I have a Dachshund named "Starr" that is acting very differently, aggressively toward her sister. Starr is 2 and Beautifull is 3. They grew up with each other. They never used to fight. We recently had 2 sets of puppies (15 total). They're 7 weeks now and almost as big as her.
Starr has attacked the puppies and fought her sister twice. I don't understand why she's doing that. I now have to keep her outside, separate from them. Can you tell me what would cause this behavior all of a sudden? Please help.
I raise boxer puppies so I have been through this several times. Most females will become aggressive with pups in the house. No matter who was "boss" before, the mother will always be the dominant one when pups are around, which is cause for the fighting. Hormones are also running rampant. Give your girls some time apart and when the pups have all been placed in new homes, your girls should get along fine. Make sure that you don't keep putting them together, if they fight often enough, they may never forget that they're mad. Good Luck
Try to remember that you are the dominant character in your dog's life. Sometimes the aggression is a sign that you do not dominate your dogs enough. One intimidation factor that will not hurt your dog, but keep it in it's place, is to hold your dog upside down, when standing up, irrelevant of how much they wiggle. Any time she is caught in the act of being aggressive, dominate her.
I looked at leerburg.com and I like the articles listed on here under Dominant dogs. Here they are. http://leerburg.com/articles.htm#dom This is a great site for Dog Training Info. I go there all the time for issues in puppies and other dogs. Robyn
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