Dogs that attack other dogs.

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Unfortunatly we have this problem
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We got Honey as a semi-rescued dog and she is 4 years old. She is a sweety, loves children and grown ups, is a sloppy dog and loves lots of cuddles! The only problem is she attacks other bitch dog (She is a bitch her self) but not boy dogs. We don't know what might have happend in her past- maybe something which s the cause to this?
So I was just wondering if anyone has had this problem and if they've managed to cure their dog from it?
We have now got a trainer who is going to start training Honey so fingers crossed all will go well
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I have a very strong dominent collie bitch who loves male dogs but hates bitchs, with her its a dominence thing even with training she has greatly improved, so do lots of training but she may always be that way inclined as if a bitch looks at her in a strong way she may be tempted to have a go.
 
I had a bitch that would attack any alsation or any Jack Russel - we never cured her, despite introducing her to friendly alsations and JRs. She was a rescue and we got her as a 9mth old. She was as soft and gentle as you could want, except with these two dogs and she would try to get to them to kill them. We had to keep a look out all the time and ensure she was on the lead if these were around.
 
Whilst this is no help solving the problem, it is quite common for bitches to be worse than dogs for agression - when we got our latest rescue greyhound we had a dog and a bitch already, so they said we could try either sex and MIGHT encounter problems with either! We were lucky and got a lovely bitch who was a super temperament.

Good luck, hope things work out OK for you with her
 
Yes please do, would be interested to hear what sort of thing the trainer does or suggests.

A few years ago now I had two whippet bitches, who had an almighty fight one time when I fed them too close together by accident - never did that again
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I was really lucky that after that one time they got on OK, quite often once they have fought once that is it and you end up having to re-home one of them
 
If you're coming into contact with lots of other dogs on walks, you should keep her on the lead until you've sorted this problem.

My female dog is also an alpha. She is sweet as pie, though, and isn't interested in instigating trouble -- but she has been challenged countless times by other female dogs. The males love her, though -- they tend to get very intimate with their tongues
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Please be careful when selecting a trainer to help out with Honey. There are a lot of 'trainers' out there who don't have the knowledge and experience to deal with an aggression case. If not dealt with appropriately Honey will get worse.

I wouldn't advise getting a trainer to work with honey either, they should be teaching you and your family how to teach her, otherwise she may learn to baehave with the trainer but still show aggression when you or somone else is walking her.
 
Just as an aside, I think a behaviourist would probably be better for honey than a trainer in order to sort the aggression out.
 
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Please be careful when selecting a trainer to help out with Honey. There are a lot of 'trainers' out there who don't have the knowledge and experience to deal with an aggression case. If not dealt with appropriately Honey will get worse.

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The trainer was suggested to us by the vets and atm she seems to know what she is doing. We'll just have to wait and see how it goes.
 
I can't let my springer bithch and my german sheperd bitch out together as they have had some major fights, ending in trips to the vets to be stitched up. The springer is older and was here first and usually starts the fight (and comes out the worst!), the sheperd is well trained and will come away from fight when shes called but usually the damage is done. I've also got a terrier bitch and 2 labxcollie males who they get on fine with so I think it's a dominance issue and as they're both very loyal and get jealous of each other. Now one is locked in a run if other is out or else one of them wears a muzzle. It's just not worth the hassle of more fights and they're both happier. They each get a lot of individual attention and exercise and I have enough land to manage them like this. It's funny though because when I was getting the sheperd someone told me that springers and sheperds don't get on!
 
our lab was rehomed with us for exactly the same reason.
basically your dog believes she is the pack leader and will try to defend her pack position and look after you 'puppies'. you might have found she was not too bad to start off with and after a few weeks is getting worse? this is what our dog did.

training may not help as is a 'pack' problem. i'd buy 'the dog listener' book by jan fennell and have a read, it really helped us and ours is a lot better now we follow all the odd rules at home to convince her of her place.
pm me if you want more info
 
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