AjaSage
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Feb 20, 2003, 12:54 PM
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She’s a TERRIER! It’s in her nature. . . it sounds to me like she’s territorial and dog aggressive. (guarding toys, not wanting the other dogs too close to her, etc.) This may not be something that can be corrected unless you intend on keeping her on a leash while in the home and closely supervising. You have to remember what terriers were bred for. . .she’s just being a dog. You’ve got yourself a healthy, spirited dog. She wouldn’t be much of a terrier if she wasn’t the way she is!
Now, I do train dogs, so I know that you can have control over her. The question is- to what extent are you willing to take it? Are you willing to keep your eye on her 24/7 when she’s around other dogs and crate her when you can’t watch her? Are you willing to keep a leash on her while you’re watching her and give a correction as soon as a fight begins? Because that’s what it will take in the home. Honestly, I would suggest that you train her so that you have the control needed for her to act like a “lady” in public, and simply keep her separated from the other dogs at home. It sounds to me like she would like to have the run of the house by herself, anyway- she, and the other dog(s) would be much happier.
I own two APBTs who got along alright for the first six months they were together. Now, APBTs are not only Terriers, but were bred for dog fighting for so many years that even though my dogs have never been fought, it is still in their nature. They actually like it. . . and when one would break out between my dogs, it would take two people and the force of GOD to get them apart. Now, this is obviously more extreme than what you’re going through. . .but, needless to say, my dogs remain permanently separated from each other to this day. They don’t have contact with each other or any other dogs.
Honestly, they LOVE being apart. They get individual time with “mommy,” they get to play with whatever toys they want, and they get complete run of the house. If this is not something that you’re willing or able to do, here are a few things I would do to prevent fights before they were separated: - Put all play toys and treats away. Let them play with toys only when one dog is out, or only when dogs are out that will not fight with each other over the toys.
- KEEP your eyes on them. Do not walk out of the room to even go to the bathroom without having the aggressive dog with you so you can be sure nothing will happen.
- No running, barking, or yelling in the house. . .these are all easy fight starters
- Crate them when you’re not home or when you can’t watch their every little move ;)
- Watch for signs of what starts the fights. Once you learn what starts them, do your best to keep THOSE things from happening. Once you do this, you’ll have MUCH less fights. . .guaranteed.
Hope this helps. I know it can be horrible going through stuff like this.
-AjaSage
Good Sites:
www.americanstaffordshireterrier2002.org
www.wpbtca.com
www.workbulldog.com
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