 Fighting females
I have three Yorkies. My husband has a morkie and a Havanese/Poodle mix. All five dogs have known each other and played together for years. Now we are married and have all five dogs living together under one roof. Two are females and three are male. Sadie, my Yorkie has been viciously attacking Bella the thirteen pound Morkie who is almost twice her size. Sadie will, without any warning, go after Bella's face, biting her and I have to separate them with great difficulty. I literally have to open Sadie's jaw to pull Bella's face out. Bella runs shaking under the table. It seems to be worse when people come over or if one of us is giving Bella attention. Bella is a very submissive and shy dog. These attacks are happening with greater frequency and I am concerned. Does anyone have any advice? Also Bella is a couple of years older than Sadie, not to mention much bigger, but clearly Sadie is trying to establish her Alpha lead. |