Definitely playing, see how they switch who is on the floor belly up.
Quite gentle compared to mine [IMG][/IMG]

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Well he will not only bite him, he could end up biting someone else. Not a good idea.

Ways you can tell they are play: One is submissive, willingly, later the other one is willingly submissive. When the first round stopped, the little dog just looked up at his friend, head up, looking straight at him. He never ran off when he had the chance. No one got hurt either. They seem like really good mates

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I'm no expert but it looks like quite gentle play to me. My Senior Dog and Junior Dog have even more difference in size than your two and their play looks much rougher. SD's dirty trick is squashing JD while JD's dirty trick is grabbing SD's chest hairs (she is a very hairy girl). Also, JD's head is often in SD's mouth and I was wondering if this was ok too.

We're keeping a close eye because JD who has only been with us a few weeks is fairly assertive and there are some power struggles starting to emerge.

I'd love to see them play more gently like yours and thanks for the video as it helps me too.

They are definitely playing.

Not sure the person slapping the dog round the head, albeit playfully, is the best way to play with a large breed.

Just my opinion....

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My opinion too

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I hate him doing it, this is one of our main arguments. He never turns his back when he jumps up either, that bugs me. I do slot with hom during the day, I never play with him like that, and trying to get him to stop jumping up, then my oh comes in and messes it all up!

Thankfully duke has stopped jumping up at everyone in the house but my oh, that's not the point though. Bloody frustrates me when he doesn't listen to me about how to act around him! ;@

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People will probably think "oh, she's off on her man hating gig again" but you will never get a man to agree that you might be right. When the dog jumps up some little old lady and knocks her flying, he will probably blame the dog, or you for not stopping him. When he sees hands coming and automatically snaps, the same will happen. I hope the dog is insured for third party liability.

I suggest you try this: come up in front of your OH and start gently slapping him round the face and mouth - see how long it is before he gets very annoyed. He is teasing the dog, and annoying the dog, which is not only dangerous, it is cruel.

Sorry to sound harsh and I know how difficult it is, but it needs to be said.

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I agree, you are right and it is a man thing

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I dont know about the slaping the face thing my last dog loved it
But if you want to stop your dog from jumping up people i know of a few good ways one is to blow a dog whistle and then firmly say no down! or you call the dog and give a small treat until it stops or try the yellow pages for a dog trainer
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I've been turning around with my back to him and ignoring him. If I say "ah" when he's about to jump he stops. He's getting alot better at not jumping up, he caught this trait from Lollie as he's never done it before she came and she does it all the time.

I might try the slapping thing what about punches? Or is that taking it too far?

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