Hello Fellow Boxer Lovers!
We've had Bodhi since August 2006, we got him at 8 weeks from a breeder! He's an 81# big boy, neutered. We recently adopted Astrid from a Boxer rescue, she's spayed and about 60#.
The problem, they play rough, as Boxers do... Boxing, wrestling, chasing... Well, Astrid like to chomp on Bodhi's face, his lower cheeks on his muzzle. Every once and awhile he'd yelp then she'd stop. I asked the rescue and she said if Bodhi keeps coming back for more play, then all is good. She said Boxers have a high pain toleranc and even tho it may look harsh to us people folk, to him it's nothing.
The thing is, he never tells her 'no'. He'll yelp, she'll stop... It's all the intermittant chomps that added up to his facial boo boos.
Well his cheeks scabbed up, they continue to rough house, we now direct the face biting with a 'gentle' command. Well this morning after a good romp in the yard after a fresh rain one of Bodhi's cheeks is raw....like road rash... fur gone, just 'ouch'...
Questions:
A) What should we do to care for his face? Ointment, etc...?
B) Should we do anything like peroxide or bactine to clean it?
B) What should we do to have her stop biting his face? (someone told us bitter apple will that hurt him?)
Thanks!
We've had Bodhi since August 2006, we got him at 8 weeks from a breeder! He's an 81# big boy, neutered. We recently adopted Astrid from a Boxer rescue, she's spayed and about 60#.
The problem, they play rough, as Boxers do... Boxing, wrestling, chasing... Well, Astrid like to chomp on Bodhi's face, his lower cheeks on his muzzle. Every once and awhile he'd yelp then she'd stop. I asked the rescue and she said if Bodhi keeps coming back for more play, then all is good. She said Boxers have a high pain toleranc and even tho it may look harsh to us people folk, to him it's nothing.
The thing is, he never tells her 'no'. He'll yelp, she'll stop... It's all the intermittant chomps that added up to his facial boo boos.
Well his cheeks scabbed up, they continue to rough house, we now direct the face biting with a 'gentle' command. Well this morning after a good romp in the yard after a fresh rain one of Bodhi's cheeks is raw....like road rash... fur gone, just 'ouch'...
Questions:
A) What should we do to care for his face? Ointment, etc...?
B) Should we do anything like peroxide or bactine to clean it?
B) What should we do to have her stop biting his face? (someone told us bitter apple will that hurt him?)
Thanks!