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Old October 1st 03, 12:49 PM
DavidB
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Hi,

I would really appreciate any advice. This is the story:

We have an 8 year old female Boerboel (South African breed; check
http://www.boerboelsa.co.za/ for more info), an 8 month old male
Boerboel & a 1 year old female lab. The female boerbul has been
spayed, the lab came off her first heat about 2 months ago (we want to
breed with her); the male bourboel pup has not been neutered (also for
breeding purposes). All three dogs have mixed with each other well and
there have been no signs of aggression except for the odd warning
growl. Two days ago though, the older female Boerboel attacked the
female lab (almost killed her; still not sure how she got away).
Anyway after 3 hours of vet vists, the lab is bruised and battered but
alive and back home. Yet everytime the lab and boerboel come into
contact, there's a lot of animosity; they almost can't wait to get
back into the ring and finish the fight. Both my wife and I work
during the day and we can't risk leaving them outside together again.
I've read a bit that suggest that the 2 bitches are fighting for
social standing...

Some of my questions a
It's possible to fence the older dog in; is this not going to
aggrevate the situation? I don't want to 'drug' the dog to keep her
placid (what's the point?). A muzzle is also an option but again is it
not postponing the inevitable. I'm looking for a viable alternative to
putting the older dog down (she's quite old and had a good life) but I
can't have my dogs tearing each other apart.

Please help...
David
 




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