What To Do When Your Pets Start Fighting?

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     When you have more than one pet living inside your home, you can possibly have problems with fighting pets. You can lose or have some of your properties damaged or your pets can get hurt. And so, it is important that you deal with this problem promptly and as effectively as possible.

Keep calm. Once you witness your pets fighting each other, there are things that you need to do to stop them and ensure that they will not be hurt. First and foremost, remain calm and do not panic. Even if you have two big dogs fighting each other, you should not panic. There can be a good reason for you to fear for your welfare and the lives of your pets. But, it will do more good if you keep your cool.

If you stay calm, you will be able to think clearly. You can either stop the fight or keep the damage at minimum. Your decisions will be sounder and it will be beneficial to you, your home, and your pets.

Give up on screaming. Screaming at two hostile pets almost always never works. It will be very hard to get their attention this way. You will only waste your energy, lose your voice, and start feeling hopeless as your efforts at shouting at them doesn't seem to work. Even if you are afraid at coming close to two fighting animals, still refrain from shouting. You might just even aggravate the situation.

When they start fighting, sometimes shouting can be an instinctive response. But a little later, you will be able to control yourself and keep from doing such action.

Break the fight. Since you cannot break the fight between your pets by just shouting at them from a corner, you will need to take some action. First, take out your pet's leashes. Even if they are still fighting, you just approach one pet and slowly try to place the leash on its neck.

Find a place where you can tie the leash and keep one dog in place. Their fight might still be proceeding at this time. Just let them do so. You then take out another leash for your other pet. Do the same thing. But, make sure that you tie the other pet on a place that is far from the other one. As much as possible, keep one out of sight of the other. This will allow them to calm down and no longer feel aggressive.

Do not attempt to pull them away from each other with your bare hands as you might get bitten or be included in their rumble. The use of leashes will be one of your best, if not your best, option.

Place them in kennels. After you have separated them from each other, you can place them inside separate cages or kennels. This will further allow them to cool off by themselves. Aggressive behavior in dogs, cats, or any other pet can be lessened with proper training and disciplinary measures used on the pets.

Jerri Nice D. Torres enjoys writing for Petflow which sells Blue Buffalo dog food and holistic fromm dog food as well as a host of additional products.

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