Dog fight in Christmas

[gurl2005bby]

My dogs have gotten into fights but the worst one was on Christmas. my parents was trying to make them stop like throw water, yell, hit them (not hit hit just hit the mouth) and it didnt work. So my dad try to force open mouth and mom will have to grab kiki away and it work and bad thing dad got bite again. It was horrible there was blood on the floor and wall. So there was no vet was open and Good thing is that the vet was coming down for emergency due to the fact my dog was bleeding and it will be an hour because she is at family christmas dinner and it was an hour away from us and she said she leaving now and Maggie is okay there was no blood and i seriously thought both dog will fight to death. I had to give her bath make sure she not bleeding but i wipe her first and didnt find any bleeding but I wanted to make sure she is not bleeding. Kiki she had to go Emergency because maggie had her teeth on kiki face and she was crying. She was bleeding and we took her and They shave her nose area and make sure there nothing wrong with her eyes... She was alright the bleeding stop and they gave her antibodies poor kiki she was fighting with vet when it come to shave her nose lol... I kept telling her she will get bone... The strange thing they got in fight when my friends ring the doorbell and they came over to say bye. We had to put maggie in different room and maggie always kept starting fight.... My friends said we should get strock(i forgot to spell, it like zap) and we didnt know what to do so we brought two but on low so we wont hurt her just stop her and it did work..... But if we take their collor off then they go straight to fight. Is there any other way I can do? I just look online and they said you should let them go into fight and throw water and it will work but it doesnt work with my dogs. They are Yorkshire Terrier. I look online to see if they are in breed to fight but it wasnt. Please tell me what to do?

[TheSkeptic]

IMHO you will need to either keep them separated all the time or adopt one to a different home.

[gurl2005bby]

That what we might do but we still want to keep them... So we will call animal behavior first if not then take them to training to stop fights and also trick like stop stay sit stuff like that might work.

[k9Karen]

I think obedience/behavior training is a good idea. I also have a couple of suggestions. Is there a clear 'alpha' dog? Usually dogs decide for themselves who's in charge, and after that happens, all is well. Sometimes, two very dominant dogs just can't get along and will need to be permanently separated. Other times, humans shift the dominance pattern without realizing it. If there is a clear-cut dominant dog, treat that dog as the dominant - feed him first, greet him first, etc. If there is no clear cut dominant dog, be consistent - feed them in the same order, greet them in the same order, etc. every time. But, you must also make it clear to them that you are the pack leader and, even though one dog may be dominant over the other, both are required to look to you as the 'top dog'. Also make sure all family members are consistent in how they react to the bad behavior. Behavior training works as much to properly train the humans in how to correctly discipline their dogs as it does to train the dogs themselves. Good luck - with patience and persistence, you should succeed.

[gurl2005bby]

No there is no top dog they both females. But Maggie is 5 years old and KiKi is 11 months. Kiki always want to play with maggie but Maggie just dont like playing so she just snap. I do try to play with kiki and so my parents. I also play with maggie like few mins then she doesnt want to play. Well I will take your advice Karen. And hopefully it will work if not then I will take maggie with me (i will be going to college in few months and get an apartment instead of dorm which doesnt allowed animal) but i really hope it will work out cuz maggie is attach to my dad and my mom is attach to kiki it kinda like pick the one you like the most. We might get another puupy so kiki can play with her instead maggie. Thank for your advice and everything.

[Traci]

Getting another puppy is only going to exacerbate the problem. You need to address the situation between the dogs NOW.

Are either of them spayed?

[gurl2005bby]

Maggie has been spay but not Kiki because of fix cause maggie to gain weight and that got her overweight and we talk to vet and one thing they didnt tell us is that small dogs sometime gain weight after spay. What can I do to address the situation?

[Tambrey]

work on the behavior training/modification with both dogs...re-read Karen's post and maybe she can help walk you through more ideas to help get a pecking order with the dogs...It seems that Maggie is trying to assert herself as the Alpha Dog and Kiki just needs to learn her place in the order of things...however, it is ultimately the human(s) in the house who are Alpha over either dog, and Maggie needs to learn that, in a positive way, as well...

I agree...getting yet antoher dog to add to the mix will upset things more right now...you need to get Maggie and Kiki on some sort of terms and comfortable with each other at least, before introducing another to upset the order even more...If Maggie has been an only dog for going on 5 years, it will take her a while to warm up to Kiki or any other dog...but work on one at a time...

[gurl2005bby]

Alright I will do that. Maggie has been only dog for 2 years we lost Kayla when maggie only 3 years old. So we just thought it was good idea to get another dog for maggie but it turn out wrong. I wont get another dog for now since you guys said it will upset and it will be while so they can able to get along. I will try to do what Karen said.

[k9Karen]

Ahhhh - your latest post lends some insight.

Part of this is jealousy, and part is an attempt to assert dominance from the new dog. You must treat the older dog as the dominant one. She must be greeted first, fed first, petted first, etc. The new dog needs to understand that she can't come in and upset the balance that already exists. Make sure when one dog gets attention, the other one does too, but the 'old' dog, gets the attention first. Be sure not to exclude the old dog. New puppies are adorable and cute and fun, and it's easy to ignore the older one without even realizing it. Be sure she gets as much attention as the puppy. It's hard, but it can be done.

I also agree that bringing another dog into the picture right now is probably not a good idea. Fix the problem between the two you have, then try to bring in another.