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Saw this article on Dogster.com today and thought it was interesting so thought I would share.
http://www.dogster.com/lifestyle/dog-training-behavior-4-tips-findi...
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Great tips Sherri - thanks for posting!
Fascinating, yet so simple. Loved the described playstyles
It's funny Joanne because Gavin is ALL of these. However I think he adjusts his style to the other's dog's style. Maybe he is a "self-handicapper" as they described.
I saw all of these too. I think they do adjust, at times, to the other dog's play style and follow cues as to how the play will... play out.
Same with Darwin. Except he is always the chase-ee rather than the chaser. :-)
My Lucy is a chaser (only she is the chasee) and a wrestler. She gets Sophie to chase her and then she rolls onto the groups and fights with her mouth and feet. Sophie on the other hand is a Chaser and a Tackler (hence Lucy's torn/ruptured CCL), lol. I think that Lucy and Sophie play very well with each other, but don't really have anything to do, play wise, with other dogs. I would guess this is because they always had each other to play with.
Rosco is: The Tackler, The Chaser, The wrestler, and not too cooperative with toys.
Boca is: A Wrestler (totally instigates) and A Chaser and probably would be a cooperative player too. They do tug some too...but not a ton.
Great tips!
Good article. The "three's a crowd advice" is especially important. I have seen JD "pick on" a dog who is one of his good friends when he with another dog and the friend enters the picture.
JD sounds like a teenage girl lol.
Gasp! I won't tell him you said that!
Pack behavior. It was really interesting the first time it happened.
And a little bit of Monkey See, Monkey Doo-dle, lol!
Thanks for sharing this Sherri....my guys tend to have all these play styles at different times. I love watching them on the video at Daycare. Both G & M are big time wrestlers....but only with each other. I never see them do it when they're with any other dogs. I'm thinking that's a trust thing.
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