Isabelle and Tabitha have been fighting so badly the last 2 weeks. They would fight 3 times a day and both would end up getting hurt real bad. One time I got bit on my hand when I tried to break them up. So now I have Isabelle staying at my cousin's house until I can decide what to do.
I reached out to a trainer and after she heard my story she said they best thing to do is to find one of my dogs a new home. I can't understand because they have been living together for a year and everything was fine.
She said that there are several factors causing the fights:
- both are females so they will fight til the end
- their ages (Isabelle is 2.5 and Tabitha is 1.5)
- I just separated from my husband a month ago and he was the pack leader
The trainer said that the reason everything was ok the past year was because Tabitha was still a baby. Now that she is an adult, she is starting to challenge Isabelle and Isabelle is fighting back.
Please tell me there is a way for me to keep them both. I don't want to lose either of them. I feel so torn. The trainer said if I love them and want them to have happy lives then I should separate them.
Any advice or suggestions, please? I am so desperate.
