It's called redirected aggression (or sometimes "displaced aggression") - I read about this because I had (past tense!) a crazy aggressive cat client. Here's some basic info but you can google for more...
Redirected Aggression
Another reason for aggressive behavior in dogs is redirected aggression, and it is very much misunderstood. This behavior occurs when a dog cannot take out its aggression on the actual object causing the fear, anger, or territorial thoughts. For instance, if your dogs are in the backyard and a person they perceive as an intruder enters the house, the dogs may turn on one another. However, some people do not understand the displaced aggression, because they do not know what started the aggressive behavior.
This is quoted from dogproblemsolutions.com
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