Question for those with more than one dog, fighting?

[pitc9]

My two pups have never even as much as raised a hair to one another but my friend has two male Malamute litter mates that are 2 or 3 years old and they will tear into each other like there's no tomorrow, but will cry and not eat if you seperate them. They each are over 110lbs, pulling the back legs is the only thing that works for them.
I hope your girls snap put of it and calm down!
No more fights girls!!!!

[beeniesmom]

Beenie and Frankie go at it when they want the same toy, bone whatever....
To make them stop I usually just yell NO and Clap my hands really loud or get 2 wooden spoons and pop a counter top or whatever hard surface is near. That usually startles them and they quit.

[animal_rescue]

Roxie is the one that usually starts fights here(and it's usually with Alex) and she's so small we usually pull her off the other dog and crate her. Probably not the smartest thing to do but it works.

Good Job at staying calm! When I see a big dog fight I can't help but freak out.

[Flatcoatluver]

I know in the past we have had fights, I know Zoey is very protective of I and the food bowl, and we have to feed them sep. but that is mainly the only fights we have at our house, I guess where lucky.

[4 Dog Mother]

Since my dogs hate water, we throw water on them. Even in the house! Depending on the dogs involved I can usually pull them apart. Taggert almost always seems to be one of the ones involved. Usually it is over food or rawhide. If I see Taggert starting to get possessive (hair raises on his back and he starts a growl), I can usually tell him to knock it off. We know feed them in their crates but that is more because Snoopy will eat everyones if he gets a chance.

[luvofallhorses]

Buster and Jenny get in fights over food. all my dogs are food aggressive, except Rocky. Buster also goes after Rocky sometimes. he doesn't hurt him, he just scares him. Buster and Ginger really don't like each other. Ginger acts like she has something and she DOESN'T and starts snarling at Buster. We have to feed them all seperately, except Rocky and Ginger eat in my parent's room since they don't have a problem with each other. and Buster eats in the kitchen and Jenny eats in the living room. We haven't had any serious fights, though..thank goodness! I hope that never happens.

[Husky_mom]

in my case everything was fine i had my three girls and my boy together and no problems at all my boy ruled them and showed the who was the boss, the bad stuff came when my boy passed then the most dominant girl tried to rule the others and they got a few really nasty fights a couple when i wasnt home so i had to be called and so i rushed to get them separated cause it was bad, blood and all, since then fights were more often and i separated them in two batches (dominant - the rest) but then the other one started fighting with the one she was with so i had to separate them too......they still hang out but theres always a fence in between to prevent fights, before they even snapped through the fence now its like nothing happened, but i take no chances since China is way to submissive and Ninja well shes the boss and could seriously hurt China as she is very petite and shy.......

glad they came buddies again, hope it never triggers again, it really is a scary situation to be in prescence with.....hugs

[Anita Cholaine]

Fights are one of the reasons I don't think it would be a good idea to get another dog... Anita is so dominant, she doesn't like adult dogs too much, especially if they are females. If someday we get another dog, it will have to be a really docile one, who doesn't mind being controled by Anita..

[Kfamr]

We've had a very scraps here and there but a firm "HEY!!!" quickly stopped it. Usually food or toy is involved and quickly taken away if anything like so happens/

[wolfsoul]

With Visa all I have to do is yell "Hey!" and she'll stop. She never starts a fight, but she'll definatly finish one.

As far as Belgians go, you don't have to wrry too much about fighting. They have a VERY strong pack order that never goes off balance. Being at Marla's house is funny because you get to see the pack order in action. First there is Visa's grandmother, Isis. Then Visa's mother (who is no longer with Marla, but anyways), Spirit. Then Loki, the puppy. Then Visa. Then the poodle (who thinks she's a Belgian). Then Jaguar. No matter what, Jaguar is always on the bottom. It never changes. Even the 8 week old puppy was instantly above her. The dogs never argue about it, they just accept it. That's what I love about Belgians.

When my mom was a teenager, they had a dog fight that could not be broken up. Her and my aunt tried everything; they kicked the dogs, hit them, screamed at them, but these dogs were stuck at eachother's throats, killing eachother. So my mom pushed on one end, my aunt pulled on the other, until they got the dogs to the doorway. They slammed the door on their heads. Fight over!

[ParNone]

With my 3 males, I haven't had any real fights. If Gull and Murph are irritated at each other, they'll bark back and forth at each other, which doesn't last long, since I get annoyed and tell'em to knock it off.

Gull can be kind of prissy with Oz though, over food, toys and attention. He'll shove him and nip at him. Oz is submissive, so no actual fight starts. But I'll usually grab Gull by the collar (probably something I wouldn't do if I had a different type breed), pull him away from Oz and tell him to "Be Nice to Oz". Then I make both sit and be calm, then they'll get rewarded. This type of occurance is rarer now, I guess since he knows it's the sitting and being calm that's rewarded and the snippiness is getting him the collar grab.

When I had Maddie though, she would get so cranky with Murph. He could just be laying asleep at the foot of the bed, no instigation on his part at all, and out of nowhere she'd go after him. It sounded really ferocious, but the most she ever did was yank some hair out.

I got to where I could tell when she was gonna strike. We'd all be laying on the bed, with me watching TV or surfing the web. I'd catch her body language change out of the corner of my eye and without even looking over, I'd swing my leg over in between her and Murph. She'd then charge and put her front feet on leg. There she'd be hanging off my leg, spewing doggie curse words at Murph, but she wouldn't go past my leg. Murph got to where he didn't even look up anymore, when she charged. He trusted I'd get my leg up in time. I uh wouldn't recommend this technique for most dogs or situations though or the collar grabbing technique. With my dogs it works, with others you might end up getting bitten.

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