playtime all the time help!!

hi all i recently added a new addition to my family, i have a 6 month old staffy mix daija...and our newbie a full breed staffy roxi (both girls!) anyway we have had roxi for 10 days now and had hoped the "playfighting" would settle down a bit,how wrong could i be!! if anything its probably gotten slightly worse! things ive tried-distraction (apparently daijas favourite toy isnt as exciting as roxi!) -telling them no! at which point daija completely blanks me! seperating them obviously works but the minute they are back together it starts up again! as im typing they are at it again having both just woke up...im at a loss as to what try next any help much appreciated thanks!

oh and and daija seems to be going backwards in behaviour/training she was crated so no pooping in her own bed which worked great! but since roxi arrived its like shes deliberately messing indoors on a daily basis shes also become more defiant and often barks at me when i tell her off im wondering if this is an attention thing or should i be concerned?? (shes barked at me a lot since we got her so not a roxi issue)

You have 2 young dogs so their teaching each other bad habits where as an older dog would teach better behaviour to the younger dog.

Try putting them on a lead in the house so there in the same room but cant play same time every night to teach quiet time, when mine was a pup i used to do it and let him lay on the bed whilst i held his lead then eventually let go of the lead, then after a while you don't need the lead at all

Marty wrote:You have 2 young dogs so their teaching each other bad habits where as an older dog would teach better behaviour to the younger dog.

Try putting them on a lead in the house so there in the same room but cant play same time every night to teach quiet time, when mine was a pup i used to do it and let him lay on the bed whilst i held his lead then eventually let go of the lead, then after a while you don't need the lead at all

thanks think il give that a try tommorrow anythings worth a try

you have to be comsistent dont let them get away it one min and tell them off the next.

Steve wrote:you have to be comsistent dont let them get away it one min and tell them off the next.

hi steve!! the only thing is i dont want to stop them "doing what puppys do" of course i want them to play just not 24/7 they literally do it everytime they are near even if they are separated by a stairgate

having more then one puppy can be a nightmare at times sam & billie was pains but comsistent is the key

Marty wrote:You have 2 young dogs so their teaching each other bad habits where as an older dog would teach better behaviour to the younger dog.

Try putting them on a lead in the house so there in the same room but cant play same time every night to teach quiet time, when mine was a pup i used to do it and let him lay on the bed whilst i held his lead then eventually let go of the lead, then after a while you don't need the lead at all

I agree. They are just puppies and will normally want to play. Assuming you got the younger one at 8 weeks they are still getting used to each other as well. Patience and consistency from everyone in the house will pay off.

jstaff wrote:

Marty wrote:You have 2 young dogs so their teaching each other bad habits where as an older dog would teach better behaviour to the younger dog.

Try putting them on a lead in the house so there in the same room but cant play same time every night to teach quiet time, when mine was a pup i used to do it and let him lay on the bed whilst i held his lead then eventually let go of the lead, then after a while you don't need the lead at all

I agree. They are just puppies and will normally want to play. Assuming you got the younger one at 8 weeks they are still getting used to each other as well. Patience and consistency from everyone in the house will pay off.

i got roxi at 7 weeks couldnt stay with mum any longer,from what i was told she was getting aggresive towards the pups,not ideal but she settled in nicely and have no problems when they are seperate..we give them lots of attention both together and seperately and believe me im being as consistent daija will walk away if i get up and walk towards her but if i just say a firm no she plays deaf...il try all of the above and see how i get on

we want some pic's dani

Steve wrote: we want some pic's dani

ok here goes..maybe u can shed some light on what you think daija may be crossed with

[img]https://2img.net/h/i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z369/DaniSimone/Snapbucket/18d8dcc3-905e-4dd7-915b-2b5c831ae61f.jpg

Did you delete the pics from photobucket? If you delete them, they get deleted wherever you've posted them!

Caryll wrote:Did you delete the pics from photobucket? If you delete them, they get deleted wherever you've posted them!

sorry i was editing theyre still there

iluvmypups wrote:ok here goes..maybe u can shed some light on what you think daija may be crossed with

Hmmm, hard to say. The only thing that comes to mind is a Jack Russel? Or maybe even a fox terrier?

awwww

when we got her we were told she was a full staffy our vet has suggested maybe collie? its deffinately not jrt shes too big for that we used to have a collie a long time ago(kayla) and she does look a lot like her but shes got the staffy build muscley body etc

it's hard to tell really at that age around 18months you will get a better idea

to be honest the reason we believe shes a mix is her ears they are huge and hang at either side of her face..nothing like your staffy in the pic steve, we did see her mum when we got her she was a full bred short leg staffy beautiful the only thing this was the dad was awol lol guy just told us "hes a beast" and we took his word not so sure after getting roxi we can see the differance in her and daijas baby pics they look nothing like each other which leads us to believe daija is not full bred (roxi is 100% full staffy our friends have both parents!) shes been called everything from dalmation to collie..it doesnt matter to us cos we love her either way but would be nice to no for sure

she got another 12 months to grow and then year and a half to fill out i'm she she wll come good

so she could be a full staffy after all?! daija was my first staffy so wasnt sure what she was "supposed" to look like untill i got rox and looked at pics on here my last dog was an alsation she was pts in 2009"

she may not be kc standard staffy but still a staffy

well shes kc standard in my eyes guess thats what really matters

did you buy her from clifton?

nooo i went to cinderhill for her i got roxi from clifton though

My boys ears are fairly big as well! hang down his face but he is a full breed staffy, ive seen Mum and Dad, so i wouldnt worry about it either shes gorgeous though! that photo of her with the little girl is brilliant

xx

thats my new addition roxi shes 8 weeks and my 4 year old adores her!! daijas ears were twice that size lol still a sweety tho

Aw what gorgeous pics

thats daija in the above baby pics looks nothing like roxi which deffinately confirms in my mind that daija isnt full "staffy" as we know roxi is! (our friends own both parents)