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Location: Falkirk, UK
Joined: Nov 2010
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Lili and Molly fighting
I've not been on in a long time but I'm back because of problems
We rehomed from a rescue an eleven week old pup about half a year ago. That's Molly. Up until very recently they have been fine together. Molly bothered Lili (our one year old pug) a lot by trying to play fight with her all the time, but nothing ever happened and recently Molly has improved massively. They've never had a fight until... Two days ago? Very recently anyway.
Firstly I'd like to say both girls were spayed about two weeks ago. Lili had problems and had to take extra painkillers, obviously she took longer to recover but seemed normal after a week.
I think the first fight was over food. Lili had finished her breakfast first and went over to Molly who was still eating. Molly growled but Lili kept snuffling about, a fight followed. Afterwards they were seperated.
They were fine again later, the were walked together and so on, until that night when Molly was sleeping on the couch, Lili jumped on her by accident. Molly snapped at Lili and Lili got really angry, they had a big fight and had to be seperated. Lili took ages to calm down.
Yesterday they were just playing, chasing each other round the living room table and jumping about. Lili jumped on Molly from the couch. Molly got a bit of a fright but did nothing, not even a yelp. Then they walked about for a bit and Lili just attacked Molly, I don't think Molly was even doing anything. It was very strange as the previous night they had both slept in my daughter's bed happily together without a fuss, and were walked together without a problem earlier. They were seperated again, but I had to go to Dundee and I took Lili. When I got back the dogs were reintroduced and seemed okay, they were walked together by my two daughters and nothing happened, Lili was off lead. Molly was on the flexi lead.
After the walk we kept them both out but they were on their leads. Lili wandered about in the kitchen (dinner was being made) by herself and Molly was just sitting sucking on her cushion that she loves. We did this for about half an hour them Molly was put in the kitchen (where she sleeps.)
This morning my daughter got up to take them out. She fed them separately and put on their harnesses and let them meet on lead. They sniffed each other and Molly playfully snapped at Lili a few times but never caught her, there was no reaction from Lili either. Then she got up to take them out and once again Lili just attacked Molly for no reason. Molly's hackles didn't even go up and after a few seconds she stopped fighting. My daughter had them on their leads holding them apart and Lili was so angry, she just wouldn't stop trying to get Molly. Molly didn't do a thing. They were once again separated and walked seperately too. They've been seperated since.
This is very distressing for us and the thought of rehoming Molly is so sad, especially as she has done nothing wrong. We're hoping to see a behaviorist as rehoming is such a sad option. I've heard once bitches start to fight they end up fighting forever, but I hope there is a chance here . Molly is doing nothing wrong! She never starts the fights.
One last thing, the vet said Lili was slightly chubby and she was to get reduced food and it was to be special neutered food. This made her very grumpy so we stopped reducing her food. I know we shouldn't but she was so unhappy. Ever since the fighting has started Lili has also been grumpy with everything, barking at cars, dogs, people, etc. She was always such a cheery wee dog.
Any advice?