Don, "the Bosses" very cocky 18 month heading dog is just looking for trouble at the moment. When you run a team of dogs they have to establish a pecking order - and cheeky Don is ready to challenge it. He seems to think he should be higher up than my dog Cruise, who doesn't go looking for a fight, but won't back down if one comes to him. Cruise and Jake (the big Huntaway dog) have a very uneasy truce, Jake has had a few goes at Cruise and probably in an all out fight would win, but severe injuries would occur. Jake has put Don in his place months ago when to put it mildly Don was just being a teenage "pain in the arse". However the showdown with Cruise hasn't happened yet.
I have stopped a few situations as it has been at times when Jake has been present (he would love to get in there too and probably hates Cruise more than Don), or it is afterhours for the vets, and you can never discount the fact that one dog may end up there for stitches. However, I think Cruise being the heavier, more mature dog will win, so will just have to leave Jake behind so they can have it out and we have peace in the camp.
Dogs aren't as vicious with each other as Bitches when they start to fight which is good. The bitches do it very rarely as body language seems to work very effectively, but they really get into it once they start. The worst we had for fighting was the Jack Russell "Patch" in her younger days, thankfully she is far too old and toothless to be any trouble these days. As one Vet put it on yet another visit for her - "the heart is bigger than the brain!!".
And it is a beautiful sunshiny day here today - yay!!
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