How To Prevent Dog Aggression | Puppies Need Rough and Tumble Play For Proper Socialization

What would you recommend for someone with one dog? I've heard dog parks aren't really a great idea because you don't know what you're getting into.

This video confirms that I'm doing the right thing at the dog park when I let the rough housing play out. I only step in if I really feel like my pup is being totally overwhelmed by a dog that's way too much and also has a huge size advantage. My vizsla is 5 months old, and I feel she is doing very well with other dogs and also other people. Bonus, she's pretty fast and can outrun many of the dogs if she needs an escape!

Rough and tumble play is important for kids too.

I have always wrestled with my dogs. It's fun for everyone. I let them use their mouth to grab me. I suffer the needle teeth when they are puppies to work on bite inhibition. Hank has it figured out. He is very good at using his mouth without actually biting. He will initiate that kind of play with me but not with anyone else. Except for a few specific people who like to play like that. He definitely remembers which individuals are willing to play rough with him.

I have 2 chocolate labs 1 is a puppy, she pesters my big boy relentlessly I don’t think I’ve ever seen a dog with this much energy. We will run here until she’s exhausted and the ride home 20-30 minutes alone is enough to replenish her energy and she’s back at it again, he on the other hand, I’ll begrudgingly admit is fat and kinda lazy after 20-30 minutes of play he’s toast for the day lol. She I make her leave him alone? Idk what to do

Very helpful

Thank you, Dennis! I too have a young pitbull mix. that was most likely the only surviving puppy, and he found me at about 4 weeks old. He could barely walk and was still wobbly walking. He likes other dogs, and people. But he does get aggressive with me, it seems when he gets tired. How do I teach him when it's just me. He has already dislocated two joints on my old arthritic body. (my avatar is my daughter) I am afraid he will hurt other dogs. He is starting training this coming Saturday. He is about 14 weeks old now, potty trained, simple command trained, crate trained. This is my biggest issue. What else can I do to help him learn when enough is enough? He seems to build up until he is uncontrolable. How do I teach him when to stop escalating and to start calming down?

Little kids need rough and tumble play for the same reasons! I'm amazed at how much overlap there is between my puppy and kids

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I’ve probably watched around 50+ of your videos and this may be my all time favorite. Seeing all the labs doing the rough and tumble made my heart so dang happy.

My fiance and I have a bundle of joy puppy and we love all your videos!! Thanks!! Keep going!! Hi camera man, you're cool!!

Uncle Stonnie on the ball as always.

Great advice Stonnie! My Black English Lab, your favorite.,,,is 31/2 months now and is learning how to Socialize with other dogs that are older than her. It has been quite the process so far but I know it will get better in time. Your video reinforces that. Again I just wanted to thank you for all your great information. I always love to watch your videos. Do you ever consider traveling outside of your area and meeting some of your fans? I live in Oregon on the West Coast so I’m pretty far away from your living area. :-)

Can you share any thoughts on certain male dogs, like Rotties, that start hitting their maturity, around a year, and get very reactive to other males? Tx. Love your videos!

Jordan Peterson brought me hear about the importance with rough and tumble play in humans. Think I was deprived as a child in this I wonder if it could be used as a therapy for awkward children or even autistic children or anyone for that matter. For confidence building. Any how's going to do this with my dog even though he is 9 come on 10. Much thanks for your inspiring video.

Great video, our dogs have plenty rough and tumble play. Problem is other dogs who are not socialised and exhibit more dominant aggression, one of our farm dogs doesn’t put up with this and will without engaging in a fight try and put them in their place, owners then panic and accuse our dogs of being aggressive. Dogs on leads with fearful owners, our dogs can sense this and will be more dominant and protective especially our older kelpie/collie cross. He’s never been in a fight but he will dominate the other dog and because the other dog is on lead it looks bad, then what happens our younger collie thinks he needs to help out and it’s 2 against 1. The dogs are 1 and 2 years old, male and get walked off lead twice a day in a forest by a river fir 10 miles, they do about 40 miles. Not sure what to do as in all other situations with other dogs he’ll play or ignore them. I’m in uk and any advice is appreciated. Thanks

My dog is a "lab" mix and is and is exactly like murphy

I used to raise Catahoula cowdogs. They learned to control their aggressive behavior between their eyes opening at 2 weeks and being weaned at 4 weeks. It seems "hard wired" in their instincts to bite back without thinking anytime they get bit. By 6 weeks they knew better than to bite hard in play. I think this is why they can interact with the wildest and mildest cows without escalating the situation a bit more than necessary.

I have a 4.5 month Staffordshire Bull Terrier and he is by far the feistiest dog I've ever had. He slams his body and snarls at other puppies his size, but doesn't do the aggressive snarling with larger adult dogs. Now this is my second SBT and I know their heritage, but my first SBT I had for 15 years and they're night and day on personality. I've got my work cut out for me, but it's important that this pup is socialized because I plan to do a lot with him.

He lives with a 9 year spayed Pit Bull and 5 year neutered cat. He will not tolerate the cat around when it's meal time, but he's scared of the cat otherwise. My pack was great before my first SBT passed away and he was best buddies with the cat.

Funny, I have a pit bull/lab mix, he morphs from looking like a lab to looking like a pit bull.

My CO lays down the law as she sees it with my other dogs, including not letting them steal each others food and making sure they stay on a stay command. Then when she tries to solicit play, she gets frustrated because the others won't play with her.

Ahhhh....Margo is ADORABLE!!

Great video, thanks a lot! I have a question though: Do you ever intervene when a conflict gets out of hand? And how do you do it? I would be very interested in that, thanks in advance.

I've got a German shepherd who is just too rough with the girls and won't listen to their corrections when he's being too much. My best bet is that he didn't grow up with other dogs (we got him as an adult) so he never learned proper play procedure. Now he's got 20 lbs on the girls and he knows they aren't REALLY going to hurt him.

And as someone currently working on resocializing and adult dog - I agree. It's real tough

I would love to do this job every day!! :) from Canada

Stonnie I have a black lab and she is a rough mouthy player 1yr old fixed female. She doesn’t care for my daughters dogs, but I am not sure how to socialize the best. They fight....she has caused the pup to Yelp and go off tail tucked. But the pup goes back...

that happened to me. i thought i was getting a lab pup at the rescue place. i love my pit/hound mix anyhow. shes a great dog.

You can tell that boy Georgie is a Wrestler!! Lol. Great level changes. Love the video,me and my black lab love to watch! thanks uncle Stonnie. Brock and Boss from Oregon!

They all have great coats, what feed do you use?

I have a pitbull x shar pei and the way he plays is actually crazy. He plays using insane fighting techniques since a puppy.. He takes down bigger dogs using his body and mounting the side while holding their ear. However I’ve heavily socialised him as a pup so he’s actually okay now it’s other dogs that attack him but he just plays different I think. He’s been attacked 4 times and he doesn’t care lol he just moves on and plays with other dogs. He never barks or anything too unless he’s guarding at home.

My 15 y old Dutchy loves this so much we rough house after every walk do a tick and a feet check at the same time 😂

This guy knows his stuff amazing and his dogs are beautifull

I have a little over a year Am Staff rescue for a few months now. Your training videos are really helpful. Thank you so much. I’m paying lots of attention.👍🏼

Thanks for the very good video

so, late last august, i bought a 10 week old pit puppy, though i had preferred an 8 week old.
day 2, after getting this pup home, she flipped the F out, going on a rampage, and started growling, barking, charging and biting at me.

as the months have gone by, she has improved dramatically, but she still has a bit of the tendency to bark and nip at me, though, it's obvious that she isn't trying to hurt me.

my theory is that the breeder spent a couple of weeks playing way, way too aggressively with her, as her behavior at such a young age is absolutely nothing like my first pit puppy behaved.
thoughts?

Margo: Why.

Good morning☀️cute❤️

Stonnie. I just have to ask. What is your view on tail docking and or the reason why it's still in practice. I notice spaniels and pointers (and several other breeds in the us) seem to have docked tails (and some cropped ears). Im just asking since it is illegal in my country and i dont have anything to compare with. Do you see alot of tail injuries on hunting dogs who are not docked?

Love this video! This is why I have 5 Labs and yes only one is black. I love watching them play. We had no issues with bite inhibition with number 2,3,4, and 5 because of this. Number 1 learned on us, ouch. My favorite part is when our older dog gets in the mix and has a great time with the crew. Thanks for all you do to make dog's lives better!

Biggest problem I find is that people never let dogs meet dogs...

What a great video, great information n lovley to see all the dogs happy . Love checking up on you guys . I'm from the uk and have my own puppy a cane corso shes 8 months old!

We have an older cattle dog mix that has taught our malinois puppy a lot.

They basically take turns winning now. A couple of months ago the mal did not know when or how to back off. Early read him in, as it were.

These days Radar could easily whoop Early but he's fair when they play because an older dog taught him.

Uncle Stonnie, as ever, you are bang on!

Hej Stonnie!I would like to ask you what is your opinion about castration,could you give us some tips and information?Thanks

Love the shooting range

Is this a reupload