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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 540855" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Oh, Jo.........I am so very sorry!</p><p></p><p>Right now I"m wishing you had my nice cheap practical vet who would see Sophie and not charge you very much to do so. If her personality is changing, there is something definitely going on.......maybe pain......maybe an all around I'm feeling so horrible everyone, especially Nala is going to know it.....thing is going on. And you already know she's had some hefty health issues in the past. </p><p></p><p>I don't think you're a horrible person at all. I went through the same thing with our basset Precious and Molly. Precious grew up adoring Molly, seriously. Molly adored Precious. They ate together, slept together, played together, shared toys.....bones, everything. Then out of the blue.......Precious at about 9 mos old started showing aggression toward Molly. I let Molly handle it, Molly had basically raised her if you know what I mean. But it escalated. So I tried to figure what might have changed. And I came up with not a darn thing. Our behavior with both dogs was the same, Molly's behavior with Precious was the same......... Precious didn't act in the slightest way sick. Precious came up preggers not long after........and so I tried to believe maybe it was a hormone thing. Once pups were weaned......it had escalated really bad. Fights were causing injuries. I attempted to keep them separated........but with kids in the home, they'd forget......and Precious would instantly be on the attack (totally random). After the fight that left my kitchen a bloody mess and took both me and Nichole to separate them (we both know how to do it correctly)......I was so done with Precious. She was a good loving dog, but obviously could not be housed with other dogs. She was rehomed to someone with no other pets. If I couldn't have found her a home like that, I'd have put her down. And by that point, I can honestly said I'm not so sure I'd have shed a tear. Bassets can be vicious attackers and can cause some serious damage......and Molly had simply been hurt too many times because she refused to go all out because this was Precious, someone she loved. Know what I mean??</p><p></p><p>Can you take Nala in to be checked and talk to the vet about Sophie? Meanwhile, it's time to start talking to difficult child about this......explaining how unfair and dangerous it is to keep the two dogs together when poor Nala is getting not only attacked but hurt by Sophie. I know it's not easy. I had to do it with Nichole over Lil Bit.......and Nichole wouldn't listen, until Lil Bit turned on her.....and mom gave her no more choice in the matter and took Lil Bit in to be put down. I wasn't rehoming Lil Bit to anyone once she turned on a person. Nichole was devastated, but there was no choice.</p><p></p><p>Again I'm so sorry. Is there any way to keep them apart? </p><p></p><p>Molly is not out of the woods yet. She kills me because she's having really good days when she has them.......from playing with her ball to literally rolling on the floor and playing with Maggie. (you should see the look on my face cuz I never thought I'd ever see her play with another dog like that again) But when she has a bad day.......well, they're worse than ever......the cough is worse, her abdomen swells.....she has trouble walking.....only thing she does on those days is eat and drink pretty much. </p><p></p><p>((Hugs))</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 540855, member: 84"] Oh, Jo.........I am so very sorry! Right now I"m wishing you had my nice cheap practical vet who would see Sophie and not charge you very much to do so. If her personality is changing, there is something definitely going on.......maybe pain......maybe an all around I'm feeling so horrible everyone, especially Nala is going to know it.....thing is going on. And you already know she's had some hefty health issues in the past. I don't think you're a horrible person at all. I went through the same thing with our basset Precious and Molly. Precious grew up adoring Molly, seriously. Molly adored Precious. They ate together, slept together, played together, shared toys.....bones, everything. Then out of the blue.......Precious at about 9 mos old started showing aggression toward Molly. I let Molly handle it, Molly had basically raised her if you know what I mean. But it escalated. So I tried to figure what might have changed. And I came up with not a darn thing. Our behavior with both dogs was the same, Molly's behavior with Precious was the same......... Precious didn't act in the slightest way sick. Precious came up preggers not long after........and so I tried to believe maybe it was a hormone thing. Once pups were weaned......it had escalated really bad. Fights were causing injuries. I attempted to keep them separated........but with kids in the home, they'd forget......and Precious would instantly be on the attack (totally random). After the fight that left my kitchen a bloody mess and took both me and Nichole to separate them (we both know how to do it correctly)......I was so done with Precious. She was a good loving dog, but obviously could not be housed with other dogs. She was rehomed to someone with no other pets. If I couldn't have found her a home like that, I'd have put her down. And by that point, I can honestly said I'm not so sure I'd have shed a tear. Bassets can be vicious attackers and can cause some serious damage......and Molly had simply been hurt too many times because she refused to go all out because this was Precious, someone she loved. Know what I mean?? Can you take Nala in to be checked and talk to the vet about Sophie? Meanwhile, it's time to start talking to difficult child about this......explaining how unfair and dangerous it is to keep the two dogs together when poor Nala is getting not only attacked but hurt by Sophie. I know it's not easy. I had to do it with Nichole over Lil Bit.......and Nichole wouldn't listen, until Lil Bit turned on her.....and mom gave her no more choice in the matter and took Lil Bit in to be put down. I wasn't rehoming Lil Bit to anyone once she turned on a person. Nichole was devastated, but there was no choice. Again I'm so sorry. Is there any way to keep them apart? Molly is not out of the woods yet. She kills me because she's having really good days when she has them.......from playing with her ball to literally rolling on the floor and playing with Maggie. (you should see the look on my face cuz I never thought I'd ever see her play with another dog like that again) But when she has a bad day.......well, they're worse than ever......the cough is worse, her abdomen swells.....she has trouble walking.....only thing she does on those days is eat and drink pretty much. ((Hugs)) [/QUOTE]
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