alpha', he was the largest, he pushed his way to the best teat and had the premium places of comfort. By the time he was 3 wks old, he was strutting around the whelping box on his toes........the big dog lol.
By the time he was 11 wks old, he figured the world was his and he was getting just a little pushy about it. He hadn't been weaned early and his littermates didn't leave for their new homes until 9 wks of age, plus we also kept one of littermates. He was with his dam everyday, all day expect for when the pups were crated at night. But he continued to push the limits and I was working with him each day.
One evening, our son of 6 was playing with cars/tractors by kneeling in front of the sofa with the toys on the cushions. The pup jumped up onto the sofa and took exception to this and he lunged at our son, snarling and snapping.
The dam came running into the room (I don't know where she was in the house or how she knew), she jumped up onto the sofa and proceed to put a very serious pounding onto her son. She beat him from one end of the sofa to the other (secetional) and even drew blood on him. Our son was very upset and wanted me to stop her, but I said " no I wont stop her'. Poor Jeff said 'But she is going to kill him!!, my reply, 'Then so be it, he has to learn that he can't behave this way and it is better coming from his mother than anyone else, leave the room please'.
When Momma was done, the pup was on his back and she was standing on his chest, not moving a muscle, waiting for her son to make a choice. He must have made the right choice because she slowly got down from him and allowed him to get up and leave. He then came to me, which at that time, I turned my back on him as well, no comfort from me, I too believed that he was a little @ss. He left the room to his crate with his tail tucked and stayed there for 40 mins. The dog I have today is the pup that walked out later, happy, understanding the rules and a lovely dog to be around, with good dog manners. He is still 'alpha' and is so to this day at 7 yrs of age, but he never uses aggression. Lesson learned
Some lessons need to dished out by other dogs and although it is hard, sometimes we have to just stand there and watch.

Lol the end
Lynn

 

[Cessena]

It seems to me that some human parents could learn a few lessons from your Mama JRT. (Sans biting of course.)

 

[Kayota]

Hrm... Well when Padfoot tries to steal food from Baby they fight, but never has either of them gotten hurt, so I'm led to believe it's just Baby, who is Padfoot's mother, teaching her kid not to touch her food... XD

 

[MelissaCato]

Sounds normal to me. My dogs are funny in a group though, they don't let other dogs touch them. I take my 3 dogs to a dog park sometimes and all they do is run around like lightening bolts in huge circles lookin' like fools trying to herd all the other dogs into a tight group. They never walk pretty, never stop to sniff another dog or allow themselves to be sniffed, and never does Nemos drop his kong. He has to have his kong in his mouth the whole time herding. I have the most stuck up dogs I've ever seen. I bet people think too.
I broke Granduer with her dog aggression, now she just barks like mad at them and if they come close she bolts for fun like thinking you can't touch this. Granduer alone can get all the dogs in the park to try and catch her a whole minute after being off leash. I love her. Not one can keep up with her and she knows it. :lol-sign: Sara and Nemos stick together for some reason, prolly cause Granduer is way to fast for them, Sara kicks back the dogs not in Granduers circle.
I've been yelled at a number of times, people telling me my dogs are crazy mad and stir up all the other dogs to run like idiots, but I don't say a word. I call the dogs for a time out, make them down stay maybe take a picture, just to do something constructive for about a minute, then give it a go ahead again.
Some people's dogs.