If I can't stop his behavior, the next step is meds.and I can always get his fangs capped if I absolutely have to. I keep them seperated whenever I can't supervise.which is mostly when I go to bed or the store since I am retired. He is getting a 30 minute time out in a carrier in the back bedroom whenever I see him looking for trouble. I am having this problem with one of my cats now.he has sent two of my other cats to the vets with bites in the last three months.I am working on his attitude. The 55 pounder got his dinner first.I fed one in the bathroom and one in the kitchen. Once the fighting started, that's what I did. Maybe just start feeding the puppy mill rescue in a seperate room. That's great that you have a behaviorist. I'll figure something out, because they both have a home with me forever. I wish they could talk and tell me what's wrong so I could fix it I tried to reintroduce them a little while ago and they both started growling and their ears went back as soon as they saw each other. Maybe I missed a treat on the floor, or something. I never let them eat unsupervised and always make sure I know exactly where any high value items are, but we haven't had a problem. We worked with a behaviorist and she's been doing great for a very long time. She's a puppy mill rescue who learned that if you didn't get the food first, you might not eat. They are ages 5 (Siberian Husky) and 3 (GSD/Boxer) and have lived together since the younger one was 4 weeks old. I often wondered if a neighbor ever saw me do this.I wouldn't have been surprised if the men in little white coats showed up to take me into protective custody. This obviously isn't your situation.just an example of how once you figure out WHY they are fighting you can set out to solve the problem.and I don't know how you are going to figure it out.I wish I did.īTW.the BEST way I found to break up their fights was to run out the side door around to the front porch and knock on the front door and ring the worked EVERY TIME! They were more concerned about who could be at the door than they were with continuing their fight! LOL He told me to show him preference.always feed him first.give him his treat first.and I chose him to take the female's place in my bedroom.and it worked. He told me to choose who I thought should be top dog.I chose the 55 pounder since he had seniority. Then I spoke to another vet.he said they were now fighting to be the top dog.a place that had been held by the older female. The 55 pounder needed stitches at the vets twice. One vet said I was going to have to choose.I told him that wasn't going to happen.I would have their canine teeth smoothed down and capped first.at least they couldn't hurt each other. They started to fight when the older female passed away.up until then they were best buddies. I'm terrified that if I go to the doctor with a dog bite, they'll take my dogs. The dog did not intend to bite me, I was in the way when she lunged. The other thing I'm worried about is that my hand ended up in someone's mouth and got chomped pretty good. There has been no sign of anything wrong between the two of them, at least nothing that I picked up on. They play together, they sleep snuggled together. I don't want them picking up on my fear, but I am afraid of them fighting again, especially since I don't know what caused it. I have them separated now and they're calm, but I'm afraid to let them near each other. They're both cut and bleeding and Abby is going to need stitches in her arm. They were still growling and trying to get each other the whole time. I finally got between them enough to get one in another room and closed the door with my foot while I dragged the other one away. When I couldn't get them separated, I ran and got a pot of cold water to throw on them because I couldn't think of anything else. I seriously thought they were going to tear each other apart. Obviously, something happened that I can't recognize. All three dogs ate dinner and they were all in the living room when the two girls just suddenly lunged at each other. They're buddies and were playing, even napping together all day just like normal. I have absolutely no idea what triggered this and I'm really freaked out. Naala and Abby went at it like they were going to kill each other.
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