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Q & A / Trying to get 4 chins to play and get along
« on: May 24, 2017, 08:02:29 PM »
Hi,
Joined the forum with some issues with new chins. My girl friend has two chins a standard grey(Mika) and A tan (Rosie) she moved them in with me and I've have bonded with them. I like them so much I researched them and found various colors one in which I liked pink white and mosaic white. I happened to come upon two unloved chins for sale off face book a pink white(renamed, Floki) and a standard grey(Ginger). I've had them for over two months now. They quickly bonded with me after a few weeks had the vet checked them out and are healthy. We moved them in same room as Mika and Rosie, I let Floki and Ginger run around the room to get to know the new location. This make Rosie jealous, my girl friend decided to let her out and hold her(that didn't last long), she met Floki which they seemed to be ok with, Ginger on the other hand not so much got chased and several hairs pulled. Since then we do not let them play together. We have moved the cages near one another and Rosie and Ginger try attacking through the cages and pee. So I attempted to bond all four of them with a long drive through back roads. All seemed ok once they got home. About a half hour later they are at it again but Mika joined in the taunting of Ginger. Floki has no part of this.
This has been a problem since introducing the new chins, floki is afraid of the other two Ginger try's to fight Rosie . Is there any other ways of making play time safe for all four at once? Or am I stuck with four chins that will hate one another for their life's?
I'm hoping this forum is active and can help. We have tried to section off a hall way split with old cage parts, and sit with our sets of chins, things went ok for about ten mins then Ginger got injured, she is ok. They are currently not close to one another's cage, and I let them play one group at a time. A ramp is going to each cage and Ginger has found Mika and Rosie's ramp, today, this caused a fight within the cage and with my two out of the cage playing. It seems to me the two dominant girls dislike one another and when upset attack the weaker ones that are near by. Do you think separateing the cages from the room would be a good idea for now? Also how can a friend of mine have a family of chins and not have this issue?
Thanks, Matthew
Joined the forum with some issues with new chins. My girl friend has two chins a standard grey(Mika) and A tan (Rosie) she moved them in with me and I've have bonded with them. I like them so much I researched them and found various colors one in which I liked pink white and mosaic white. I happened to come upon two unloved chins for sale off face book a pink white(renamed, Floki) and a standard grey(Ginger). I've had them for over two months now. They quickly bonded with me after a few weeks had the vet checked them out and are healthy. We moved them in same room as Mika and Rosie, I let Floki and Ginger run around the room to get to know the new location. This make Rosie jealous, my girl friend decided to let her out and hold her(that didn't last long), she met Floki which they seemed to be ok with, Ginger on the other hand not so much got chased and several hairs pulled. Since then we do not let them play together. We have moved the cages near one another and Rosie and Ginger try attacking through the cages and pee. So I attempted to bond all four of them with a long drive through back roads. All seemed ok once they got home. About a half hour later they are at it again but Mika joined in the taunting of Ginger. Floki has no part of this.
This has been a problem since introducing the new chins, floki is afraid of the other two Ginger try's to fight Rosie . Is there any other ways of making play time safe for all four at once? Or am I stuck with four chins that will hate one another for their life's?
I'm hoping this forum is active and can help. We have tried to section off a hall way split with old cage parts, and sit with our sets of chins, things went ok for about ten mins then Ginger got injured, she is ok. They are currently not close to one another's cage, and I let them play one group at a time. A ramp is going to each cage and Ginger has found Mika and Rosie's ramp, today, this caused a fight within the cage and with my two out of the cage playing. It seems to me the two dominant girls dislike one another and when upset attack the weaker ones that are near by. Do you think separateing the cages from the room would be a good idea for now? Also how can a friend of mine have a family of chins and not have this issue?
Thanks, Matthew