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I need some advice. We have 2 female beagles, 20 weeks old, from the same litter. We thought they would be good company for each other. Things were great until a few weeks ago. Up until then, they would engage in the typical wrestling and hte occasional dominance battle.
Lately it seems to be almost non-stop battles to the point where blood has been drawn. They can be fine and then the one will attack the other. The one dog, Mastouche, seems to be the aggressor. for example, last night I was sending them out to pee before bed. Tinky (my son named her)kind of slid off the couch and did an endo on her back. Mastouche immediately jumped on her and attacked. Tinky bled. My wife threw water on them but it did noting. I grabbed the quilt, and covered them, then layed on them. Mastouche was relentless, sqirmed out and tried to attack again. I had to threaten to kick her while laying down to keep her away from Tinky.
We put her outside, while we cleaned up Tinky. As soon as she came back in, she sought out Tinky, literally hunting her and attacked her again.
They were separated through the night but this morning it happened again. Poor tinky is so afraid that she is peeing when attacked now. She used to try to fight back but Mastouche is bigger. No she just yelps and tries to get away.
I was bitten by Mastouche a few days ago while trying to break up one of these rows. I am very concerned for the safety of our small children.
Does anyone have tips on what is causing this and what we can do. We have made an appointment next week to take Mastouche to the Humane Society, but if we can fix it, we'd rather try that.
Thanks,
Tom
Lately it seems to be almost non-stop battles to the point where blood has been drawn. They can be fine and then the one will attack the other. The one dog, Mastouche, seems to be the aggressor. for example, last night I was sending them out to pee before bed. Tinky (my son named her)kind of slid off the couch and did an endo on her back. Mastouche immediately jumped on her and attacked. Tinky bled. My wife threw water on them but it did noting. I grabbed the quilt, and covered them, then layed on them. Mastouche was relentless, sqirmed out and tried to attack again. I had to threaten to kick her while laying down to keep her away from Tinky.
We put her outside, while we cleaned up Tinky. As soon as she came back in, she sought out Tinky, literally hunting her and attacked her again.
They were separated through the night but this morning it happened again. Poor tinky is so afraid that she is peeing when attacked now. She used to try to fight back but Mastouche is bigger. No she just yelps and tries to get away.
I was bitten by Mastouche a few days ago while trying to break up one of these rows. I am very concerned for the safety of our small children.
Does anyone have tips on what is causing this and what we can do. We have made an appointment next week to take Mastouche to the Humane Society, but if we can fix it, we'd rather try that.
Thanks,
Tom