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Female hormones to blame? One Dachshund goes for the other.

Could female hormones be to blame?

I had just arrived. Without warning, Bella came through the door and attacked Poppy. Fortunately she was wearing a harness and with very fast reflexes the lady lifted her off the floor and onto the chair.

Bella

I thought I had carefully choreographed my arrival. Knowing Bella’s aggression towards older miniature Dachshund Poppy had been escalating over the past few days, I was to settle in the room with Poppy – they would have her on lead. Then, also on lead, Bella was to join us.

Unfortunately it happened too quickly and the two dogs met in the doorway and Bella exploded. (more…)

By Theo Stewart, 2 weeks2 weeks ago

Hormones? Two Entire Females That Fight

Are hormones to blame?

Dylis

For nearly a year the two dogs had been the best of friends. They had their first spat around the first time when both had come into season but everything settled down again.

The family adopted Tibetan Terrier Dylis about a year ago to join Sybil, a Goldendoodle, age 4. Over the past six weeks the two dogs have become increasingly aggressive towards one another with the younger Dylis the instigator. Around the same time Sybil had another season but it’s unclear whether Dylis did also. Very possibly her hormones are troubling her. (more…)

By Theo Stewart, 1 year10 months ago

Jealous When Other Dog is Fussed. Dog Fights.

Nellie isn’t very happy. This is despite being treasured, along with their other two tiny dogs, Luna and Sandy. Nellie is a two-year-old Pomeranian, the last to join their little dog family of three. Luna is a Chihuahua Pomeranian mix and Sandy a Chihuahua.[divider type=”white”] Jealous. Luna is Nellie’s problem. Read more…

By Theo Stewart, 2 years2 years ago

Dogs Fighting. Females. Change in Dynamics

The two females have had several minor fall-outs over the past year, but during the last few weeks things have escalated with the two dogs fighting in ernest.[divider type=”white”] Three big fights in three days. Blood has been drawn and the owners injured splitting them up. Once this door is Read more…

By Theo Stewart, 2 years2 years ago

Don’t Want Their Females Fighting

Females fighting – nipping things in the bud before they escalate to something worse I have just been to another family that really pulls together where their dogs are concerned. They have a situation with two females – a Labradoodle and a Rottie, both a year old. The two dogs got Read more…

By Theo Stewart, 4 years4 years ago

Fighting Females

All went very well indeed until one day about six months ago. The two dogs would share the same bed, play and walk together. They fed in the same room and there were absolutely no problems until, seemingly out of the blue, Dolly went for Flossie out in the garden. Read more…

By Theo Stewart, 5 years5 years ago

Tension Between the Dogs

I could hear the three little dogs as I got out of my car down the road! With the exception of a German Shepherd, I have recently been to a run of little dogs, and one thing many of them have in common is excessive barking! The problem with all Read more…

By Theo Stewart, 6 years5 years ago

Multiple Dogs – they have ELEVEN!

One needs to run a ‘tighter ship’ with multiple dogs if things are not to be chaotic. A chaotic atmosphere is troubling to some dogs – just as it is with children, and the behaviour of the 5-year-old Cocker named Jigs is evidence of this. Considering they have eleven dogs Read more…

By Theo Stewart, 6 years5 years ago

Beautiful Beagles

Beagles Tilly and Cassie are both exactly the same age – two – but not sisters. They play together and sleep together in harmony. Up until about a month ago they got on famously. Then they had three very scary fights, with blood and leaving scars. It seems that hormones Read more…

By Theo Stewart, 8 years5 years ago

Confused Cocker Spaniel

I went to see five Cocker Spaniels – all females of the show breed and none of them spayed. Everything was ticking along along nicely in the household until Autumn who joined the group about twenty-one months ago reached her first birthday. She then went for one of the other Read more…

By Theo Stewart, 8 years5 years ago