I have 3 dogs. 2 female pit bulls and 1 male lab. 1 pit bull and the lab gang up on the other pit. What to do?

Question

One female pit is about 2 and the other pit is under 1. The lab is about 1. This aggression just started recently as the older pit turned 2. What is the best way to train the 3 to live together peacefully?

Answer 1

Its probably going to be a lot of work and disciplining for you. You are going to have to stay on top of them all the times and don't leave them together unsupervised. My best advice to get Cesar Millan's book "My Way" and start reading it as well as watch the dog whisperer on the National Geographic channel. His training is all about rules, bounderies, & limitations and letting your dogs know the only leader in the house is you, not them. Cesar has tons of dogs in his compound, many of them pitbulls and they all live peacefully under one roof with his type of training. Good Luck!

Answer 2

You need another dog. I have had the same problem in the past with horses. Put three out in a pasture and two will make a bond and pick on the other one. When I had three dogs it was the same thing. My little Chi/Rat Terrier and APBT would pick on the Beagle. I now have another APBT and the two Pits play together and the other two don't bothered unless they want to. At times I have all four of them running through the play fighting together.

Answer 3

Find a good trainer. This behavior can get worse and it isn't fair that one dog is stressed and picked on. Do not leave these dogs alone unsupervised, dogs do hurt and kill each other. Stop it and prevent it. You shouldn't be scaring or hurting any of the dogs to stop this behavior, so find a positive trainer, but I would probably never trust them alone together, just to be safe. Punishment in this situation could make the behaviors worse.

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Answer 4

separate the dog from the other ones

Answer 5

You need to talk to a behaviourist in your area. This is something that needs to be observed.