Okay so I have 3 dogs. Two are great pyrenees (both 1y 3 months) and one german shepherd mix (4y).
Basically, the two pyr's hate each other. Actually, one of them (Hunter) hates the other (Romeo). Romeo only wants to play. They're both from the same litter. We (husband and I) didn't know about litter-mate syndrome otherwise we wouldn't have got them both together. As little pups, they LOVED each other but now they can't stand seeing one another.
They get into terrible fights that are always started by Hunter. Hunter is smaller than Romeo but he still causes the most damage. They fight at least once every 3 days. That's only because I keep them apart. But if they see each other, depending how angry Hunter is, they go at it. There already has been 4 times where Hunter has caused Romeo to bleed a lot. We even took him to the ER because he wouldn't stop bleeding. There was A LOT of blood so we thought. But the vet told us that the cut wasn't deep enough for stitches so they just sent us home and did nothing. We kept them separated as much as we could. Our home is not very big so there is no way of keeping them completely apart besides leaving one outside and the other inside. Even then, they need to go outside to potty so yeaahh.
Anyway, I am the only one who is home most of the time since my husband is in the army. The pyr's are at least 100lbs and I definitely CAN'T separate them when they are fighting. I have tried many times but they don't listen to me. It makes me soooooooo angry!! They listen most of the time but not when they're fighting or even before they fight. I know Romeo is just trying to defend himself and its basically Hunter's fault. No, he(Hunter) isn't in pain. He is perfectly healthy. I'm just saying this because I know that can cause aggression.
Both Pyr's LOVE my german shepherd. They never fight with him. He never fights with them.
Oh, I'd like to add that Hunter and Romeo go CRAZY whenever we take just one of them out with a leash. I think its just because they also want to go but we absolutely can't do that because they will fight each other.
All this combined has caused so much anger in me. I have anxiety and depression and I know this situation is making it worse. They stress me out so much. I feel like I can't do anything to fix this situation. I don't want them to kill each other and I don't want them living like this forever. I sure can't live like this forever. This has made me feel like I can't leave the house, like I don't have control of anything. This has been going on for 7 months. I want to re-home one but I feel like I will get judged by everyone. Of course I'm thinking of re-homing the one that is not violent. That way he will find a home faster and won't cause someone else problems. I don't want to take him to a shelter because I don't think they will be good to him.
I also feel bad because my husband absolutely loves them all. But he isn't here to help me. Its all on me.
TL;DR
Dogs are causing my mental health to get worse because of their fights. I want to re-home the one that's not violent so that it can take some of the stress off of me and have them both be safe.
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