On Aug 29, 1:17*pm, (Melinda Shore) wrote:
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I think I know the difference between puppy license play and
tolerance for hard, physical play but I don't know I know
the difference and I'm wondering if that's an issue here.
My adult dogs body slam each other and Crow and Eclipse will
tag-team Slick and repeatedly throw him to the ground
(Slick? *A saint), and they're mature dogs. *

It's interesting you should say that. Adult greyhounds do not play
that way. They could probably withstand the body slams - racing
greyhounds fall, roll over, get bumped or whatever, and get up and
finish the race - but their skin would tear in a heartbeat if they
grabbed each other the way huskies do. And usually greyhounds
standing on their back legs are fighting, not playing. I'd forgotten
how very physical Sibes can be in their play, because it's been a
while since we've seen it here. I wonder whether this is an issue at
our house as well - Mukluk, when he feels good, is trying to play with
the other dogs, but he speaks Siberian and they speak sighthound. Of
course, there's a certain amount of buttheaded dominance in all his
behavior, whether play or not, and there always has been except with
Tasha, who was his Queen.

There actually is a large animal vet about a mile up the
road, but I think she's sort of gotten out of her practice
and is now spending all her time training for endurance
competitions (horses). *

What breed of horse(s)?

MS