Eric_L
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I need help. My family has two dogs who are almost two years old. They each are about 80lbs - they are both pound pups - one is mostly hound the other is some sort of border collie/lab mix. They are both female.
Early this afternoon they got into a fight. They would not respond to my wife. I was at work at the time and it went on for a long time. It was over a new bone.
This evening they got into another one over a dog toy during playtime with us. They refused to respond to me until I swept the legs out from under the on that was on top. (There was no water hose nearby) There was some blood - ear.
I have three young children - we cannot have this sort of behavior around them - particularly in the house and particularly if the dogs will not respond. However the kids have become close to the dogs (had them since pups) and until today the dogs have been reasonably well mannered.
The dogs are current on their shots. Their feeding schedule is regular. The only thing different is we have let them sleep in a different room lately (the kids 'camped' in the living room the last three nights)
So what should I do? Obedience school? Humane Society? Potato sack and some rocks? I don't know what to do and I could really use some knowledgeable and experienced advice.
Early this afternoon they got into a fight. They would not respond to my wife. I was at work at the time and it went on for a long time. It was over a new bone.
This evening they got into another one over a dog toy during playtime with us. They refused to respond to me until I swept the legs out from under the on that was on top. (There was no water hose nearby) There was some blood - ear.
I have three young children - we cannot have this sort of behavior around them - particularly in the house and particularly if the dogs will not respond. However the kids have become close to the dogs (had them since pups) and until today the dogs have been reasonably well mannered.
The dogs are current on their shots. Their feeding schedule is regular. The only thing different is we have let them sleep in a different room lately (the kids 'camped' in the living room the last three nights)
So what should I do? Obedience school? Humane Society? Potato sack and some rocks? I don't know what to do and I could really use some knowledgeable and experienced advice.