Oh, poor dogs - I hope you are all recovering. That is a good article. I'd like to share something I learned on a husky website - and have used successfully.
HOW TO SAFELY BREAK UP A DOGFIGHT
If two people are present - a person goes behind each dog and lifts the dog's hind legs up off the ground - (like when kids play wheelbarrow), then walk slowly backwards, pulling the two dogs away from each other. The dog cannot turn and bite you from this position and usually it only takes a few seconds of them being separated for all the fighting to stop.
If only one person is present - a little tougher to do, but get hold of one dog by the back legs and walk it backwards to where you can tie it, then repeat with the other dog if it's still fighting.
This technique works well - and no humans get hurt, and the dogs are so surprized they stop fighting right away, because now they're trying to figure out what happened and have to keep their balance.
Probably not worded as eloquently as the original version from the trainer, but I hope you get the picture.
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