[Gypsy & Me]

This is not an easy post to write since re-homing is a such a sore subject with many on YT. This is very hard for me and I have spoke regularly with my friends regarding how bad the aggression is.

I hope someone can give me some amazing advice as I have reached the point where I do not see another alternative.

Honestly if you're going to jump on me about it then please write the post, then delete it all before hitting submit. This is hard enough already.

Gypsy and Kayla have both had the odd moment where a little fight has broken out over a toy, food, over excitement, etc. It's been nothing more than a lot of noise and me simply shouting at them has always stopped it straight away. Overall they used to get on fine, would sit/lay together, sleep together, could eat near each other. Then this past month it's got worse and I'm completely at my wits end with them.

For example, here's some instances that have happened just this past 3/4weeks...

- play fighting suddenly resulted in an all out fight with me having to pull them off each other

- both happily playing fetch in the front room, next minute full on fight, (right at Amelia's feet), I've grapped Kayla and Gypsy is hanging off Kayla's throat. I managed to seperate them, getting my finger bit in the process and Kayla ended up with gash in the side of her neck that was pretty big.

- playing tug with a toy then next thing I know they are fighting. I grapped Kayla and Gypsy was still flying at her. I pushed Gypsy away, she landed on the floor, got up and launched herself at Kayla again. Had to restrain Gypsy and force Kayla the other side of the baby gate to seperate them till they calmed down. Again, this was all with Amelia in the room.

There's been more than these, those are just the worse ones. I'm not talking about all noise, I'm talking full on going for the throat and wanting to tear each other apart. Every time Amelia is in the room who then starts screaming and wanting me to pick her up so she's trying to climb me because she's scared and I'm trying to pull the girls off each other... how long till she's the one that gets bit?

This isn't the only problems.... there's more... aggression towards Amelia...

- Kayla will be laying on the sofa, Amelia will come over to climb up and Kayla will snap at her. There is NO excuse for this at all... It's not her hands or her fingers she's going... it's her face. She's not making contact, so she's not biting her but I no longer trust that she won't at some point.

- if Amelia is playing with Kayla then Gypsy will suddenly start barking and I'm not entirely sure what she plans on doing next but I end up picking Amelia up and moving her away from Kayla.

I'd like to point out that Amelia NEVER teases, pulls, hits the girls EVER. She will throw toys for them, they will play fetch with her, she sneaks them food and she plays chase with them but only when they instigate it. Amelia has not been bitten but it has came close to that. If Amelia gets bit and I have to take her to the ER, something much worse that re-homing could happen, i.e PTS in the case of a child being bitten by a dog. I cannot bare the thought of that.

I don't think I can go a day without some kind of fight breaking out whether it's a small brawl with all noise and I can break it up with my voice or an outright kill-each fight.


So what have I done? Everything I can think of... I've tried seperation, crating, squirting water, aversion, etc... I just don't know anymore.