Oh dear! Unfortunately I can't provide the best advice as I am kinda new to this whole owning a dog thing and Aolani has issues too, but I did want to sympathize with you and hope that someone else can provide you with sound advice.
Aggression Issue... Serious Problem Help Please
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That's not good. I think I'd consult an animal behaviorist and not let the two together until this
can be evaluated. Poor little Gracie.
can be evaluated. Poor little Gracie.
Thank you...I truly appreciate any and all positive thoughts and prayers:heart:
The problem is that this is serious biting and I can't chance letting it get to the point like it has the last two days again or may end up with a crippled dog or worse
We're going to try the spay/teeth removal/separation route first and see if anything changes
I pray to God it is just heat cycle related, although there have definitely been signs all along that Daisy doesn't seem to back off her Gracie when she should (more than just stealing all the goodies and whatnot - she is somewhat relentless). Kept thinking it was just puppy stage and she would grow out of it...don't have the luxury of wishful thinking anymore
I have a vet appointment for tomorrow morning to get Daisy spayed and have all residual baby teeth removed. She will be isolated in her x-pen as she recovers and probably for up to a month after, as it sounds like it will take about that long for her hormones to level out.
I am grateful to my husband for taking this very seriously as he seems to be respected as the alpha in this household (I'm too soft) and she pulled a number on the walk yesterday (out of control - but didn't let her connect with Gracie) and he forced her into a sit and wouldn't let her up for a long time (even though he had to hold her bottom down). She seems to know that times have changed around here.
I ended up sleeping with Daisy in the office on the daybed since poor Gracie is so scared of her right now. She sits on her hindquarters whenever Daisy is around (guess 3 nasty bites to your hamstring will make you not want to trust your former most of the time buddy at all anymore and I don't blame her). This morning Daisy tried playing with me and her nasty baby canines got me pretty good (didn't draw blood but hook and tear at skin) and I know she wasn't trying to hurt at all. In fact, it almost seemed like she could tell they caught me because she licked and licked afterwards.
So we'll see what happens after the spay... I hope I hope I hope it resolves some issues, but after googling sibling rivalry aggression, it sounds like a fairly common phenomenom between dogs of the same age, predominantly in females. I am just absolutely heartbroken and can't stop crying.
Well, actually, the vet appointment to get them spayed was just a bit too late (they normally don't like to spay when the dogs go in heat and they went in earlier than we expected). Heavens no breeding or showing here - these puppies were a surprise that came out of one of the two breeder dogs we rescued and were going to rehab and rehome...things took some very strange twists and turns and apparently still are
You have an excellent memory. Yep, we sensed that Gracie was looking for some peace awhile back and I rehomed her for just a few days with my friend. But she is such an awesomely sweet little dog, who we had become very attached to having had her for 6 months by that time, that I didn't realize how hard it would be for her to no longer have her part of our family and I got her back. In retrospect, should I have? Probably not. But Gracie was also pretty lonely becuase this friend wasn't home as much as she said she was going to be and Gracie went from people/dogs being around all the time to being left alone too much (IMO) and wasn't eating/playing with her toys/seeming to be that happy. I think if someone (which dog? that's such a dilemna since though Daisy has some bad behaviors now she is also a funny and sweet little girl that rests her head on the dishwasher door when I load/unload, fetches and is a pistol in general...and up til now she and Gracie did love each other though Daisy always seemed to push a bit too far they would hang out together and lick each other)... so I don't know what I'm going to do. :crying:
Anyway, thank you again everyone for your support. I may not be around much in the coming bit because I am wrecked over this. Husband really wants to rehome Daisy at this point (would be looking for someone with dog background who is good at training and preferably as an only pet)... but my heart can't bear to think of that yet. So life around here is stressed to the max...while I wait for her spay/baby teeth removal appt tomorrow and praying and hoping for a miracle...
Please keep us all in your prayers...
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