Dutch Shepherd Forum

Great, thanks for the advice and the congrats!

Heading away for the weekend without internet, so check back in on Monday.

Im having the same trouble with my 6-7month old Dutch Herder. When shes playing with the two mali's in the house she jumps all over them licking and biting there muzzles, legs. Doesnt leave them alone, I try to stop her but she continues to do it. One of the mali's is very high drive and does snap at her Layla will submit to her but then immediately starts again.

All of the previous advise applies.

I have lots of dogs, and have had LOTS of DS fosters. Especially in cases with a young dog and healthy adults, I let them work it out 99.0% of the time. I won't let a puppy punk a senior or someone who can't back them off. But usually adult dogs start with the lowest level of correction that stops the behavior, and increase in intensity when needed. In this case, they just haven't found what works just yet. If you interfere all of the time, then they may never find what works because they may inhibit their behaviors so as not to upset you. So I back off and let the adults school the kids.

Thalie does the majority of the correction for Sadie, I just sit back and laugh.

Tried it with no interference and layla quickly got the message and left both dogs alone with no fights.