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General Board for Big Dogs with Big Paws / Re: When your dogs get in a fight
« on: September 13, 2005, 10:12:11 am »
Our pair, an akita and a shiba, have gone at it a couple times and I *always* break them up (even though the shiba is 70 pounds lighter than the akita, his tenacity to win the fight is unbelievable). Right or wrong, I take the approach that I'm the alpha and I decide who fights who. Generally speaking, I ward off confrontations with distraction ... I watch my pair's interaction close enough that I usually recognize preceding fight behavior and can intercede with distractions (toys, treats or even just going outside for 5 minutes). My favorite knuckleheads have poor short-term memory and don't remember being miffed afterward.