.
Although I had him entered for Obedience, I didn't compete with him today. We just went to find the show location and get acclimated in prep for tomorrow's rally show. It's a nice place and I hope he will do well tomorrow, but fun is the top priority. I'm looking forward to it!
.
His hormones are starting to kick in and he has gotten into fights with Coyote three times now. Thankfully they both have excellent bite inhibition so no injuries (other than a very small puncture on Coyote- likely caused when we were trying to pull them off each other.) Problem is that once they latch on, neither wants to let go. It takes both of us to get them apart. I have no doubt this will resolve itself and maybe it has. Today, they started posturing, but stopped immediately when I yelled at them to "knock it off!" However, I ordered another "softie muzzle" just in case. If they both have to wear muzzles for awhile, then that's what will happen. For the most part, it's not an issue between them. But if excitement levels are high or if Dazzle is playing roughly with Buster or Bear, it takes very little to ignite.
.
At least with plenty of warning signals, I can stop things before they start and reward them for good behavior choices (ignoring, looking away, shake offs, etc.) We went through this with Coyote and Bear too. And now those two are fine with each other. Coyote easily won fights with Bear even though BEAR didn't want to stop fighting, so it might be a bit different outcome with the bigger, younger Dazzle. We shall see.
.
Stay tuned for a report from the Rally show tomorrow!
.
---------------------------------- All about the life of "Dazzle" --------------------------------
