WWYD - friend / puppy conundrum

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My friend and I have puppies the same age but different breeds.
The pups go to training classes etc together and we regularly walk them off lead together in an open area.
Her puppy had some issues from the get go, a bit nervy etc but she is working very hard at socialisation.
The problem is that the tag and tumble play the puppies were enjoying at the start has turned rougher. My dog has sustained a few scratches over this week and today we had to remove her dogs teeth from my boys nose as she wouldn't let go.
Friend is laughing this off however I am obviously concerned.
My responsibility is for the safety of my dog but I don't want to wrap him in cotton wool.
Will this pass or should I stop the walks??

My dog (jackhuahua) and my sister and father's dogs (whippets and littermates) are the same age and sometimes they play rough when all three are together, the noise sounds like they are killing each other sometimes and a few times they have all received some scratches and tooth marks but it's just playing and they enjoy chasing and playing rough and tumble with each other.
I'd not worry to much and try afew more times if it looks like it's getting to rough for you recall the dogs and put on lead for a couple of minutes as a distraction before letting them back off to play.
Unless it's obviously dog aggression or an obvious case of one dog bullying and dominanting another I wouldn't worry too much about alittle rough and tumble play

personally (not a behaviourist) I would put a stop to the playing when you feel it is going to far. The other dog needs to learn that this is not how to play....your dog may put up with it, but she may try it on with another dog - and get more than she bargains for.

I have a friends spaniel who takes things too far - he plays with my dog, the way he would play with the human boys he lives with....it gets to the point that mine does not look happy, and I have decided that I need to step in before it gets to that point.

We are separating them when it looks like its getting out of hand, however she then launches straight towards my boy again.
Think only way around it is to only do on lead walks together for a while, see if age settles things down.

Age won't settle anything by itself, really you need to stop play as soon as it gets too rough...and do that every time, so if she launches at him again, she's taken away, until she doesn't.

Hang around after training class to ask the trainer, preferably when your friend isn't there. I would be a bit concerned about this- even if your dog doesn't get physically injured, it would be a pity if he started to get scared of other dogs.
What breed are the two dogs?

Dogs learn through repetition, you have to continue intervening until her dog makes the connection and learns to control herself - this may take a while!

If you let them sort it out between them your dog may get fed up and escalate the aggression or develop a more General fear aggression.

Is your friend on board with this?

I had a friend like this. Her collie used to jump on my poor spaniel and hold him down by his neck every two minutes. I got so fed up with it and her 'oh they're just playing' - er, your dog might be playing, mine's fed up - that I just stopped seeing her. I didn't like her attitude that nothing could be done and it would be cruel to walk her dog on the lead.

I think you not only need to separate them, but put them on lead, walk for a bit , before you let them off lead again.

She (the dog) needs to learn how to behave appropriately with other dogs, she is still a puppy, she can learn, but it will take time. I look at my friends spaniel and he could get badly injured because he doesn't play appropriately, and one day a dog may really take exception to it, and that would be a real shame.

Thank you all, friend doesn't seem overly concerned, thinks its just play but I am obviously not comfortable.
Friend spoke with trainer about her pups other issues - trainer suggested she works really hard on socialisation.
Both are large breeds, hers a giant, although they are just 17 weeks.
She is a good friend and I would like to help her but I do think the off lead play together needs to stop.

Gosh, yes, especially at that age! Her pup is learning really well that he's allowed to terrorise other dogs! Needs nipping in the bud pronto. This is a very impressionable age.