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Puppy Play, When to Intervene

7/6/2021

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New puppies are awesome.  Seeing a puppy causes the same physical reaction that occurs when seeing a baby.  It gives us the warm fuzzies and causes the release of oxytocin, the hormone that causes bonding and brings out our protective instincts. 
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Puppies don’t know the rules, tho.  Puppies, like humans, learn thru play. They learn what causes the play to continue (polite behaviors) and what causes the play to stop (impolite behaviors).   Play may be with other dogs but it should also be with their human.  One study found that proper daily play time reduced the likelihood of up to 22 different behavior challenges.

When bringing in a new puppy to your family they need to learn the rules. An older dog may give them a free pass on play behaviors that may be unwanted or too over the top.  They may correct the puppy with a grab of the snout or they may turn away or walk away.  At some point, tho, you may need to intervene. 

Puppies are like toddlers in that when they are tired or hungry those over the top behaviors start to happen. Puppy piranha mode (where they want to mouth everything and anything they can) will often happen at this time.  Offering them something to chew on aside from your other dog will be a big help.

Watch for signs of stress in your older dog (licking, ears back, whale eyes, constant shifting away from the puppy). These stress signs signal that it is time to intervene and either engage your puppy in a play session with you, such as tug of war or throwing the ball, that allows your older dog time to relax and regroup.  Provide both your puppy and your older dog with a self entertaining activity, such as time on a snuffle mat, stuffed kong or a new chew toy.   This reward for an older dog will help reinforce that a puppy can be a good thing and will remember that reward instead of just the piranha puppy.
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Introducing RuhRoh

7/5/2021

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Puppy Insanity. This is RuhRoh, our newest baby. Today she turns 13 weeks old. What have we been working on at home? She came from a great breeder who uses Puppy Culture to raise her puppies. Thanks to that RuhRoh arrived with an excellent sit already in her repertoire. We built on that sit to get some nice waits. Wait before eating, wait before coming out of her crate and after, before going outside, basically a wait anywhere that her puppy craziness might take over.

​We've also been focusing on rewarding natural calm behaviors. I keep some treats handy and if I catch her laying down I drop a couple between her front legs (feeding for position) so she stays in the down while getting her reward. Slowly we stretch out the time between the treats . An extra treat will drop if something interesting happens and she stays put, like a cat walking by. I want her to choose to hang out calmly. The more she thinks and chooses the right behavior the better she will behave later.
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    Ronda Warywoda

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