Originally posted by Jadapit
The first day Ebony was here Jada had major issues with her. She attached her. It was awful. Jada would stalk Ebony's every move. They are doing so much better today. It's just going to take Jada some time to get used to her. Do you think Jada is showing Ebony she is the top dog? As Ebony grows will she try to take the top dog spot away from Jada? I'm kind of nervous because Jada does have the pit bull in her and Ebony is full pit and their both females. I'm hoping getting Ebony fixed will calm the female issues down a bit.
It is true that Jada may have been showing her who is top dog. What you want to see is Ebony backing down from her and respecting her when she goes after Ebony. Ebony is still a baby though, so that will most likely happen.

Sometimes when pups reach maturity, they will try to take over the alpha position. Then you could have some really nasty fights on your hands since they are both females. It is generally best if they have at least a 2 year gap in between their ages. Females who are closer in age and size have no clear ways of determining who should be alpha, so they fight for it (not all the time though, it is very possible to have 2 females like that live in harmony). Hopefully Ebony will have a submissive personality and won't try to take over. I would socialize her as much as humanely possible with other dogs while she's growing up - not until she's had her last booster shot though of course.

Good luck and feel free to contact me if you need any advice. I counsel about these issues a lot to people who adopt shelter doggies.