Hi everyone. First let me preface with: Please don't flame me-I'm not really a dog beater. Don't post a reply if you don't have anything constructive to say.

Anyway-the ongoing saga with the dominant snotty pekingese. She's 2+ years old. She has taken to mugging and beating the chihuahua in dark corners when she knows it will take me a minute to run to them to stop the fighting. Recently she punctured the other dog on the lip. I ran over and picked her up by the scruff and smacked her good. She really doesn't take this seriously. I don't have a problem with giving level 10 corrections, but I don't know what that would be for a 15 pound dog. I don't want to break her. I've always had large dogs so have never had to be concerned i would hurt the dog. Different story with a little thing.

I've been reading Ed's Q&As and articles on aggression. He was saying he stopped fence fighting with one of his dogs with a shovel. I'm not squeemish or anything, but don't want to accidently severely hurt my dog.

She won't beat the other dog if I'm close enough to immediately stop her. She also won't do it if she has a prong and is dragging a leash, or has an e-collar on. I don't usually resort to hands on punishment, but in the above situation I felt I had to do what I had to do. Couldn't just let her get away with it.

I understand that I may need to just never have the two dogs together. But I would like to try to break the behavior if possible as my daughter and husband are not very responsible about keeping the dogs apart, putting on the prong or e-collar. I don't have a problem with playing musical dogs.

I do a lot of obedience with her. Still don't completely trust her off leash, as she tends to have a mind of her own and I don't want to be in a situation where I can't correct her when she doesn't listen.

Anyone have any suggestions? (Bracing for the flaming, just in case. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> )

thanks
Roz.

Hi Roz,
Maybe you just have to accept you have the Peke-from-Hell... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
This is the same Peke wailing on your 6 mon old gsd pup (in Nov)? Now she's going after the chihuahua...?

So who won the last battles for the top: the peke or the gsd? You mentioned the gsd is a male, so I would expect his size and gender put him on top (though that's not an automatic outcome). At this point it sounds like you have an on-going pecking order battle, with the Peke now attempting to lord it over the chihuahua.

As a last attempt, have you tried letting the Peke drag a leash around the house? It might give her some feel that you still are in control, and if she does get into the Chic's face, grabbing the leash is easier than trying to grab moving fur.
That was a semi-solution for me as we have a Cock-a-poo that is terminally cute but with a really shi**y personality! I got bitten by this dog when trying to get her off our gsd puppy some years ago. He still sports a small nick in his ear where she took out a bite. Of course he's 105 lbs now and she now shamelessly submits to him (oh...revenge must be sweet.. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> ) But I would never trust her alone with him until he outranked her, even with that leash on her.

If you can't always be there to correct the dog when the battle starts, you may have to accept they can't be left together. imho, I really don't think this is something you're going to solve with a few strong corrections, especially since you've already tried the prong and ecollar.

Hi Ann! Yes, have already determined I have the peke from HELLLLLLLL. :rolleyes: Yes, it's the same one beating on the GSD puppy. Can't really say which one of them "won" that battle. He grew up and figured out he's so much bigger that she can't hurt him. He stalks her which really pisses her off and then she tries to wale on him. He just hold his head up and she ends up with a mouth full of his chest hair. Then he gets this "smile" on his face and keeps playing.

I love the peke. I like dogs/animals with attitude. I personally don't have a problem with managing the multiple dogs, but like I said the husband and child can't do it. Hubby works at home and our daughter's being homeschooled so they're home with the dogs all day.

I just might end up giving the peke to my mom so the chi doesn't end up sleeping with the fishes. At least my mom lives nearby and I can still play with the dog. I give my mom two weeks before the peke has her number. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

I am having a very similar problem with my dogs. I'm confused because the pecking order isn't coming out the way I expected. I have a 65 lb mutt that is a male and lived here first and a 50 lb female pit. She has him completely cowed but that isn't enough for her. She is loving and wonderful with people and normally with him but when she decides to prove herself all hell breaks loose and I'm afraid one of my daughters will be hurt. I hate keeping the dogs apart because that means one of them has to be locked in a bedroom by itself. Any suggestions?