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I have two small dogs. I also very much agree that dogs are dogs, and like to fuck about, and 99% of the time its totally harmless....... but both my dogs have been injured by other larger dogs being over zealous with them - obviously not intentionally, but it happens easily..... if you own a large dog you should be aware small dogs are considerably more fragile than big ones.
Rudy is now sometimes quite aggressive towards large dogs in general, and especialy black labs when they come near him, which is 100% down to a massivley over enthusiastic labrodor totally knocking the shit out of him a few years ago. Thge labrador was not being aggressive in any way, but injured Rudy pretty badly as its owner just stood there watching and saying 'ahhhh he's only being friendly'.
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Totally get this and Nori like to jump us so i've developed a stand on the lead techniques to stop her jumping up and squishing smaller dogs. I'm working on her threshold training atm so if she starts to get too excited before getting close we move on.
I had the opposite problem as some smaller dog owners in my park let them run wild so they come play without warning. I've solved the problem by getting up earlier!
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Yes absolutely - I guess I’m talking about dogs that are relatively well matched, playing safely but boisterously together. It can look a bit alarming while still very much being dogs just playing happily.
Odie is pretty medium sized, so doesn’t present much of a danger to small dogs. I did call him off a daschund puppy the other week though. It was sooooo tiny and although they were playing nicely, I could tell the owner was nervous and I’d have hated for Odie to have hurt the tiny little dude. He really was a small dog!
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I’ve noticed an increasing amount of nervous puppy owners recently. Odie will bound over and play with a puppy, who is clearly have lots of fun in the way dogs do. The owner will be wringing their hands and murmuring about how they’re playing a bit rough and I’ll have to call Odie away, much to his and the puppy’s disappointment. 🤷♂️
I think there’s a lot of people who anthropomorphosise dogs a bit too much - they’re animals and they play like animals!