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while clean out kennls and changing water ---I turned out 6 puppies 4 months + and a couple year olds ---we have a bout 4" of snow and it is the first snow they have ever seen --the pups tried to keep up with the older dogs and they barked ever breath around the barn and house and back in the field back to kennel for a half hour ---the ? is am I teaching them to dog bark and me-to behind dogs ---other words will it hurt them to run after the older dogs in the yard ---sounded like a sight race--- sure did sound good I'm dummer than a boxs of rocks with beagles
Them was pups being pups. Thats what they do at that age play grab . When you get serious about starting them knock it down to one at a time with the older dog. They aint learning to run dog or anything else they just playing. If you just turned out the pups they would do the same thing. I think it is good for them all to play together once in a while helps make the pack bond stronger.
I didn't want to help them with a bad habit --yes they will be ran one at a time and the last one I started I started by it's self with out and old dog --just take a few more trips to the field