These are videos that Amy shot. She does not do a good job of using the "marker word", and Echo is not, particularly, well behaved. (I wish that the video of Echo and I on her Wednesday morning walk were decent, but the quality of the video really was awful. ... We did well, the video of it was REALLY bad.)
On the other hand, I am REALLY proud of Gimli. Since leaving his breeder, in 2005, he has not been around a puppy. In fact, he has been the "puppy" of his pack, until late last year. Radar, of the dogs, was the "alpha", and he was third on the ladder ... of three dogs.
Of all the dachshunds I have had, dating back to 1970, Gimli has the "softest soul". With that said, Gimli is, also, one of those dogs with the attitude of: "I WILL NOT pick a fight with you. BUT, if there is going to be a fight, I WILL END IT." ... The last time Radar picked a fight with him, Gimli spent an "overnight" and a day in the emergency vet clinic. Radar spent 3 days there, after losing a canine tooth.
Radar didn't pick anymore fights with Gimli.
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Now, Gimli is the "elder statesman", and Echo is the pup. I was nervous about how Gimli would behave, at first.
The video I posted a few days ago, and the ones I am about to post prove my concerns were unwarranted.
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Don't get me wrong, he is still showing her that he is the "top dog". He is doing it his way. (The process might get noisy, at times, but I doubt that there will be any blood.)
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Here are the videos:
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