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Originally Posted by WinstonMom  This thread has had me in tears as well. I consider myself to be a fairly decent and reputable breeder. I show my dogs, I study pedigrees, I test my dogs for genetic disorders, I temperment test, I thought I was doing everything the right way. I have two girls that have never had a problem with aggression (either with people or with other dogs) who out of the blue one day at age 5 decided that they no longer could stand each other and each would prefer that the other was dead. I prevent their fights by separating them. I have daughters from each of them living in my home and others have pups from these girls as well. I have a champion from one of these moms. Neither the girls that I kept nor any of my puppy owners has had a problem with aggression from any of the pups.
These two girls only hate each other. They would accept the pups of each other in a heartbeat as their own. I have never seen any form of aggression other then to each other.
I firmly believe that there is no genetic defect in these two girls that causes them to fight and I do not believe that I am perpetuating the problem of aggression by having bred them. At any rate, both of these girls have been spayed so I will no longer be perpetuating the problem.
I certainly do not condone that the OP bred this little girl who came from an abused past but as far as the fighting is concerned I do believe that the problem can happen to anyone.
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Thank you for another post that addresses the original question and not the nonsense this thread has become.