Pets > Dogs > Training AdviceOctober 04, 2010

Sibling Rivalry With Dogs

I have recently purchased 2 female Dachshunds (1 1/2yrs) that are "supposed" to be sisters. They fight constantly. The littlest one will growl and actually attack her sister. I don't know what to do about this. We try to separate them and we end up getting nipped at. What should I do? Should I find a home for one and keep the other? Or do I try to stop this behavior?

By Jessica from NY

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10/07/2010

I would suggest finding one of them another home. I had two brothers that fought constantly. It got as bad as almost twice a month. There was nothing we could do to stop the fight once they started. They were big dogs and my husband got biten once when we tired to separate them. We tried everything for four years! We tried medication and behavior modification. Nothing worked. The stress got to be so much that we didn't feel we could pet either one of them without causing a fight. There was extreme jealousy. We decided that both dogs would be happier if we found one of them a new home. It was a very difficult thing to do but we did it. The dog we kept is so loving now. It's amazing. He is the sweetest dog I've ever known. We definitely made the right decision. Good luck.
Debby

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10/06/2010

If they've not learned by now to be nice to one anoter, try separating them and see if they miss one another. If they don't, then maybe you should consider giving one of them away and just keeping the other. At least, both dogs would have good happy homes maybe. Doesn't sound like they are really "sisters" to me.

Pookarina

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