Thank you,I'll do my best to keep my head up,I've been down before and managed to pull myself back up and plan on doing the same now.
Had four pitbull terriers up until Oct.30,when I had to put my oldest male Bruno down due to cancerous tumor in his lung. He was the Alpha dog and was the pack leader.
If you're familiar with packs of dogs(or animals in general)there needs to be a leader,or Alpha dog;ultimately they see me as the Alpha/pack leader but there has to be a canine Alpha as well if that makes sense.
When Bruno passed,the remaining three had to determine who the new Alpha is among them and a power-struggle ensued with several small scraps and stare-down's between them starting a few days after Bruno was gone.
It's a show of force if you will,(they aren't in full-kill mode during this) my youngest male (3yrs old) decided to latch onto my female's cheek/neck skin as my wife was letting them outside to do their business. He punctured right thru her skin and wouldn't let go. She released when I hobbled into the room,however he did not. Had to choke him out w his choker til he couldn't breathe and ultimately let her go. Takes anywhere from 30-60secs,but during that time it seems like forever and is basically pure chaos. Definitely not for the faint-hearted. Just not as easy to do as it normally is considering I need the two shoulder replacements and have a torn bicep as well.
Unfortunately I'm used to this behavior,and know how to separate two(or three even!)pitbull's from fighting,safely and effectively. I've taught my wife as well. It's just something I've had to learn since owning 11 APBT's over the years,the first pair of APBT's going back to '94.
-Both dogs that scrapped are fine btw,I always have antibiotics on hand and are now healed up 100%