I have 4 australian shepherds.2 are neutered,and 2 are intact-1 is a female.my female had her first season back in january.Ever since then,my neutered male keeps attacking my intact male.The two are intact because they are show dogs.
We never see this coming-it is always a surprise when it happens.
2007-03-08 14:24:09 · 8 answers · asked by Aussie 4 2 in Pets ➔ Dogs
too many assume that neutering will alter established behavior and this is not necessarily true. If the older male held dominant or alpha status before the younger male came along, he will treat the younger one as a threat. This is normal behavior. Just because the older one is neutered does not mean he still will not try to mate thus keeping the alpha status. This will get worse if a female comes into season as he sees the younger one as more of a threat. Much has to do with their age when they first came together. When the older one was intact, did you have the younger one? This would explain much. As a former breeder I have had to deal with this in both my dogs and my cats. To this day though no longer breeding cats, my last Tom who is now neutered along with my other males, will still go after the other males on occasion to re-establish alpha status. Once the younger one has been neutered and there is no females to come into season this action will begin to alleviate itself.
2007-03-08 14:39:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is totally because you have a female that is able to breed in the house. The older dog is trying to keep the younger dog lower in the pack because the older dog doesn't realize he's neutered and cannot breed with her. You may have to make some adjustments in your house...like feeding the males in different areas and making sure to keep them sperate when you are not home so an unsupervised fight does not break out.
2007-03-08 15:07:26 · answer #2 · answered by Redawg J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aussie's are wonderful companions. But they do tend to hold grudges. It sounds like your neutered male was still trying to compete for your female. Now that these dogs have fought, you will probably have to keep them apart from now on. I use to breed Aussie's until I started to have this same problem with my dogs. Once they would fight, it was like they never got over it and I always had to keep them apart. I have talked to other herding dog breeders, that had this same problem. I have 2 females that use to be the best of buddies until one attacked another. I have had them separated for 2 years and, unfortunately, I'm positive these dogs would fight if they were ever put in the same fenced area again.
2007-03-08 15:04:43 · answer #3 · answered by hotdiggitydog 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YOU need to be alpha in your pack. Never allow any of your dogs to show dominance over other dogs or people. It can be a lot of work to become alpha in your pack.
I highly reccomend the book Click to Calm, it has a lot of good advise on dealing with dog agression and dominance.
Good luck!
2007-03-08 14:35:18 · answer #4 · answered by Shalvia 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kind of sounds like to me that your 2 yr old has been trying to maybe show some Dominance and your 4 yr old isnt going to have it.
2007-03-08 14:30:56 · answer #5 · answered by birdluver24 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some male dogs that i know, they just don't like other males. Or they don't like other dogs and for that they will attack. Hmm prolly best that you seperate them for awhile. Let them adapt to the environment.
If you notice, we humans are like that too. There are some who is anti social and some are not.
2007-03-08 14:29:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you sure he's not challanging the other dog to try to become the Alfa dog? Sounds like you might need to keep them in different rooms.
2007-03-08 14:28:46 · answer #7 · answered by freedove06 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So, why do you let it go on? See what the dog whisperer says. It's no surprise any longer.
2007-03-08 15:06:35 · answer #8 · answered by regwoman123 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋