welshyrider
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Im sure there will be people on here that know what this might be about but it seems very strange to me...
I have a beautiful 10 month old springer and my sister has a 4yo border terrier, they see each other quite frequently and this bizarre behaviour is starting to become a real problem due to ridiculous persistance from the border.
They will play and chase each other around quite happily and normally, then when they stop the border puts his head right in the springers mouth, my boy just sits there looking concerned and if he dares to move away the border grizzles at him and pins him and sticks his head back into his mouth!
It doesnt sound too big a deal but the border gets sort of obsessed by it and kind of frantic and tense and im sure if we just left them to it it would go on for hours.
At first we just let them get on with it for a while, but i think my dog finds it intimidating so we broke it up and tried to distract them, while the spaniel is easily distracted the border seems dead set on having hes head in his mouth. The border is not one of these toughie dominant terriers hes quite wimpy and doesnt display this behaviour with any other dog. (he lives with 4 flat coat retrievers and is at work all day with deer hound, springers and terriers)
I read quite alot on h&h forum but dont often post so i know lots of you are v. knowledgeable so would really love to hear what you think!??
Thanks!
I have a beautiful 10 month old springer and my sister has a 4yo border terrier, they see each other quite frequently and this bizarre behaviour is starting to become a real problem due to ridiculous persistance from the border.
They will play and chase each other around quite happily and normally, then when they stop the border puts his head right in the springers mouth, my boy just sits there looking concerned and if he dares to move away the border grizzles at him and pins him and sticks his head back into his mouth!
It doesnt sound too big a deal but the border gets sort of obsessed by it and kind of frantic and tense and im sure if we just left them to it it would go on for hours.
At first we just let them get on with it for a while, but i think my dog finds it intimidating so we broke it up and tried to distract them, while the spaniel is easily distracted the border seems dead set on having hes head in his mouth. The border is not one of these toughie dominant terriers hes quite wimpy and doesnt display this behaviour with any other dog. (he lives with 4 flat coat retrievers and is at work all day with deer hound, springers and terriers)
I read quite alot on h&h forum but dont often post so i know lots of you are v. knowledgeable so would really love to hear what you think!??
Thanks!