I have a 7yr old Black Lab and 2 yr old Akita. About 2 months ago now they got into there first real fight and it was pretty bad. Cost me about 3k in vet bills. The original fight was totally my fault, I gave them both chew sticks and went out not thinking much of it since they were so small of a treat. I usually watch them cause the akita is a bone thief.
Anyway ever since fight #1 we havent been able to reintroduce them together and the longer it goes the worse they seem to tolerate each other. When the fight first happened we could still crate them side by side and now need to keep them in seperate rooms or the lab goes into a frenzy at first sight. The akita thinks its funny and runs into the room gives a quick bark and runs back out and meanwhile the lab will go crazy for like 10 minutes each time.
The vet is telling us to hire a trainer but both dogs are well trained and I dont think theres any teaching the dog not to be scared. Its bit of a longer story but the lab has always been neuratic and fear agressive. We originally go the second dog to keep her company since she was so scared of everything all the time. I didnt know any better at the time and got same sex dogs. Anyway it worked great for 2 years now up until this first incident.
Im at the end of my rope and starting to think about re-homing the dog which I really dont want to do but cant keep both of them crated this much. Right now its like a prison sentence with me letting the dogs out 2 hours at a time on a constant rotation.
Anyway ever since fight #1 we havent been able to reintroduce them together and the longer it goes the worse they seem to tolerate each other. When the fight first happened we could still crate them side by side and now need to keep them in seperate rooms or the lab goes into a frenzy at first sight. The akita thinks its funny and runs into the room gives a quick bark and runs back out and meanwhile the lab will go crazy for like 10 minutes each time.
The vet is telling us to hire a trainer but both dogs are well trained and I dont think theres any teaching the dog not to be scared. Its bit of a longer story but the lab has always been neuratic and fear agressive. We originally go the second dog to keep her company since she was so scared of everything all the time. I didnt know any better at the time and got same sex dogs. Anyway it worked great for 2 years now up until this first incident.
Im at the end of my rope and starting to think about re-homing the dog which I really dont want to do but cant keep both of them crated this much. Right now its like a prison sentence with me letting the dogs out 2 hours at a time on a constant rotation.