Dogs Fighting :( Looking for some help here. I've had dogs of all shapes and sizes and thought I was pretty savvy on dog behavior but this time I'm stumped.
Right now I have 3 dogs, 2 of them female, 1 male. The male is not the problem. The 2 females are Lucy, 12 years old, white Siberian Husky/Shepard mix and Maggie, 8 years old, brown,breed really unknown. We think she probably has some border collie and shepard in her. She's a pound rescue. She definitely has the herding instinct and is very, very smart and energetic. They are all fixed.
These two have gotten along well for years. Only recently as Lucy has gotten older and weaker. She has recently gone deaf, Maggie is trying to assert dominance and will attack Lucy, unprovoked. We seperate them for a while then let them back together and they are usually O.K. but sometimes their fighting gets so ferocious its scary. Last week I seperated them from a fight only this time I got bit, pretty badly in the wrist. I've gotten the necessary treatment but before someone else gets hurt or they really hurt each other I was wondering if anyone out there has any advise/suggestions for me. Thanks. |