Is this normal play?
Hi,
I never had two dogs at the same time. My friend is keeping his puppy with me( may be I wil steel it from him ) He is 2 months male Alaskan Malamute and my Akita 5months female wants to play with him all the time. He have his own crate but when I put him in the same crate with her(with divider) he seems more calmer and does not howl(May be because his crate is plastic and hers is cage). She wants to take his toys all the time
This is a video for them
I never had two dogs at the same time. My friend is keeping his puppy with me( may be I wil steel it from him ) He is 2 months male Alaskan Malamute and my Akita 5months female wants to play with him all the time. He have his own crate but when I put him in the same crate with her(with divider) he seems more calmer and does not howl(May be because his crate is plastic and hers is cage). She wants to take his toys all the time
This is a video for them
Comments
This is my opinion on play: if it makes you uncomfortable, then interrupt it. To stop play, call both dogs to you and give them a treat, then "release" them back to play.
However, I personally see no reason why you would stop that play, it was very nice. When the puppy was pulling on the Akita's mouth, I would just let that happen - if the Akita didn't like it, he would tell the puppy to stop. This will teach the puppy some boundaries.
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Like what Brad said, if there is something you are uncomfortable with then interrupt it. For example, my Tikaani and Miyu play very well together but I will interrupt the play if they grab for each others' back legs, one has a bad hip and the other has a bad knee so I don't want to risk making it worse.
Here is an old video of Tikaani and Miyu playing (excuse the mess, we were fixing a room at the time), for you to compare to:
In other news; AAAH! Malamute puppy!
Malamutes and Akita seem to compliment one another very well. My Mal absolutely loves Akitas where he can sometimes be combative with other dogs. He always gets along with Akitas and has a very give-and-take "wrestling" style of play.