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My Jack Russell keeps attacking her brother
Hello:
After my Jacks had 6 puppies I kept the oldest and the youngest and they are now 6 months old. I also still have the parents who get along with the puppies and each other fine. The puppies were getting along fine with each other less an occasional squabble typically over a toy or food item. However, last week things became very serious. My female puppy will attack the male for no apparent reason. The first time It seemed to start right after they had their dinner. The female just looked at the male for about 10 sec's after finishing her meal and then just went all out crazy on him. I figured that I would separate them for a half hour during feeding time and then let them see each other after all the food was put away. This however did nothing to prevent the female from attacking him again. Yesterday we were in my backyard and for no apparent reason her tail got arched back and I noticed her growling at him again. I reached to pick her up and sure enough she was in attack mode. I then attempted to put her on the side of the house for some cooling off. The male was on the other side of a fence and she didn't growl at him at all. I then tried to re establish their friendship slowly but she then attacked again this time I got my hand bit for trying to separate them. These dogs have slept together every night in the same area for 6 months. As far as I know the male has never become aggressive to any other dog much less her. They have been eating together since they came out of the womb. Now they cant even be in the same room together with out an all out fight. I believe this may have started from a food issue, but this may have become something even more serious. Could someone please give me some advice finding the source of her animosity. She has respect for her mother and father and you can tell that she respects their dominants. However, when she sees the male pup her tail gets arched and she attacks. Thanks in advance for any help. Thank you, Dan Hargis |
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"Dan" wrote in message om... Could someone please give me some advice finding the source of her animosity. She has respect for her mother and father and you can tell that she respects their dominants. However, when she sees the male pup her tail gets arched and she attacks. she's probably trying to establish her place in the pack hierarchy, and she wants to make sure her brother knows he's at the bottom. as i understand it, JRTs are often dog aggressive, and their fights can be quite serious (remember that this is a breed who can hold a badger underground for hours while the hunter digs them out). my solution would be to not leave them alone together. ever. feed them separately, let them sleep apart, and don't let them play without supervision. but that's from a pit bull perspective.:-) i bet Sarah has a better idea of how possible it is to "train out" this sort of behavior in JRTs. -kelly |
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"Dan" wrote in message om... Could someone please give me some advice finding the source of her animosity. She has respect for her mother and father and you can tell that she respects their dominants. However, when she sees the male pup her tail gets arched and she attacks. she's probably trying to establish her place in the pack hierarchy, and she wants to make sure her brother knows he's at the bottom. as i understand it, JRTs are often dog aggressive, and their fights can be quite serious (remember that this is a breed who can hold a badger underground for hours while the hunter digs them out). my solution would be to not leave them alone together. ever. feed them separately, let them sleep apart, and don't let them play without supervision. but that's from a pit bull perspective.:-) i bet Sarah has a better idea of how possible it is to "train out" this sort of behavior in JRTs. -kelly |
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"Dan" wrote in message om... Could someone please give me some advice finding the source of her animosity. She has respect for her mother and father and you can tell that she respects their dominants. However, when she sees the male pup her tail gets arched and she attacks. she's probably trying to establish her place in the pack hierarchy, and she wants to make sure her brother knows he's at the bottom. as i understand it, JRTs are often dog aggressive, and their fights can be quite serious (remember that this is a breed who can hold a badger underground for hours while the hunter digs them out). my solution would be to not leave them alone together. ever. feed them separately, let them sleep apart, and don't let them play without supervision. but that's from a pit bull perspective.:-) i bet Sarah has a better idea of how possible it is to "train out" this sort of behavior in JRTs. -kelly |
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"Dan" wrote in message om... Could someone please give me some advice finding the source of her animosity. She has respect for her mother and father and you can tell that she respects their dominants. However, when she sees the male pup her tail gets arched and she attacks. she's probably trying to establish her place in the pack hierarchy, and she wants to make sure her brother knows he's at the bottom. as i understand it, JRTs are often dog aggressive, and their fights can be quite serious (remember that this is a breed who can hold a badger underground for hours while the hunter digs them out). my solution would be to not leave them alone together. ever. feed them separately, let them sleep apart, and don't let them play without supervision. but that's from a pit bull perspective.:-) i bet Sarah has a better idea of how possible it is to "train out" this sort of behavior in JRTs. -kelly |
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"culprit" wrote:
as i understand it, JRTs are often dog aggressive, and their fights can be quite serious (remember that this is a breed who can hold a badger underground for hours while the hunter digs them out). my solution would be to not leave them alone together. ever. feed them separately, let them sleep apart, and don't let them play without supervision. but that's from a pit bull perspective.:-) I've seen a lot of JRT bullies. Even well-socialized, some of them just can't be trusted with other dogs without close supervision. I agree with your advice. This little one has a serious personality conflict with her brother, and the safest thing is to keep them separated. A lot of people have the mistaken impression that litter-mates will have a better chance at getting along than two strange dogs. Often it's just the opposite. This kind of animosity usually doesn't get better - it escalates. I'd suggest that you get a behaviorist who works with aggression issues to come see them in action. And never ever leave them together unsupervised. As soon as you see her looking at him, distract and redirect her. The eye contact sounds like it's her trigger. Canine Action Dog Trainer http://www.canineaction.com My Kids, My Students, My Life: http://hometown.aol.com/dfrntdrums/m...age/index.html |
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"culprit" wrote:
as i understand it, JRTs are often dog aggressive, and their fights can be quite serious (remember that this is a breed who can hold a badger underground for hours while the hunter digs them out). my solution would be to not leave them alone together. ever. feed them separately, let them sleep apart, and don't let them play without supervision. but that's from a pit bull perspective.:-) I've seen a lot of JRT bullies. Even well-socialized, some of them just can't be trusted with other dogs without close supervision. I agree with your advice. This little one has a serious personality conflict with her brother, and the safest thing is to keep them separated. A lot of people have the mistaken impression that litter-mates will have a better chance at getting along than two strange dogs. Often it's just the opposite. This kind of animosity usually doesn't get better - it escalates. I'd suggest that you get a behaviorist who works with aggression issues to come see them in action. And never ever leave them together unsupervised. As soon as you see her looking at him, distract and redirect her. The eye contact sounds like it's her trigger. Canine Action Dog Trainer http://www.canineaction.com My Kids, My Students, My Life: http://hometown.aol.com/dfrntdrums/m...age/index.html |
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"culprit" wrote:
as i understand it, JRTs are often dog aggressive, and their fights can be quite serious (remember that this is a breed who can hold a badger underground for hours while the hunter digs them out). my solution would be to not leave them alone together. ever. feed them separately, let them sleep apart, and don't let them play without supervision. but that's from a pit bull perspective.:-) I've seen a lot of JRT bullies. Even well-socialized, some of them just can't be trusted with other dogs without close supervision. I agree with your advice. This little one has a serious personality conflict with her brother, and the safest thing is to keep them separated. A lot of people have the mistaken impression that litter-mates will have a better chance at getting along than two strange dogs. Often it's just the opposite. This kind of animosity usually doesn't get better - it escalates. I'd suggest that you get a behaviorist who works with aggression issues to come see them in action. And never ever leave them together unsupervised. As soon as you see her looking at him, distract and redirect her. The eye contact sounds like it's her trigger. Canine Action Dog Trainer http://www.canineaction.com My Kids, My Students, My Life: http://hometown.aol.com/dfrntdrums/m...age/index.html |
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my solution would be
to not leave them alone together. ever. feed them separately, let them sleep apart, and don't let them play without supervision. but that's from a pit bull perspective.:-) I agree. My dad and mum have a Staffie and a bulldog, the bulldog at the age of about 1 and a half started attacking Zues for no reason. They could be fine for a while, then they would get eye contact and Duke would attack. They now have their own areas of the yard, they are only out together when someone is with them. It has been this way for 2 years now. duke is a sweet dog (a baby bird fell out of its nest a year ago, Duke cuddled up to it and wouldnt let anyone come near it. Took forever to get him away from it!) but when it comes to Zues he just changes Cin |
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