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Duffy and Chance
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While Duffy was down in Olds with Dave for 9 days, he had the opportunity to dispense some discipline to another dog. Dave's friends Rick and Les were over, along with Les' black Spaniel Kylo and Chance who may be a Pug or Pug mix, who was not wanted by some family member and Les took him. Duffy has known Kylo since Kylo was a little puppy and they get along great. But Chance--he's a dog that snarls, snaps, tries to bite other dog's faces, and is generally aggressive. He treats Kylo like this too. Well the 3 dogs tore around the garden and the back patio, but Chance was always nipping and snarling, etc. Duffy put up with this for 3/4 of an hour--Duffy is very tolerant of all kinds of animals. When we meet other dogs who are snarly, he whines, like "Aww, what's the problem, I just want to be friends!" Magpies sit on his back, pull his tail, he does nothing except maybe move a little. But I guess he has a threshold for bad behavior after all, because he put his paw on Chance, held him down, put a little weight into it, and went "WOOF" in Chance's face! Like "ENOUGH, you little squirt!" Chance stayed down, didn't struggle and when Duffy took his paw off him, Chance was a changed dog. No more snarling, growling, snapping, biting. And he has stayed that way--Les says he's so much better behaved!! Yeah for Duffy!! I am so, so proud of him!! He has never snarled, growled, or snapped at another dog and he showed in this case that he could get the message across without violence!! Did I say that I am very proud of him??!!! ♥♥♥♥ Unfortunately Dave didn't get a picture of the disciplinary action, but he and his friends witnessed it and all were amazed!
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| A well-deserved rest!! |
6 comments:
Good for Duffy! We could use another kind of 'intervention' for our Morkie, she is just short of a year and is still quite nervous of other dogs. I guess I need to arrange some playdates for her.
What a good boy Duffy is!! I have found most collies do not want to fight and years ago my first collie Laird would literally "turn the other check" but he did get attacked by a bunch of ranch dogs and they yanked his leg so he ended up in the vet with a bad puncture. SeaB also put up with Parker's crap for weeks before we lived on the property and one day he had finally had it. Unfortunately collies don't have the jaw strength that a lot of other breeds do and they end up getting hurt, unless they're fighting another collie then it's more even. Anyway, Duffy sounds like a great dog!! That dog sounds like he just needed someone to put him in his place. Hopefully it does gel with other dogs!
My first boy collie....
I bet that a collie who eats a species appropriate diet would likely have more jaw strength than kibbble fed ones! Overall collies are a very special breed!! The best!!
there is nothing better then the language of dog between dog, at the daycare we see it all the time, a subtle sideways look or just a position of the body but the "bad" dog understands the meaning!
Good Boy Duffy !!!
Way to go Duffy. Essex is a bit like that, but she would have went off at about the five minute mark.
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