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labs playing

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Question
i have two labs, one male, one female, the female is a year and a half and the male is almost four months.  they get along great. what is your opinion of their playing tug of war with each other?  they love to play that with a couple of pull toys designed especially for tug of war.

Answer
Hello, My dogs play tug of war all the time a few weeks ago infact I boght a small pink squeaky/plush hedgehog for my boston terriers birthday and I came back in the room to find all three of my dogs pulling on this tiny 6 inch toy lol! I also have rope toys for my dogs which they like to pull on together I even play tug with my dog sometimes without any problems they all know I'm the boss so it works out just fine. Tug games can turn nasty if the dogs start Really growling over there toys howver play growling is unmistakable to Real full on give me my toy back or I'll take your eye out growling and I hear this when my two terriers are pulling on a toy my boston terrier always gets mean because she is toy agressive and would perfer to steal all the toys and sit on them  rather then let her roomies play with them at all lol