It's been quite a day. Both Shippo AND Eevee got attacked today (although in Shippo's case, he asked for it).
The first fight happened at a friend's house during a game of fetch. I was throwing the ball for Shippo, Eevee, and a friend's dog, Lilly. They are all normally great together during fetch, and there have never been any fights before. Shippo and Lilly were running after the ball, and Lilly bumped Shippo, who in his excitement, turned around and nipped Lilly in the face. After that, it was on.
Lilly laid into Shippo, who FOUGHT BACK for the first time in his life! The fight only lasted about 2-3 seconds, and Lilly had Shippo on his back, ending the fight before we could reach them. The ball was put up and both dogs were put in a sort of "time out" while everyone calmed down. No big deal. I THOUGHT the excitement was over for the day...
When I got home, I was walking across my front yard with both my dogs to head inside, when one of the neighbor's dogs (who was being supervised by a child and nobody else) jumped the puny little fence she has in her front yard, and headed straight for Eevee. The kid yelled out "Oh s***! Get your dogs!" This, to me, meant something was up, and I quickly grabbed the boxer's choke chain it was wearing, as it began to mount Eevee in a fighting posture.
She turned around and snapped at him (I would too!) and had I not been holding onto this dog, he would've attacked her. So I was standing there with a snarling, snapping boxer in one hand, and a very insulted, growly Eevee in the other (with Shippo close behind trying to defend Eevee), as the kid's mother ran out screaming to get the dogs in.
I dropped both leashes and told told Eevee "GO" in a firm voice while pointing toward the front porch, and she slunk quickly away to the porch. Shippo hovered around for a minute until I told him to "GIT" and he skittered away and watched from a distance, as I took the boxer back to his owner, who apologized profusely and asked if my dogs were okay.
FINALLY, I got my dogs in the house to feed them. That was quite a trip. I wish people would learn how to properly contain their dogs, especially if they know the dog doesn't do well with others. I'm exhausted now...
The first fight happened at a friend's house during a game of fetch. I was throwing the ball for Shippo, Eevee, and a friend's dog, Lilly. They are all normally great together during fetch, and there have never been any fights before. Shippo and Lilly were running after the ball, and Lilly bumped Shippo, who in his excitement, turned around and nipped Lilly in the face. After that, it was on.
Lilly laid into Shippo, who FOUGHT BACK for the first time in his life! The fight only lasted about 2-3 seconds, and Lilly had Shippo on his back, ending the fight before we could reach them. The ball was put up and both dogs were put in a sort of "time out" while everyone calmed down. No big deal. I THOUGHT the excitement was over for the day...
When I got home, I was walking across my front yard with both my dogs to head inside, when one of the neighbor's dogs (who was being supervised by a child and nobody else) jumped the puny little fence she has in her front yard, and headed straight for Eevee. The kid yelled out "Oh s***! Get your dogs!" This, to me, meant something was up, and I quickly grabbed the boxer's choke chain it was wearing, as it began to mount Eevee in a fighting posture.
She turned around and snapped at him (I would too!) and had I not been holding onto this dog, he would've attacked her. So I was standing there with a snarling, snapping boxer in one hand, and a very insulted, growly Eevee in the other (with Shippo close behind trying to defend Eevee), as the kid's mother ran out screaming to get the dogs in.
I dropped both leashes and told told Eevee "GO" in a firm voice while pointing toward the front porch, and she slunk quickly away to the porch. Shippo hovered around for a minute until I told him to "GIT" and he skittered away and watched from a distance, as I took the boxer back to his owner, who apologized profusely and asked if my dogs were okay.
FINALLY, I got my dogs in the house to feed them. That was quite a trip. I wish people would learn how to properly contain their dogs, especially if they know the dog doesn't do well with others. I'm exhausted now...
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