Whos dogs have fought

Well, did they?

  • Yes, ended up at the vet.

    Votes: 9 13.2%
  • Yes, no vet.

    Votes: 39 57.4%
  • Nope. Dogs have no violent streak.

    Votes: 14 20.6%
  • Parsley (an herb is a food!)

    Votes: 6 8.8%

  • Total voters
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Ozfozz

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Oz, Cobain, and Ruby have never fought with each other.

Rigby on occasion over food, or being over-stimulated, has gone after each of the other 3. It looks vicious, but there's never been any broken skin. I'm not even sure if she actually makes contact with her mouth or if it's just snapping.
She "snaps out of it" as soon as any human says anything to her. The other 3 do not even fight back when she does this.
 

Slick

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#42
I only have one dog, but Leo has gotten into two scuffles at the dog park. Both with male pit bulls. In both, the pit bull was playing too rough for Leo, Leo snarked, and the pit bull said "Oh hell no" and laid into him. Both times, we owners were close and had them separated in a matter of seconds. No puncture wounds on either end, though Leo was clearly on the "losing" side of both.

Hasn't happened since Leo has been neutered, so maybe it was a boy dog thing.
 

DJEtzel

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#43
My dogs get into scuffles from time to time. Never a vet trip needed, no wounds, usually broken up with some yelling. It's not very common, but not unheard of under the proper circumstances.

My ex's dog would attack Patton to the point of requiring antibiotics anytime they came into contact, that was brutal.
 

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Just once, a couple years ago. A guest dropped some chicken, Elsie ate it, Zobby went after Elsie and latched on, she bit him in the eye. He ended up needing antibiotics, and has a scar on his face now.

We separated for a couple weeks and then reintroduced them and all's been well. They aren't loose together when no one's around, but a lot of that's because Zobby has to be crated when we're not here.
 

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Lily was totally an insecure hoe when I first got Scout and the six months prior when Scout was living with my friend's mom and the RR mix boys.

Even with me policing and working on things, it took Scout finally having enough of her crap and throwing her down and holding her there on the ground until I waded over through the snow and broke it up. Lily wanted to go right back to it too... Scout marked up her collar a bit , but I'd say she was pretty gentle with her.

They are very bonded now. Lily is still insecure about food sometimes, but I have a very good handle on managing Lily's food issues so its all good. I think Lily is pretty lucky that Scout is willing to give and bonds so hard to other dogs. Too hard actually, but eh it is what it.

Lily has had a noisy but totally unharmful fight with Will (my parent's bc) one time over a beef knuckle bone. It was during that time when I first took Scout in and I know that was the cause.

Will air snaps at Scout when she won't shut her excited barky yap, but thats more a game than a fight. Usually she has a stick in her mouth so she doesn't get that overaroused about visiting her boyfriend.

My friend's dog whom I babysit often Chicago, is the reason for the scar on Scout's nose from the short period of time she lived with them.

When I had him for a couple weeks after my friend's moms neck surgery he laid into Lily for no reason other than she walked by him while he was sleeping. Needless to say I was on that fast and hard. The rest of his visits any sleep time I stuck him in his crate. No harm done thankfully.
 

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#46
Watson has become very weird with intact males as he's gone through puberty. He will often run up to them all wiggly and excited to meet, but as soon as he smells them he starts growling and barking and acting insane. I don't think he would ever be the one to start something physical, but I wouldn't blame another male for attacking him. Once he did this to my trainer's husky while off leash and she kept the husky calm and controlled and Watson just barked and jumped around and never tried to make contact. But yeah, dangerous and I would not blame another male for going after him while he's being an asshole. I considered getting a male as a second dog, but I just do not trust Watson's behavior when that puppy grows up and I don't want to be forced to neuter either because Watson is an idiot. I think it's insecurity more than anything. Still hoping he'll mellow out of it a bit with age.

With all other dogs, he's a total pushover. His best friend ACDx is the growliest bossiest dog I've met and Watson is so good natured about it. Watson looks at a toy, Grey growls and rushes him, and Watson just wags his tail and wanders off. He is very non-confrontational in general. The only time he got pissed was when Grey tried to take his favorite stick of all time (no idea why he likes this stick, but he's had it for over a year) and I saw some teeth, but in the end Grey snatched it and Watson just looked sad. Haha.
 

Finkie_Mom

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#47
Well unfortunately, that's why we decided it best to have Pen live with my in-laws... As SOON as Jari turned 1 (almost to the day) Pen decided that he was evil. I separated them before anything bad really happened thinking it was over toys, a crumb on the floor, or even Bubbles coming in to season or something. She went to hang with the in-laws for a bit while I tried to work with the boys, but it just got worse and worse to the point where a crate/rotate situation would have probably been the only way to have them both in the house. But whichever boy I was NOT in the room with would whine and pace and was not happy. So after a couple of months of working with them (and after seeing that Bubbles was not coming in to season), I traded out Bubby for Pen and things have been fine here since. (My in-laws are awesome and take exceptional care of my boy)

Jari doesn't want to start things with other dogs, but he has had some react to him poorly, and I'm guessing it's because he's intact. Again, no vet needed because the owners/I intervene quickly. I'm not planning on trying to introduce another male to the house ever. The girls are fine, just get in occasional scuffles over random things. Usually Kimma wanting food/treats that I'm giving to Bubbles and Bubbles reacting to that.

Even with all the stuff with Pen and Jari, they CAN be in the car together (one crated, one in the back seat), and they never needed a vet visit.
 

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Abrams is....I don't really know how Abrams is with other dogs. He gets along very, very well with the unassuming dogs we've met, male or female. Polite, playful, but not pushy, no need to assert dominance/be a butt head dogs are his BFFs.

Dogs that bark at him or act like dicks cause him to go on the offensive. As he's matured, his crap level has decreased. BUT, that being said, when we're in public/visiting a home and the resident dog tells him off he accepts it, doesn't retaliate, and learns his lesson. (Those have also all been female dogs, sooooo...)

The only intact male he's ever been around in maturity has been Sherman. And that went over super well. :rolleyes: So I'm assuming his fuse is much shorter with intact males, but it also just might be shorter with adolescent bumbly puppies in general. Or maybe he just hated Sherman. Who knows. That still bothers me. :/

I'll be interested to see if his attitudes change towards other dogs after he's neutered, but I doubt it. Chessies aren't known for being Labradors, after all. Lol I anticipated him not loving every dog he met once he was mature. So long as he's not actively trying to eat other dogs and can live with the right dogs I'm alright!
 
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#49
I have two un-neutered males, one is now 8 and the older one is 10. They have always gotten along and never fought but I do crate Remmy, the 8 year old if I am not home just in case, otherwise they sleep on my bed at night along with my spayed female. They are Shih Tzu x Maltese and not aggressive even with other dogs.

Remmy does take a round out of Kris, my Doberman, if she steps on him but I have never had to call him off or anything as she always deserves it. Kris knows when she has made him mad and lies down and he chews on her nose hard enough to make her cry but never leaves a mark. He is 10 lbs. and she is 76 lbs.
 

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