Dogs & rawhide

LauraMax

LauraMax

Cathlete
Well, I must say the dogs are getting along famously & I'm very proud of my little Max for the way he's accepted Penny into our family.

We did, however, have a few scuffles over rawhides. Mind you, I know how territorial dogs can get over their rawhides & had no intention of giving them any until I felt they were comfortable enough w/each other. But Max has never seemed very interested & Penny found a couple at the bottom of the toybox she went after like gangbusters. Let the fighting begin!

Max teased & teased until they ended up on their hind legs snarling & such. Oddly enough by the time I pulled them apart neither of them seemed at all bothered, they just went back to playing, tail-wagging & sniffing each others' butts. I, on the other hand, was hyperventilating & my heart was beating so fast I thought I was having a coronary.

Of course, once Max got the chew away from her he wanted nothing to do w/it. He is such a pest!

I spent some time this w/e scouring the house for any leftover rawhides & tossed them all. Funny, the 2 are having a blast playing tug-o-war & fetch w/the plush toys, but the rawhides seem to have a bad trigger.

So, what to do about poor teething Penny? She just lost one tooth & I'm thinking she's teething & needs something to chew on. I wonder if there's anything out there that she can have that won't cause Max to torture her?
 
For teething and chewing, I have a Kong for my DD (Dear Dog) and I smear peanut butter on the inside to keep her busy. I think Kongs come in a number of sizes/shapes to accomodate different size dogs. One for each doggie might keep things peaceful, unless your older boy wants to have eveything for himself. You could separate them while they chew on their new toys, I suppose.

HTH. :)

Susan L.G.
 
We have to have several chew toys out and about because our new dog Jackson (a very cute Australian shepherd/st. bernard mix) likes to chew but our 12 year old lab/heeler mix wants what the other has. Their favorite toy we actually had to get two of, so each of them could have one, but the other toys the lab won't bother with.

My suggestion is to have several things. If they both fight over one specific toy, get two toys so they each have one. They are like toddlers. They still want the one that the other has but they'll each have one, even if they switch back and forth (by stealing from the other ;-))
 
We have two dogs one a tiny Yorkie and the other a latge pointer. If possible I buy two of the same thing. They other day I bought one small toy for the Yorkie and a bigger one for the Pointer. Sure enough the Yorkie plays with the big toy and the Pointer the small one!I never bought them rawhides.
Ellen
 
Yeah there are several things in the toybox. And they each get the same thing no matter what. I think it's more of a territory thing than anything. Max doesn't want the rawhide. But he doesn't want Penny to have the rawhide either.

Max & Cosmo used to play the "trading game" w/all their chews--when I gave them pig ears they'd trade them every 5 minutes or so without any fighting--if anything it was fun for them. Cosmo might let out a snarl every once in a while but there was never anything physical. After I lost Cosmo Max didn't seem to have any idea what to do w/the pig ears.

Max & Penny aren't there yet. The only thing she can chew w/o being pestered by him is this giant old soup bone that used to be Cosmo's. She might have to live w/that for a while.
 
You can try Nylabone products. Our puppies have ususally chewed on them, while the older dogs have no interest in them.

Jean
 
When Georgie was teething, I took an old washcloth, got it really wet and stuck it in the freezer until it was hard, took it out and let him at it. He loved the coldness and the chew factor combined. Also, they sell those bones you fill with water and freeze at PetSmart.

Georgie loves ice cubes too!:)
 
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