Gracie is our alpha (& more humanized) one. "time outs" work for her as she hates to be isolated and away from what's going on. When she gets nasty with the others we muzzle her for a few minutes or put her in the bathroom... (though Izzy simply won't leave her alone (kissing her face constantly) inadvertently egging her on ---and a fight ensues usually after Gracie's patience has waned and has warned her multiple times with a low growl)
She comes out of the bathroom trying to save face with the others but restrains herself. now (most of the time) if we catch her starting to "puff up" we ask her if she wants to go in the bathroom -- or sometimes we just say "muzzle time" --- then she backs off.
So try the time out if yours truly hates being away from the family. We generally just leave her in 'time out' about 5 minutes.
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