whenever I come outside to play with them they start to to fight over it last time they raealy hurt each other and would not go near each other for days my parents say it's nothing but i'm warried
2007-02-26 12:53:50 · 5 answers · asked by Natasha M 2 in Pets ➔ Dogs
I agree with sophylake....get them spayed and in obedience classes. That should help. They are fighting over you....are they getting enough attention and environmental stimulation? Puppies are high-maintenance as far as needing things to keep them occupied. If that doesn't help, you could try building a barrier between the two halves ( or thirds or how ever many you have) and interacting with them separately. They could see and smell each other, but they wouldn't be vying for attention. Oh, one more thing. Don't give them rhyming or similar names....I made that mistake once....we like to never got them trained separately. They need to know that you're (or your parents) are in charge of their "pack"....that should cut down on the fights for dominance.
2007-02-26 13:19:05 · answer #1 · answered by AJ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is why you should not EVER keep two littermates. Dogs in the wild naturally start to disperse over time (wolves do also to a degree) and usually what happens is that two littermates raised together will bond much more strongly with each other than you and will be difficult to train (even professionals don't raise more than 1 pup from a litter). They also will almost always start to fight around sexual maturity for dominance and it's usually not pretty. They need some serious training so they learn to listen to you and your parents most of all. See the sites below.
2007-02-26 20:59:53 · answer #2 · answered by Cave Canem 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't let them fight, if dogs have agression towards each other they will fight to the death. Someone will end up hurt. Whatever you do do not try to break up a fight with your own body. They will bite you too and you could get hurt real bad.
2007-02-26 21:03:10 · answer #3 · answered by dark_forsaken_wolf 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How Many Dogs do you Have? It sounds like jealousy to me. Maybe you should take them out separately & play with them that way. Then they will have your undivided attention. Think about it. They don't want competition for your play time or attention. I think that would help. Give it a shot, what do you have to lose?
2007-02-26 21:12:10 · answer #4 · answered by unstablegramy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
make sure they are both spayed and enroll in obedience classes in order to train them and to establish that YOU are alpha over them.... and they are in YOUR pack
2007-02-26 20:57:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋