It Really Is A Dog Eat Dog World or Violence Is Never The Answer, Unless You Are Breaking Up An Assault
Entry 1 9:47 a.m. Buddy just hurt Willow . They had been playing as usual. Occasionally he gets grumpy. He clearly doesn't like that he is sharing his territory. The two of them were rolling around, wrestling by my feet, when she started whelping. I looked over to see he had her pinned to the floor and was biting her lip. I tried to pry him off of her, he had hold of her lip and wouldn't let go. It wasn't overzealous playing, it was intentional. He gets pissy sometimes when they are playing. She can be super annoying, pulling his tail, biting his ears with her sharp baby teeth. But this was an order of magnitude more aggressive than Buddy's usual growl, nudge or nip. When I couldn't get him to release her by pulling on him and yelling let go, I hit him for the first time ever, then stuck my hand in his mouth, which was still gripped tighty around her lip, pulled and yelled. He released her then, and I c...