MommaKat
October 21st, 2008, 01:41 PM
It's a long drive to my in-laws,we usually go once every couple of months. They have 2 **** Tzus :) These little dogs tolerate Maggie but they do not adore her :rolleyes: I have brought toys down and food has been left on the floor but no aggression whatsoever. I got Maggie a bone for thanks giving and gave it to her down stairs where the little dogs don't go. I forgot about the bone after a while and went to make a snack and Maggie followed me up.
When I was upstairs she went back down grabbed her bone and ran around with it. She dropped it to check something else out and when she went back for the bone she saw Angel wings (the female shih) chewing on it and staring her down. Maggie grabbed Angel wings by the neck and held her in the air, until I took the bone away and hollered at her to drop her, which she did right away.
The reason why I say "Grab" instead of bite (even though that's probably closer to what it was in dog world) is because when Maggie put her down, AW was calm and had no puncture wounds or anything. Maggie could have easily killed or severly hurt AW but didn't. She made a tiny growl at Maggie but she walked and acted normally, they were also fine for the rest of our visit.
What I'm wondering is, should I be concerned in the future of Maggie having a bone around other dogs? In your opinion if AW had her own bone would they still have had a fight? My mother in-law told me this is a dog thing and not to worry about it, just keep the bones away next time.
I just feel bad that there was a tiff about bones, is this common?
When I was upstairs she went back down grabbed her bone and ran around with it. She dropped it to check something else out and when she went back for the bone she saw Angel wings (the female shih) chewing on it and staring her down. Maggie grabbed Angel wings by the neck and held her in the air, until I took the bone away and hollered at her to drop her, which she did right away.
The reason why I say "Grab" instead of bite (even though that's probably closer to what it was in dog world) is because when Maggie put her down, AW was calm and had no puncture wounds or anything. Maggie could have easily killed or severly hurt AW but didn't. She made a tiny growl at Maggie but she walked and acted normally, they were also fine for the rest of our visit.
What I'm wondering is, should I be concerned in the future of Maggie having a bone around other dogs? In your opinion if AW had her own bone would they still have had a fight? My mother in-law told me this is a dog thing and not to worry about it, just keep the bones away next time.
I just feel bad that there was a tiff about bones, is this common?