Momma2Bullies
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Hi everyone,
So far this website has been awesome helping me and my two bullies - but I don't see many references to littermates or anyone having some....issues.... with that? I have a boy and girl from the same litter. They are best friends, and sleep together and cuddle (and yes, we did crate train them separately, but out of the crate they are inseparable!). Most of the time things are great.... however, we noticed a definite shift in the last 4 months. The male was the "runt", and his "big" sister was pretty much in charge of things until they were almost a year. Then my boy had to have luxating patella repair as well as have his little pinched nostrils widened. During the 4 months of recovery, it was hard on Layla to be kept from her brother and she became quite destructive in very obvious protest. As Wilbur recovered, we very much had to keep Layla calm around him so he wouldn't re-injure himself. As a result, Wilbur was "babied" and Layla got a lot of discipline. I now have a bionic and oxygenated boy who is taller and bigger than his sister and he is now very much the dominant one. I laughed it off at first, because the same thing happened to me LOL. However, I am not happy with how playtime seem to escalate into something a little more aggressive. I always worried they played too rough, even when they were 10 weeks, but as my vet put it "they are not china dolls. If no one is bleeding or trying to get away, they are ok". So I let them rough-house, but when is it too much? And they are a little out of control, I have to admit. They have basic obedience, and they are pretty good otherwise. Maybe I am over-reacting, maybe it is their age (they are now 1 year 3 months - do they grow out of this hyper stage EVER???!!) Is this all the "littermate curse"???
Thanks, as always!!!
So far this website has been awesome helping me and my two bullies - but I don't see many references to littermates or anyone having some....issues.... with that? I have a boy and girl from the same litter. They are best friends, and sleep together and cuddle (and yes, we did crate train them separately, but out of the crate they are inseparable!). Most of the time things are great.... however, we noticed a definite shift in the last 4 months. The male was the "runt", and his "big" sister was pretty much in charge of things until they were almost a year. Then my boy had to have luxating patella repair as well as have his little pinched nostrils widened. During the 4 months of recovery, it was hard on Layla to be kept from her brother and she became quite destructive in very obvious protest. As Wilbur recovered, we very much had to keep Layla calm around him so he wouldn't re-injure himself. As a result, Wilbur was "babied" and Layla got a lot of discipline. I now have a bionic and oxygenated boy who is taller and bigger than his sister and he is now very much the dominant one. I laughed it off at first, because the same thing happened to me LOL. However, I am not happy with how playtime seem to escalate into something a little more aggressive. I always worried they played too rough, even when they were 10 weeks, but as my vet put it "they are not china dolls. If no one is bleeding or trying to get away, they are ok". So I let them rough-house, but when is it too much? And they are a little out of control, I have to admit. They have basic obedience, and they are pretty good otherwise. Maybe I am over-reacting, maybe it is their age (they are now 1 year 3 months - do they grow out of this hyper stage EVER???!!) Is this all the "littermate curse"???
Thanks, as always!!!