{"id":15352,"date":"2018-04-05T11:39:10","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T15:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whenhoundsfly.com\/?p=15352"},"modified":"2022-06-23T15:32:44","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T19:32:44","slug":"is-my-dog-playing-bullying-or-fighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whenhoundsfly.com\/vancouver\/is-my-dog-playing-bullying-or-fighting\/","title":{"rendered":"Is my dog playing, bullying, or fighting?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”]\n\t\t\t[et_pb_row admin_label=”row”]\n\t\t\t\t[et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”]In our Puppy Socialization classes, one of the lessons we try to teach new puppy owners is how to recognize the signs of appropriate and healthy play between dogs.\r\n\r\nOn one hand, we have some owners that are “helicopter parents” and at the onset of anything more physical than polite sniffing, they feel like their dogs are in mortal danger.\r\n\r\nOn the otherhand, we have some owners who believe their dog who is bullying or over-aroused is just playing with good intentions, and we are being too uptight. “Let dogs be dogs, let them work it out”, they’d say.\r\n\r\nAs instructors, our job is to either help those who are worried feel safe that their dog is having a good time – yes that includes facial and ear nips and tumbling and wrestling.\r\n\r\nOur job is also to identify when a dog is getting overaroused, or is *not* picking up on the cutoff (please stop!) signals of other dogs and to interrupt or time-out.\r\n\r\nTo help our students (and anyone, anywhere!) we commissioned Hyedie Hashimoto<\/a> to create an infographic. Please download a copy and print it off for your dog training facility, dog daycare, dog park – wherever it might be useful!\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\nPDF: whf_appropriateplay<\/a>\r\n\r\nPNG: whf_approriateplay<\/a>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column]\n\t\t\t[\/et_pb_row]\n\t\t[\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In our Puppy Socialization classes, one of the lessons we try to teach new puppy owners is how to recognize the signs of appropriate and healthy play between dogs. 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