Roanne Rist Webboard User Reg: 10-05-2008
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I have 3 bulldogs and 3 english mastiffs. Ruby who is 5 and spayed retired show girl, Pebble who is 3 intact and showing and just got an 8 month old puppy back from a litter because her owner died of a heart attack. I would like to show this girl as she has a near perfect conformation and is out of a top bulldog. I placed Safari with a friend of mine who is now a pet. I have 3 mastiffs, an 8 year old spayed, her dauughter who is 5, spayed and retired show dog and Lace,also spayed and retired show dog. I am only haveing problems with the new girl and her mother. They have not drawn blood and stop fairly quick so I'm hoping day by day I can figure out a way to get them to co-habbitate.
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Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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I have 3 bulldogs and 3 english mastiffs. Ruby who is 5 and spayed retired show girl, Pebble who is 3 intact and showing and just got an 8 month old puppy back from a litter because her owner died of a heart attack. I would like to show this girl as she has a near perfect conformation and is out of a top bulldog. I placed Safari with a friend of mine who is now a pet. I have 3 mastiffs, an 8 year old spayed, her dauughter who is 5, spayed and retired show dog and Lace,also spayed and retired show dog. I am only haveing problems with the new girl and her mother. They have not drawn blood and stop fairly quick so I'm hoping day by day I can figure out a way to get them to co-habbitate.
Thanks
JMO:
"Getting them to cohabitate" may not be (in fact, IS not) your pressing first concern.
It's keeping them safe, no matter how strict the separation must be.
You are allowing a habit of aggression to gain a foothold, and it WILL escalate.
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Yes, it is. I was re-reading your 2008 post, and responses there are just as relevant here.
Strict separation for now is my opinion, if you can't halt this before it even starts:
" ... they can't even look at one another in the house without squabbling. So far there has been no blood or any marks on each other and have been able to stop them fairly easy. I now have them separated in different rooms" with supervision and management.
"Squabbling" doesn't end well. It escalates. I don't even allow stink eye, or ANY pack-member aggression whatsoever. JMO.
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You will only find out about possibilities for co-habitation after you have controlled the situation and ensured no further reactive interactions. Once that is securely in place, there are many techniques and methods for building appropriate behaviours, it is possible you might experience some modicum of success if you are diligent and consistent in your training efforts.
The first step, though, is to replace an idyllic vision of all the dogs lazing about together while you are doing the dishes, to the reality: you have dogs that are not friendly to each other and it is possible that there will be nothing you can do to change their feelings toward each other.
caveat: I am being trained by my 93 lb. reactive 2 year old shepherd x and my 'mostly normal' 12 year old fox terrier. We are beginning to have some success, after two years of my struggling to learn how to approach my own situation.
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