How to Resolve Multiple Dog Disputes

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Let's say that you got 2 dogs in your house and there are just always posturing, posturing is a example when there might be a little bit of a dominance conflict you may have some stiff bodies, some head over the shoulder action, stars, low growling, and these are all indication of stress in a relationship between two dogs. So the question is do I let the dogs work it out? If the dogs where living outside and they weren't living in our household and we weren't responsible for them and there health care then sure letting the dog work it out would be what you would do. In fact that is the way that they would establish very clearly which one is going to be the boss of the other. The problem is they are actually living in our house we responsible for there health, there care and there vet bills. If we let 2 females if we let them work it out we could whine up with some very very severe damages and vet bills. So letting 2 dogs work it out if it is a serious kind of strive, if it is a serious conflict probably not in the best interest of the dogs. If it is a more miner conflict if for example 2 young dogs that are pretty much friends but they are having a couple other conflicts then I will say yes in that situation letting them bring out to a certain point and bringing it down on there own is a really good way to teach them appropriate behavior and how not to get into fights insinuatingly so letting it go sometimes in fact you are teaching them not to get involve in strive. But if you got 2 animals of the same sex or like 2 adults if there is a lot more in stake if the body posturing is much more serious then no your best advise not to let them work it out but to intercede and you would be interceding as in the role of the leader and basically what you be letting each dog know is that you may not fight, you may not behave like this in the house. The best way to that is to interrupt it with redirection which is distraction. The one of the worst thing you could actually do is get involved in the fight with yelling and screaming, some people use thing called bite stick not a good idea we do not want to interact with the dogs on that level we want to redirect if we can and ideally get that in place before they have got into any fight so you need to learn how to read the signals of your dogs and the tension of your dogs.

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