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Some one please explain this to me...


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Can someone please explain to me how two dogs can be tearing each other apart one minute, and care for each other's damage the next? Every once in a while, Xander and Jayne will get into a WAR and it is like hell getting them apart, most of the time one of us gets bit but not intentionally by either of them, it's just if you get in the middle of two fighting dogs, your bound to get bit.

 

Anyway, back to the story. Tonight, I let them out by myself because my brother is like coughing his head off and it's cold out....heck we got snow!!! YES! :) . So I hook Xander up, give him his food, go let Jayne out and give her her food. Well she always has to prance around shitting and pissing all over the yard before she does anything, so she ate a few bites and went to do her business. Well I saw Jayne do a number two so I went and got the shovel to clean it up. My back was turned for one second, and apparently in that time, Xander walked over by Jayne's food, which Jayne took as a "Let's go!" and the war was on. I spent like 3 minutes trying to pull them apart, failing, and finally ran inside to get my brother to help me. We get them apart and they barked for a few minutes and then were calm and went over and literally "kissed" and made up. I don't understand this...if I get mad at someone, I usually hold a grudge for quite a while...heh. But come on! They were fine again within a minute.

 

This fighting over food all goes back to Xander's days as a pup. We would give them each their food, Jayne would finish first having the bigger mouth thus being able to eat faster, then she would go take Xander's away from him, by snapping and use of fear. Now that Xander's bigger than her, and being sick of her "abuse" as a puppy, he stands up to her and fights. It's still an ongoing battle for dominance I think...she wants to be dominant because she's the mother of him, and he wants to be dominant because he's the male.

 

Anyway, yeah...crazy dogs, heh..

Ronnie

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I would say instinct or something, hehe. Ask Snowy he might know.... :P

 

Welcome Back (forgot to say that, I think, in your last blog)

 

Jules

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*sighs* Dogs are pack animals. They a loose, but deeply ingrained social structure. Part of the reason you need to train a puppy is so that you become the pack "alpha". Once the dog is comfortable with that, there is no question about roles, well except for the occasional test. Dogs will also test their roles, their place in the pack. Since Xander is growing, his place is not determined. By age and experince he is not alpha and must assert that position with "active" behavior. Jayne will want to keep the alpha position, and xan will be trying to make sure where he fits. This is what the "fighting" is. It is more of a ritualized play, but like all animals, it can get bloody, and if trained to do so, that natural instinct can be turned into a weapon where the dog thinks it is alpha to everyone ... and small kids die for looking at the dog :( . Once the "fight" is over, and both are assured of their position, the pack will go back into a peaceful co-existance and take care of each other. If you had like 6 dogs, they probably would not care for each other, but not be mean

 

:king: Snow Dog

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I don't understand this...if I get mad at someone, I usually hold a grudge for quite a while...heh. But come on! They were fine again within a minute.

Actually some people really do instantly regret getting mad and start apologizing right away. It's nice that dogs don't hold a grudge lol.

 

This fighting over food ...

hehehe well that's another difference; when was the last time you fought with someone over food?

 

 

:P:boy:

Kevin

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