Okay sorry this is so long but please help me!!! I have three dogs. Two husky mix’s (Nova and Opal) under 2 years old, and a bulldog beagle mix (Anna) that is 3. For the full backstory here so you guys can help me out, Anna was born May 2017. She is fixed and lived in my moms home prior to me taking her about 8 months ago. Nova was born April 2019, and Opal born October 2019. Nova and Opal are half sisters and its easy to tell the connection they have with each other. Neither of them are spayed yet as we have no male dogs anywhere around so we were waiting until we had money to get both of them at the same time. We brought Anna into our home in mid March, and they three got along great! Despite the size and age difference they were the three best buds! They all slept in the bed with us just fine, stayed outside together, ran around the house together and played. Only issues we ever had was we had to feed Anna away from the other two cause she has food aggression issues. Well fast forward to about August of this year, Nova and Opal both went into heat. This is where my big problems started. It started with Anna and Nova getting into small growling matches. We would separate them and make sure they understood this wasn’t acceptable behavior. Then it got worse, them actually biting and attacking each other. Anna tended to be the one starting the fights but given the size difference she very rarely winning the fights. Then Opal finally came in and it seemed as if she joined in mostly to protect big sis. They both hopped on Anna and pulling two full grown husky mix dogs off a smaller dog as a 5’2” 110 pound woman was a task let me tell you what. So we separated them entirely. Nova and Opal had NO problems so they stayed out, and Anna had her own room of solitude. Not to punish her persay despite her starting the fights but because that last fight has cause them to tear a hole in her leg all the way to down the muscle. It seemed safer that way. We would kennel the other dogs up when she had to go outside to potty, and all dogs hair would stick straight up as they saw each other. The plan was our friend with no other animals was going to take Anna. We waited and waited and this never happened. So we started introducing them to each other slowly again. To the point Anna could run right past them to go outside and we would have no issues. There was hope in sight!! Although we knew it would be safer and less worrisome for her to go to a new home. Then two weeks ago, a different friend took Anna. We had to go pick her up last Saturday cause it just wasnt a match. Now we have her back in the room being secluded. Nova has come around and can be around Anna freely without attacking or growling at her. But Opal is different. She is holding an extreme grudge and will growl and nip at her any chance she gets. How do I solve this issue? Anna is a part of the family and I can’t stand the idea of not seeing her ever again. Will they ever get over this aggression issue?
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