A second Dawg Park Czechoslovakian Wolfdog / Vlcak Special Edition! If you love wolf dogs, is curious about their behavior, how they interact, then this video is for you! Social play, body language, communication, interactions, play fighting and more!
This movie was filmed in the afternoon of August 7, 2015 at the Dog Park in Slottsskogen, Gothenburg, Sweden. Anna of Kennel DreamSkyline and I had arranged a little wolf dog meet for pups from Anna's Trassel's earlier litter (now owned by Svala Flygare, Anton Blomkvist, Sofie Andreasson, and Tomas Olson.)
Also in this video is Anna's bull terrier Dino and Isabella's American Bully Bonita (who had started live with us/Lovec for about two weeks prior to this video).
Czechoslovakian Wolfdog Lovec "Quaggy II" Od Úhoště was 1 year, 6 months, and 1 week old in this video. Lovec is the wolf dog with the lighter markings in his coat.
Note: When playing, dogs inhibit their bites and sometimes voluntarily give their play partner a competitive advantage by, for example, rolling on their backs or letting themselves be caught during a chase — behaviors that would never happen during real fighting. Lovec does this a lot since he's self-assured and mentally strong – he’s not interested in showing off or to play in a dominant manner.
In addition to inhibited bites, open mouth play, and self-handicapping — dogs clearly demarcate play by employing signals, such as play bows (putting the head and chest to the ground while keeping the rear half up) and exaggerated, bouncy movements.
These exaggerated pattern, suggests that playing dogs recognize moments when their behavior can be misinterpreted as aggression or fighting and compensate by reminding their play partner that, “I’m friendly, I'm playing.”
Play fighting is the primary method used to form new relationships and develop lasting friendships between dogs. Although play is mostly for fun, it also offers serious opportunities to communicate with another dog. In this sense, play is a kind of language.
Research suggests that animals play to help form social bonds, enhance cognitive development, exercise and/or practice coping skills for life’s unexpected situations. All of these benefits, if real, are important to our dogs.
There is no fighting in this video, only natural dog vs dog play (and play fighting.)
The music is composed by my brother Mathias.
Check him out on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/mathias-bartoll
...or here on the YouTubez: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCB-IXdxRjbA85f8cjiXLtA
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