Quote: Angela Burrell

You may very likely end up with a dog aggressive boxer.

... he would rather spend some time in a crate than have his ear bitten through!!! His life will be MORE enjoyable, not less, if he is separated from his tormenter.

This is not his fault. Do not subject him to this anymore, please.

It's your job to protect your dog, and you are failing miserably. PLEASE take the advice you are being given.

Unless you do what everyone here has told you, the situation isn't going to stop.

Actually, let me change that...the situation will still be there because both dogs will still be there, but you will have CONTROL of the situation.

These dogs will never get along, I hate to tell you that. Despite what some people think, dogs do not always get along with one another. Just like you don't get along with everyone you meet.

You are doing a great great dis-service to your dog who has done nothing to deserve the treatment he is getting from the other dog. I would be PISSED if I had a room-mate who had a dog that attacked mine. And i'll tell you, I would never have let it happen once never mind 4 times. You should be doing everything in your power to ensure that you, as pack leader, protect your dog from being terrorized and attacked by the other dog.

I would NEVER take the chance and leave the two dogs out together with no one home. You ASSUME that they are fine home alone, but you don't know whats going on. Just because you don't come home to a bleeding dog doesn't mean nothing is going on.

KEEP THEM SEPERATE WHEN YOU AREN'T THERE.

and if you insist on putting them together when you are home, please please please put them BOTH on leashes and don't allow them to come in close contact.

You OWE this to your dog.

I'm going to be blunt, because the numerous polite, gentle posts were obviously a waste of time and bandwidth. I'm sure several folks are sitting in front of their computers with very sore tongues from biting them right now.

 Quote: amy feller

They are both inside and house trained dogs and keeping them seperated all the time would honestly not be worth having them (I mean as enjoyable pets or them having enjoyable lives).

Then get rid of one of them.

What you are doing is the equivilant of letting someone assault your child on a routine basis, because it's "easier" or more "pleasant" than doing what it takes to protect your child.

These dogs are not happy, any more than you would be happy if you had to defend yourself against violent attacks on a regular basis in your own home.

Would you be happy if someone broke into your house and beat the snot out of you twice a day? I doubt it.
Rather, I bet you'd end up with constant anxiety, nagging fear and a growing inability to trust anyone.

When you own a dog, or dogs, you have a responsibility as the human in the equation, to protect your dogs from physical and psychological harm. You have broken faith with both of these dogs, in both regards.

If you cannot do what it takes to keep both dogs safe, find a safe, loving home for one of them.
You have literally made these dogs suffer for your enjoyment, and they have become prisoners of your love. These dogs are being repeatedly traumatized, because of the Disney-esque concept you have of pet ownership.

Putting a muzzle on one, or both of them, will only increase their anxiety at their inability to protect themself from the attacks they have been conditioned to expect. It would give them about as much peace of mind as you would have if I tie one hand behind the back of the man who broke into your home twice a day.

Take a look at the link I posted about Dog Fights.
Take a look at some of the very disfiguring, painful dog bites people have received while trying to break up fights among their own dogs.

Disney-esque concept,,,wow blunt is right. Thats a kick right in the Mickey.

Got two uber bitches, I won't do that again, its crates kennels and eternal vigilance. They got good solid obedience and plenty of excercise plus all that "I'm the Pack leader BS" that goes with, I would never leave these two along for any real lenght of time.

Sad is right. Poor boxer. Only six months old. Rehome the poor baby. He deserves to be safe.

Please everyone let me make it clear that I am neither an irresponsible pet owner or living in Disney-esque land! I am DEEPLY upset and miserable with what has occurred and that's why I am reaching out for help. If it is a situation that can't be solved with training, the agressive dog will go. BOTTOM LINE. I love my boxer and I know I have not done my job by allowing him to get hurt. I rescued him from a family that was neglecting him ( he is not six months old but I have had him six months) and I will NOT be having him in a bad situation, that is not my goal. I was simply just looking for advice on training techniques on how to make the aggressive dog less aggressive if that was at all possible. It is something I have never had to deal with befroe. I want you all to know that the dogs are seperated, and are only together when they are VERY CLOSELY supervised. I guess I worded my initial post wrong. I apologize and apologize to any of you who have gotten upset or angry over my post. Please know that I was only looking to see if there was any kind of training solution and if there was not, the agressive dog will go!

There are training solutions- but step one is to crate both dogs. Not just for the purposes of keeping them apart, but as a method to introduce pack structure to both dogs.

Once both dogs are crate trained and pack structure has been established, you can move to step two- PROPER introductions.

Alyssa is spot on here.

If you haven't already, read the free e-book on 'introducing a new dog'. Read the 'Establishing pack structure' e-book and better yet get the dvd (and consider the Dom/Aggressive dog one as well).

This will require a lot of work to put right, but it's not impossible if you put the effort in. The dogs may never like each other, but they can be taught to behave around each other when you're there.

Either way, your basic options are: 1) Crate them both 2) Rehome one.

Best of luck.
Rob