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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 437967" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>I agree with Star.</p><p></p><p>I have an aggression issue going on with Molly and Betsy, and let me tell you it is a royal pain in the rear end. </p><p></p><p>We kept Betsy out of Precious' litter because she adored Molly......I mean seriously adored her from like 2 wks of age. I wanted a 2nd dog, but didn't want the aggression issues we'd had with Precious who had to be re-homed because of it. (broke my heart) But too many nasty injuries and Precious got a new home as an only dog. Four years Betsy adored Molly. I'm not sure what happened but I have an excellent theory. When I was in school that last year for nursing I had no time for any of the dogs. At. All. husband kept them outside all day every day. They got no attention. Made me feel bad but there wasn't much I could do about it. Then last fall I was in the yard with them. Betsy had gotten some snuggles, she went off to play. Molly came over to snuggle and Betsy tore after her big time. First time I thought it was something we could fix with attention. </p><p></p><p>Sadly we can't get the behavior to stop no matter how much attention I give them. Molly will not defend herself against Betsy.....because well, Molly just won't. She loves Betsy. She's not the least bit submissive.....Betsy would have to do damage before Molly would fight and then it would be horrid. The girls are fine together as long as I am no where near them. But we separated them even in the yard for almost a year (talk about a pain in the rear) and have them separated into rooms in the house. </p><p></p><p>I will not re-home Betsy. She's 5 yrs old and does not take to strangers easily. I raise my dogs that way on purpose. And I adore her and she's not going anywhere. So I'm stuck having to separate two big dogs in the house. Betsy hangs out in the livingroom babygated in. Molly has the rest of the house. husband and Travis have to take the dogs out.....or at least Betsy if they're adding her to the yard with Molly cuz if I do it, it starts an attack. They have to bring them in. A total pain. </p><p></p><p>I never though of getting Betsy a muzzle. I may just do that too. It would let them have time together inside without having to have the baby gates closed all the time. hmmmm</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 437967, member: 84"] I agree with Star. I have an aggression issue going on with Molly and Betsy, and let me tell you it is a royal pain in the rear end. We kept Betsy out of Precious' litter because she adored Molly......I mean seriously adored her from like 2 wks of age. I wanted a 2nd dog, but didn't want the aggression issues we'd had with Precious who had to be re-homed because of it. (broke my heart) But too many nasty injuries and Precious got a new home as an only dog. Four years Betsy adored Molly. I'm not sure what happened but I have an excellent theory. When I was in school that last year for nursing I had no time for any of the dogs. At. All. husband kept them outside all day every day. They got no attention. Made me feel bad but there wasn't much I could do about it. Then last fall I was in the yard with them. Betsy had gotten some snuggles, she went off to play. Molly came over to snuggle and Betsy tore after her big time. First time I thought it was something we could fix with attention. Sadly we can't get the behavior to stop no matter how much attention I give them. Molly will not defend herself against Betsy.....because well, Molly just won't. She loves Betsy. She's not the least bit submissive.....Betsy would have to do damage before Molly would fight and then it would be horrid. The girls are fine together as long as I am no where near them. But we separated them even in the yard for almost a year (talk about a pain in the rear) and have them separated into rooms in the house. I will not re-home Betsy. She's 5 yrs old and does not take to strangers easily. I raise my dogs that way on purpose. And I adore her and she's not going anywhere. So I'm stuck having to separate two big dogs in the house. Betsy hangs out in the livingroom babygated in. Molly has the rest of the house. husband and Travis have to take the dogs out.....or at least Betsy if they're adding her to the yard with Molly cuz if I do it, it starts an attack. They have to bring them in. A total pain. I never though of getting Betsy a muzzle. I may just do that too. It would let them have time together inside without having to have the baby gates closed all the time. hmmmm [/QUOTE]
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