Thank you Crystal, I thought I was making myself clear with them, but maybe I'm doing something or allowing them to do something that is confusing them.
Pam B -------Original Message------- From: Crystal Thirion Date: 01/11/2011 9:23:35 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Need help please I think the behavioral advice is the best. Make sure they know you are the alpha. Even if you get them neutered as an adult, they still have that mentality. When they are pups and neutered it's better. We neutered our dog at 4 years and believe me he still knows when and dog within a mile is in heat lol. It might help to put them in a puppy class at petsmart too. `’•.¸*♫♪(✿◠‿◠)♫♪*¸.•’´ (♥) Crystal (♥) ¸.•’´*♫♪(✿◠‿◠)♫♪*`’•.¸ On Nov 1, 2011, at 7:58 AM, "Judy Moon" <[email protected]> wrote: Get them neutered or you will always have this problem. Neutering is very cheap and any vet can do it. Quite procrastinating. Sooner or later one dog will kill or injure the other badly enough to cost you lots more than neutering would have. Judy Moon, a prayer warrior in Christ's army "May grace and spiritual peace be yours from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ." From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of flopo Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 9:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Need help please No they are not neutered, for a variety of reasons, but mostly because I don t really trust any of the vets within about a hundred miles and Bruiser has a heart problem. We live in a very rural area in western Canada. The problem is, I don't know which one to punish. Bruiser is very dominating and I can understand why Monster just gets sick of it. They start growling at each other when there is any excitement around them, I intervene at that point, if I don't within a few seconds they are on each other. I don't think much happens when I'm not around, because they don't excited. Thank you, Pam -------Original Message------- From: Pam Dean Date: 31/10/2011 8:41:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Need help please My first question would be are they both neutered?? If not, they seriously need to be. If it is not hormonal, but domination, then I will share a shortened version of my story when I met my husband. He had a very psycho Jack russell who did not play well with others and I had my two Chihuahus. All three were males..but his is a large 23 pounds and mine 3 and 6 pounds. no contest. His Jack would just attack for no reason and I could never leave them alone together fearing injury to mine. He had never neutered Jack whi ch was adding to the problem so we had him neutered. That helped some..but basically what I had to make Jack understand was I was alpha in the pecking order. If he attacked the Chis, it had consequences..Not only was Mommy seriously unhappy but he was chastized and separated in another part of the house. He is not fed first, given treats first, or treated as Alpha in the pecking order. If any of the three starts trouble, they are equally chastized. I still don't trust Jack enough to leave them together when I leave the house..my Chis are in the bedroom, but under my watchful eye, he behaves.. Pam M From: flopo <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 11:18 PM Subject: [Chihuahuas] Need help please Hi, I've been around for a while but don't post very often, mostly lurk, but now I need help. I have two chis, both girls, I have Bruiser and the "other" Monster. We rescued them both off the road near our house about three years ago. They were dumped in March in very bad weather in an area heavy with coyotes, (an unfortunate but common practice here). Anyway, Monster was a juvenile at the time, Bruiser, a young adult. Bruiser was the Alpha of the two, well as time goes by, Monster is now bigger and struggling to take over the Alpha spot. Poor Bruiser doesn't want to give it up, and as a result has lost two front teeth and has an assortment of other minor cuts and abrasions. I have tried EVERYTHING I know to stop them from fighting. PLEASE! If anyone can suggest anything I would appreciate it! Thanks, Pam No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1834 / Virus Database: 2092/4588 - Release Date: 10/31/11
