As long as you're pullin your OWN dog, and assuming you have alpha status (which you damned well ought to, or shame on you) the next step is to forcefully flip the dog on its back and hold it down; it will quickly go into submissive mode, with tail tucked up.
However, this is NOT a good thing to try on a strange dog :-)
Robt.
Thanks, bear! Next time I'm in this situation, I'll remember that!
In fact he dragged his own dog through the door of the house and then ran out to help me! The dogs never did get on and he ended up having to rehome the rescue dog. Remind me to tell you about this guy and how he bought a dead crocodile from the pet shop! I could fill a thread with stories about him!
:)
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The note about Alpha status probably also applies to why they never got along with each other. Dogs fight to establish dominance, but rarely seriously hurt each other. By preventing the dogs from establishing dominance you introduced an unsettled issue between them. Letting them settle it may have resulted in a bit of blood, but a little blood is not serious -- no more serious than a bloody nose that is not likely to end a friendship between a couple of boys. Unless one is known to be mean (and a couple of days together without issue debunks that) it would likely have been better to let the dogs settle the issue their own way.
What?? grapes cant be poisonous for dogs. My dog gets them all the time, and she's still alive.
then you better read this from a page on toxicology and dogs.
The grapes and raisins came from varied sources, including being eaten off the vine directly. The dogs exhibited gastrointestinal signs including vomiting and diarrhea and then signs of kidney failure with an onset of severe kidney signs starting about 24 hours after ingestion of the grapes or raisins. The amount of grapes eaten varied between 9oz. and 2 lbs., which worked out to be between 0.41 and 1.1 oz/kg of body weight. Two dogs died directly from the toxicity, three were euthanized due to poor response to treatment and five dogs lived. Due to the severity of the signs and the potential for death, the veterinarians at the poison control center advocate aggressive treatment for any dogs suggested of ingesting excessive amounts of grapes or raisins, including inducing vomiting, stomach lavage (stomach pumping) and administration of activated charcoal, followed by intravenous fluid therapy for at least 48 hours or as indicated based on the results of blood tests for kidney damage.
I have fed my dogs a few grapes every now and then for years, so I don't think there is a need to panic if a dog eats three or four grapes but if the whole bunch is missing from the table one day, it would be good to think about watching for any signs of a toxic reaction. :p
Pauline
