my two dogs

[grooter 0]

my two fell terriers keep on fighting lately there geting realy bad at it tacks about 10 mins to seperate theme iv had to keep them apart can not keep them on the same leash one is 8 years old and one is 18 months old is there any other way that i can stop this from apperning all my dogs live in the house what can i do doing my head in

Edited December 6, 2008 by grooter

[rapskee 8]

my two fell terriers keep on fighting lately there geting realy bad at it tacks about 10 mins to seperate theme iv had to keep them apart can not keep them on the same leash one is 8 years old and one is 18 months old is there any other way that i can stop this from apperning all my dogs live in the house what can i do :wallbash:doing my head in

sorry to say mate it happened to me six months back had to pick one or the other wasent nice but think i made the right choice.

[kirstysdad 827]

young dog is trying to be top dog with the older one you may have to bite bullet and pass one on unless you can kennel them seperatly by sounds of things getting more intense are they dogs or bitches as bitches tend to be worse and hold a grudge be careful or you may end up with one being killed

[grooter 0]

there both dogs sir & pup , it is getting worse what im going to do is get an out side kennell made up try that first. last time thay where fighting the older dog got a k9 tooth ripped out ill get brick built out house, so ill covert that in to kennell this afternoon cheers lads

Edited December 6, 2008 by grooter

[mad al 146]

The old dog is never gonna give in to the youngster, so you have two choices I'd say. You could decide to keep just the one, or you could step in and sort the pair of them out, doesn't always work though as it depends on the breed, dogs nature and how you handle it.

I've had this bringing two male Shar Pei's (not at the same time) into our Gaff that had a male Rottie who already ruled the domain. Both breeds very powerful and potentially aggressive. This was not an easy task I can tell you, the first one was bad enough, but the second was a very different kettle of fish, the Shar Pei is possibly the most determined dog I have ever seen and thank God our Rottie is not aggressive to the point of "feck this you are about to die" and will just hold his attacker until help (me) arrives. This has been a very long haul with continual on going input that is getting less by the day.

One question, are they worse when you or someone else is about, I ask as what I have found is that when you take the human out of the situation, they are far happier. If you are to have a go at sorting it, distraction, water, noise etc is a good base camp. I have tried quite a few things from water to the present day "tool", which is a plastic emergency whistle that is used on ships, I only have to pick it up if I see one of the dogs not listening.

[Tallyho 181]

we had two pat terriers that started off ok but the pup got a bit older and wanted to dominate they had some serious fights , had to keep them seperate at all times, even just taking out for a walk they had to be took at different times, right pain in the ass it was .

[mad al 146]

we had two pat terriers that started off ok but the pup got a bit older and wanted to dominate they had some serious fights , had to keep them seperate at all times, even just taking out for a walk they had to be took at different times, right pain in the ass it was .

 

 

that's right Tally, a bit like walkin on egg shells all the time and I think when it's that bad you have to seperate them or re-home. The thing I think that adds fuel to the fire is the dogs can also sense your unrest with the atmos. between them.

[grooter 0]

we had two pat terriers that started off ok but the pup got a bit older and wanted to dominate they had some serious fights , had to keep them seperate at all times, even just taking out for a walk they had to be took at different times, right pain in the ass it was .

tallyho that is what i am doing at the moment, took for walks at diferent times and keeped seperate got the 4 terriers the other three get on well together it mite off created my this my self at one time i used to feed the older dog in the house when i had pup i put the older dog out side for its food and feed the pup in the house pushing the older dog down the wrankes so to speak sorry about the spelling

Edited December 6, 2008 by grooter

[nguruve 2]

any dog fighting issue can be sorted with the right training just consistancy

make one dog submit to the other so there is a pecking order

 

this can be done in diffrent ways for diffrent dogs and takes repetition lie one dog on its back and let the less aggressive dog sniff and move around the dog on its back

 

putting a dog in a submissive possition will alter its state of mind to submission but only do this when they are both calm not then they are all rowed up and it will take a while of doing this to sort it out

 

best of luck mate ive had the same problem with dogs in the past but they were my bull terriers and weren't worked

[the_stig 6,614]

there both dogs sir & pup , it is getting worse what im going to do is get an out side kennell made up try that first. last time thay where fighting the older dog got a k9 tooth ripped out ill get brick built out house, so ill covert that in to kennell this afternoon cheers lads

worth a try i had 2 russell bitchs sisters never fought till they whr 6 yr old ? just had to keep em apart it was a pain in the arse but sorted the problem --- sorry tallyho bowt the same post as yours i posted then read the other posts hard day at work .. Edited December 6, 2008 by the_stig

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Edited December 7, 2008 by oneredtrim

[THE POACHER 13]

im having the same trouble here ive got 2 lakeland pups ages are 10 months old theyve been kenelled together since the age of 6 weeks old and now they absolutley hate each. they fought the other day for 20 mins couldnt get them apart they where in abit of a mess to say the truth couldnt beleive it so ive now got one in the house in a cage when im making kennels bigger the things you have to do lol i cant even put them on the same couples as soon as they see each other they want to kill each other. i think they fighting to be top dog but neither one of them will back down im going to see how they are when kennels are finished if it carrys on ill have to get rid of one of them but i hope it dont come to that as ive high expectations of these two they showing all the right sighns so fingers crossed

[dogrun 2]

Edited June 9, 2009 by dogrun

[spindolero 1,111]

Blacks from a working line will be fiery and not prone to giving in. That's what they were bred to be like.

 

It may settle down but you probably won't be able to trust them not to kick off again.

[Tallyho 181]

Blacks from a working line will be fiery and not prone to giving in. That's what they were bred to be like.

 

It may settle down but you probably won't be able to trust them not to kick off again.

 

got to agree with you there, there was no way i could of trained any of mine to be submissive, they both wanted to dominate and there was nothing else for it the one had to be moved to some kennels, where she was put with her son, but they too started fighting so even with dogs she wanted to be the top one .