I'm really getting worried about this fighting. We keep them apart as much as possible. If we are in the kitchen, one stays in a crate in the kitchen and the other is free. Then we switch to give the female in the crate equal time out of the crate. At night they sleep in their crates. They were sleeping with us before this fighting started and we decided it would be best if each sleep in their own crate. Last night in the kitchen before one got crated they got into a terrible fight. I tried to break up the fight with a spray bottle (forget that) and finally my husband and I had to pull them apart and crate one. I've tried to be "Alpha" by saying in a stern voice "No" and using the water bottle if the growling starts. It doesn't really work. Saturday will be three weeks since the younger female went into heat. I thought they might start to like each other by now, but is worse than ever. I love both these girls and would be heartbroken if I had to part with either one. Please tell me this is going to get better.
Mary |