Potential rehome advice

I have two chihuahua pug mixes… they are the light of my life. I adopted them last year from a lady who bred the dogs with zero experience and then the dogs ended up being neglected because she couldn’t get anyone to buy the litter of dogs….. So when I met the dogs there was some red flags but I could tell they weren’t in a good environment and this women cared about them she just couldn’t handle so many dogs and take care of all of her kids… So I adopted them… it’s been like 9-10 months.. and since the girls are sisters they are very close… but more frequently lately they are super jealous and one in particular is super aggressive with her sister and everyone. She has severe anxiety and behavior issues that I can’t get out of her.: when they are away from each other they are both good dogs…

I have tried training but the second they get together it’s like they completely forgot what I taught them.. they bounce off the walls together and won’t calm down, the fight over me, they fight over food, over their bed, they fight over bones/toys. From at least one the jealousy is really bad, the anxiety it really bad (she is chewing on the trim of my apartment), she is aggressive towards people and barks constantly…I can’t potty train them... All of these have developed over the span of me getting the dogs. At first they were happy to be in a calm better environment but now things have taken a turn for the worst.

I just discovered last night the issues with raising littermates…. I’m so upset with myself for not educating myself before I purchased the animals… I’m slowly starting to separate them, and considering rehome one of them….

what should I do? They are only a year old, and bad habits are set but Can this be trained out of them? Is separating them and rehoming the right thing to do, even tho it feels awful? If I do separate them do I keep the more aggressive one since she is used to me, or should I give her to an organization that can hopefully train her and foster her? The other sister doesnt show the littermate syndrome signs and usually is just trying to defend herself.. so keeping her would be easier for me, but maybe easier for her to adapt to a new household… Are there organizations to help adopt out dogs in these situations, I don’t want to give one up so she can just goes to get killed because of her aggression..

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