I have 3 dogs, a 3 year old female staffordshire bull terrier, Bella, a 3 year old male staffordshire bull terrier, Jake and a 6/7 year old female jack russell terrier, Poppy.
Poppy and Bella had a Fight last saturday, bella was taken to a rescue center as it was the second time she had fought, once was with my west higland terrier when she was in heat and we brought her back from a rescue center we took her to, the west higland terrier now lives at my nans, this time we have taken her and there is too much upset in the house and want her back.
My family all want bella back but we cannot put poppy and bella back together, so my family are thinking of giving my jack russell to the same nans who have my west highland terrier, sam, and bring bella back and change everything we are doing wrong, we are going to stop her sleeping on the bed at night and getting both jake and bella a behaviourist in which to help bella not to fight.
Bella is a lovely dog as the woman at the rescue center has said apart from the first time when she was on heat, which we now have had her spade. the only time when she goes weird is when she see something outside and goes hysterical at it and if one of the dogs gets in her way we are scared she will fight with them, or if she is on the grass which is on a higher level so she gets more territorial if she is up there and she sees something, but besides that she is calm and docile.
will a behaviourist help bella, and will it help stop jake jumping up people. my family are upset aswell that poppy will be living at my nans aswell, my nans is not very far away only about 5 minutes away, but if we do give her to my nan we can still see her but then again shes not our dog and im worried that poppy will forget us.
should i leave bella at the rescue center or bring her back and get a behaviourist, will poppy forget us, will a behaviourist work, will bella fight again with jake?
Let me get this right, you are going to get rid of the dog that has not had any issues and keep the dog that has aggression challenges.
A behaviorist can help, but these dogs all need a lot of training and that will not ensure that Bella will be trustworthy. While you all love her, are there children in the house? That could be a challenge too.
If you want to work on her, keep her separated from the other dogs so that they are not impacted by her poor social skills and work on all 3 dogs.
If I had to get rid on one, it would be Bella since there are no apparent issues with the other 2. You have already gotten rid of one dog from the house and this would be the 2nd. When she starts with Jake, will he be removed?
There is a high probability that once Poppy is out of the scene that it will be Jake she goes after.
I know that it is a hard decision, but if you want to keep all 3, she should be kept separate and go from there. She may just be one of those dogs that needs to be the ONLY animal in the house.
Good Luck.
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Pray that they will obey you
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get a dog trainer in
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Some dogs really do better living in a one dog family and this sounds like Bella.
She's not nasty just more dominant and wants all others to 'know' she's the boss.
Find her another fanily where there is no other dog to push her buttons and she can live a relaxed life.
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A behaviorist could work, but it's not guaranteed. This is only a decision that you and your family can make – do you want to take her back and try to train her or potentially have to give her up again?
Personally, I would try it. But you will have to keep these dogs separated until Bella has been seen for her fighting.
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Rehome 2 dogs & keep 1 . Always remember dogs are pack animals & will fight to be top dog.
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Pets.
Let me get this right, you are going to get rid of the dog that has not had any issues and keep the dog that has aggression challenges.
A behaviorist can help, but these dogs all need a lot of training and that will not ensure that Bella will be trustworthy. While you all love her, are there children in the house? That could be a challenge too.
If you want to work on her, keep her separated from the other dogs so that they are not impacted by her poor social skills and work on all 3 dogs.
If I had to get rid on one, it would be Bella since there are no apparent issues with the other 2. You have already gotten rid of one dog from the house and this would be the 2nd. When she starts with Jake, will he be removed?
There is a high probability that once Poppy is out of the scene that it will be Jake she goes after.
I know that it is a hard decision, but if you want to keep all 3, she should be kept separate and go from there. She may just be one of those dogs that needs to be the ONLY animal in the house.
Good Luck.
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hi emma, i see you have not many good answers but heres wot i think, staffs are not good with other dogs specially their own gender and the girls are worst than males when they fight, a behaviour may help but if she turns again your little jack will have no chance so in the real world you can not have the 2 females together so it comes down to who you love the most, bella or poppy, i have owned both breeds and ppersonallyi would keep bella and give poppy to your nan but thats just cus im a staffy person and i have a 4yr old boy at the moment who is great with my husky and malamute babys and even better with my kids but not to great with strange dogs but i can controll him no problem, so sorry to say sweetie like i said it comes down to who you love the most im just sorry i cant help more but i wish you loads of love and luck x
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