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My dogs
Hi ok we got a male jack russell he is now 7 months old after a few weeks we got another male jack different breeds of jack 1 is short haired the other not they are approx the same age from different breeds but all they do is fight to the extent that i'm worried 1 will get hurt its the later one that we got that causes the trouble (the white one is the trouble maker the black one is so placid) the white one wont let the other one sleep in the kennel at night or eat his food and he scraps with him constantly please please give me some advice as i dont want to get rid of either. i've thought about seperating but that would mean 1 dog go nearly 2 days without food as he would have to sleep in a different area altogether and 2 days is too long to leave him alone!!!!
AnswerAudrey -
First, I sure hope we can get this worked out, but you need to understand that **many** jacks are prone to fighting with other dogs. The breed was developed to hunt things - sometimes bigger than them - so fighting is often part of the breed. Additionally, you have 2 males which can make this tendency worse - AND they are entering their teenaged stage where they will test the waters to see what they can get away with.
First thing - get 2 crates. Make them spend overnight, days while you're away, and each mealtime in their own crates (don't let the bossy one swap crates - He has his, and the other has his own). This sounds mean, but it will resolve a lot of the fighting right off the bat. Food is the #1 cause of fighting, and by feeding in their separate crates you avoid that issue altogether. That will also solve the sleeping problem.
I'm not sure what you mean about separating them and it being so long without food, but I certainly do not recommend that plan.
Dogs like their crates once they get used to it and will often take a nap their of their own accord. You will likely have some complaining for the first few nights, so I encourage you to put them in an hour or 2 before you go to bed. That sometimes help them stop complaining before you actually want to sleep. It also helps if the first time you do it is when you're going to be gone during the daytime (so you don't have to listen to them).
This should give you a start. However, you are going to have to stay on top of the issue and I cannot strongly enough emphasize obedience training - especially for the more dominant dog. Not only does this make them behave better, but it also teaches you how to understand dogs better.
You may also end up having to do an even stricter training with your dogs called Nothing in Life is Free. That means they learn to respect the people as the ones in charge and that if they want anything good, they have to respect you. It does this without any punishments. Here's a link that I encourage you to read.
http://www.cairnrescue.com/docs/NILIF.pdf
I hope this gives you some ideas. Please let me know how you make out.
-Beth
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