Re: shih tzus fighting behavior

Cesar Millan, the Dog Whisperer, might suggest that the dogs could be
confused, as you should be their pack leader and somehow you are not
conveying that message to your dogs, so they might be trying to figure out
who amongst themselves should be pack leader; you might have two dominant
females and two dominant males. I think the fighting will continue until
you show them that you are the pack leader. I believe female dominant dogs
can be the most aggressive; more so than males. I have read that dominant
females sometimes fight to the death. You could try breaking the fights up
with a spray water bottle that you keep handy and just spray their faces
with it when they fight. Meanwhile, work on being pack leader. That would
be my take on it. If you have ever watched "The Dog Whisperer" TV show on
National Geographic or read Cesar Millan's book called "Cesar's Way", he
explains how this is done. There is another book out called "The Dog
Whisperer", but that is not Cesar Millan's book, although that is the name
of his TV show, so don't be confused by the name on the book if you are
interested in purchasing a copy.


"albert travis" <altravis1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:TmAug.402$bP5.382@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have a pack, yes, a pack of shih tzus. 11 to be exact. They all usually
get along fine, but there are times when 2 pairs of the total of 11 just
start tearing into each other. They are all spayed and neutered and there
is
nothing that seems to provoke it. They just start fighting. I have my own
war wounds from breaking them up. What is truly baffling about it is there
are only these 4 that fight. The rest of the 11 don't fight. They play and
have a big time. The problem dogs are a pair of females from the same
litter
and a pair of males from the same litter. The females are the most
aggressive and vicious. How can I eliminate this behavior from these 4
dogs!
I want to learn something about behaviour modification, here.




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