Let me give you some background. I adopted my Basset hound Flash who grew up with another dog before coming to me. Before I married he was with my family and I and their dogs. So when I did get married he became an only dog. So soon after the wedding with purchased a injured Siberian husky from a accidental litter. I usually prefer to adopt my dogs but no one was taking him because of his injury I was worried what would happen to him. So we ended up with Leonidas. he is perfectly healthy now after some chiropractic adjustments.
Leo is very attached to Flash. He is very attached to us. He is very clingy which is common with the husky breed. We tried to socialize him at a young age but we lived on a farm 15 miles from town and he would pee and poop as soon as he got into the car. so i had to bring the people and dogs to him. Which I thought was enough. He always did well with company and other dogs.
So after moving a few states over there was a pit bull in dire need of rescue. We knew their potential issues with other dogs but this one was taken to dog parks and had other dogs in the house. he does super good with dogs, cats and people. We didn't want a 3rd dog but we had to take him he is a diamond in the rough.
All 3 dogs are males and all 3 are neutered for the record.
We brought him home and Leo's went right after him. Which is normal for pack dogs to create their place in the pack. Leo is relentless. He nipped at Vader and barked at him non stop for 3 days and Vader didn't respond. Finally Vader went after him, it was mostly doggy cussing and bluffs. but this scared Leo and he ran and hid under the bed. Leo came back once he got his courage back and Vader wasn't having any of it. then it stopped being a minor dominance spat from then on they wanted to seriously injure each other. We worked with them for a long time. with muzzles and finally we chose to keep them apart. SOOO many people have said
" oh they just need to get their place in the pack just let them go at it." I know my boys Leo is so possessive and never gives up, and vader being a pit bull carries out what he starts. Leo is 55 lbs and scrawny, Vader is 84lbs and growing and very powerful to me letting them duke it out is just wrong.
I am perfectly happy to keep them apart. we purchased a home with an attached kennel and a large fenced in yard, they both have lots of room to play , big comfy beds, and get lots of play time with us and with the neutral basset hound. they go for walks but all of this is done without them ever even seeing each other.
I was just curious. Do you think I went about this the correct way? Or should i work more with training them? My 2 cents is. even the best of dog buddies get into it once and awhile. Even with the best of training could i REALLY be confident something someday wont spark a fight between them? Vader could do serious damage to Leo in a 2 second time frame. I personally don't want to risk it.
Leo is very attached to Flash. He is very attached to us. He is very clingy which is common with the husky breed. We tried to socialize him at a young age but we lived on a farm 15 miles from town and he would pee and poop as soon as he got into the car. so i had to bring the people and dogs to him. Which I thought was enough. He always did well with company and other dogs.
So after moving a few states over there was a pit bull in dire need of rescue. We knew their potential issues with other dogs but this one was taken to dog parks and had other dogs in the house. he does super good with dogs, cats and people. We didn't want a 3rd dog but we had to take him he is a diamond in the rough.
All 3 dogs are males and all 3 are neutered for the record.
We brought him home and Leo's went right after him. Which is normal for pack dogs to create their place in the pack. Leo is relentless. He nipped at Vader and barked at him non stop for 3 days and Vader didn't respond. Finally Vader went after him, it was mostly doggy cussing and bluffs. but this scared Leo and he ran and hid under the bed. Leo came back once he got his courage back and Vader wasn't having any of it. then it stopped being a minor dominance spat from then on they wanted to seriously injure each other. We worked with them for a long time. with muzzles and finally we chose to keep them apart. SOOO many people have said
" oh they just need to get their place in the pack just let them go at it." I know my boys Leo is so possessive and never gives up, and vader being a pit bull carries out what he starts. Leo is 55 lbs and scrawny, Vader is 84lbs and growing and very powerful to me letting them duke it out is just wrong.
I am perfectly happy to keep them apart. we purchased a home with an attached kennel and a large fenced in yard, they both have lots of room to play , big comfy beds, and get lots of play time with us and with the neutral basset hound. they go for walks but all of this is done without them ever even seeing each other.
I was just curious. Do you think I went about this the correct way? Or should i work more with training them? My 2 cents is. even the best of dog buddies get into it once and awhile. Even with the best of training could i REALLY be confident something someday wont spark a fight between them? Vader could do serious damage to Leo in a 2 second time frame. I personally don't want to risk it.