Fighting agian

[juliefurry]

Ok, the girls are fighting agian. They seemed really well for quite some time and now they are going at it agian. Hannah seems to just be having fun and playing but Lily is being really mean to her. She isn't drawing blood but she is just constantly growling and chasing and wrestling Hannah all around the house. She takes Hannah's toys and if Hannah gets another toy Lily will take that one too. They get plently of exercise they go for atleast an hour walk a day and during the afternoon they are out in the yard for forty five minutes of fetch and running time. I get worried because Lily just won't leave Hannah alone. When my daughter is out Hannah will lay quietly by me and Lily will come up and start attacking and jumping on Hannah to get her to chase her. I will put Lily in a time out in the kitchen but she comes out a minute later and does the same thing. Any suggestions? Is Lily just going through a stage? I don't mind them running around like goofs when my daughter is napping or in bed for the night but it seems Hannah has realized that when Emily is up she needs to be calm and I know Lily is only 5 months old but when my daughter is up that is usually when she is bouncing around the most. Any suggestions?

[Barb04]

One thing I can say is get rid of the toys if this is what's causing the problem to start. If I have a stuffed toy in the house and more than one dog is around, jealousy kicks in. I have learned to only let one of the dogs have a toy to play with when the others aren't around to start trouble. For some reason, the dogs always want what the others have even if they have the same thing. It's the same way here with treats.

[YorkieLover]

It doesn't sound to me like they are fighting at all. They are horseplaying and having a good time. If the 2nd dog gets tired 1st then just give that dog a rest and make the other play with a bone/toy whatever. Our puppy wanted to constantly play with the older rescued boy, he would play for a short time and then get tired (pant, etc.), we would just pick him up, put him by us and tell the pupster go play and hand her a toy. Our pupster loves to take all the toys/bones socks etc. from the others, the newest pupster will chase her around the house and then they play tug a war and growl, we think it's a riot but to some people it probably sounds serious. Trust me if they were truley fighting you would know, we went through a stage where our pupster viciously attacked one of the old guys, I definitly knew the difference between rough housing and fighting at that point...LOL