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Give them some time to settle who is going to have the canine-accepted role of packleader, since dogs are well accustomed to hierarchy in their society. If one is a natural leader, usually the stronger-willed and wisest of the two, that dog will eventually step into the natural leader roll. That one will expect the other dog to submit his leadership and way of interacting and even at times, to allow him first dibs on things. Strong owners with obedient dogs don't see a lot of this as the dogs are usually fairly totally submitted to the way the person wants things to go and rarely question or breach this authority. In homes where the owner is a little less lacking in certain strengths or in homes of strong leaders who don't mind this going on, dogs will settle between themselves how they will interact with one another in the home. With two dogs of the same gender, it is good that both are neutered and testosterone at a minimum if you are going to leave it up to the dogs how they will interact, stepping in only if one gets vicious with the other dog. Never allow viciousness or injury - step in and stop that immediately. But a nip or discipline - some will allow skirmishes like that if they are going
to leave leadership up to the dogs. I personally tend to be one that lets dogs be dogs and decide how they will interact - who goes first and has first dibs and I like to honor that and I only step in if it gets rough. And it can get rough with two terriers or two strong alpha-types of the same sex in the same household. With neither of your dogs being a terrier, it can be a bit easier to deal with two males, less so if both are of the alpha personality. Just be sure both are neutered and step in if one is roughing the other one up. Never allow that. If you do allow aggression to continue, when the dogs are home alone or you leave the room, the strongest dog can really hurt the other dog and you can return to a bloody mess.