How to get my dog to stop attacking.?

Are they both neutered/spayed?

Try doing basic socialization training with professional help.

Dogs are pack animals and are always extremely aware of the dominance hierarchy within the pack. Dominance generally goes strongest to weakest. Some dogs have dominant personalities and others don't, this can affect how they go about enforcing dominance and if you have a non-dominant dog with a dominant personality it may keep challenging the dominant dog.

It sounds like you've had some sort of dominance shift or other change in the household affecting the dogs and how they perceive thier relative positions. Has another animal or person been brought in? Has there been a change at a neighboring property that might be affecting the dogs? Is one dogs weight changing? Are they becoming sexually mature? Are they getting enough to eat, enough exersize, entertainment? You might also have a health issue (like bad tooth) affecting that dog making it cranky. Are both dogs fixed? If not, fix them both immediately and that will likely resolve your problem.

Unfortunately, this sort of thing can be permanent, I had a dominance shift once as my oldest and dominant dog aged past being able to defend her dominant spot but wouldn't give it up. I came home one day to an almost dead dog and had to keep two of the animals apart after that.

You could consider enlisting a visit from someone who specializes in animal behavior, your vet might be able to help you find someone for that. And putting one dog down isn't the only option. If it comes to parting with a dog, you can also try to find it a home or turn it over to a breed rescue program.

I also once also had two sister dogs (or mother daughter, I got them at SPCA as adults so I was never quite sure). One was bigger and had a dominate personality and was very bossy of the other dog, stealing treats, kicking the other dog out of whatever spot she was in and taking her toys just to do it. During the summers the dominate dog tended to lose weight and the non-dominate dog tended to gain weight til they were almost matched in weight. As Nike got heavier she would start to challenge Sappho's dominate position and I had to break up a few pretty hairy fights. This happened pretty much every summer for years. Scared the heck out of me. They'd almost always be fine with each other immediately after tho.

Another time I brought a new dog into the household, my dominate ***** ignored her but the next down female and she kept going at it (they weren't injuring each other, just scuffling and making lots of noise). I kept trying to interfere and break it up which wasn't working at all - til my 110 lb. male dog kept getting between me and the girls and barking at me. I finally did it his way, kicked them both out into the rain for a few hours to work it out on thier own and they've been inseparable ever since - for the last 8 years - although they still scuffle occasionally because the smaller one has a more dominate personality but doesn't have the weight or strength to carry off a takeover. I'm not sure this is the way to go with your dogs, especially with one being a pitt bull because the other dog could get really really hurt.

Remember, they're DOGS, they don't think like people.

Best of luck with this!

You need to call in a professional on this one! Look for an animal behaviourist in your area.

But the good news is, this IS a very workable situation.

In the meantime, I would muzzle both dogs when they are together, for their own protection.

THIS IS NOT CAUSE TO HAVE THE DOG PUT DOWN. Please take the time to work through this situation, even if it means re-homing one of the dogs. That is your responsibility as their owner.

If you can't afford a professional, do some research. Study up on Alpha technique and pack behaviour. Learn about dominance issues with multiple dogs. This CAN be resolved.

It's not the Pitt bulls fault you get a dog who is naturally aggressive than you should expect some wild behavior you could take to obedience school and see if that helps another thing that would help is to give your Pitt bull a little time each day by himself he might just be annoyed.

Because its brain has grown too large for its skull and the skull didnt break open to make room for it so it went crazy.

..............Just Kidding,

You need to see a behaviourist, no one can answer your questions without asking you for more answers.

Are your dogs intact?

Was there a ***** in heat nearby?

What was the body language?

Or perhaps it is the same as asking the question, why does my border collie herd or my husky pull?

Because it was bred to.

Contact an anuimal behaviorist who specializes in animal aggression and will come to your house. You can not risk taking your pitt bull in public in case it attacks another dog.

I work at the K-9 unit in my country and I suppose that the best way we deal with such problems would be to either hand them over to professional obedience trainers at schools or if you already know how to handle them, use a choke chain and leash to 'teach' the dog not to show aggression.

It is, after all, for their own good and 'choking' them doesn't exactly give them too much side effects - it's a mere mild punishment for the wrong or bad things that they do.

are they both female or male? are they fixed? Maybe that has something to do with it? If not then idk. This is def a tough one though bc u cant get rid of one & keep the other! Maybe try keepin a large fence between them so they can smell each other & eventually maybe they'll calm down. Hopefully u'll find a better answer so u wont have to get rid of the one that keeps attackin.Good luck

I have two chihuahuas, they are mom and daughter, and they are the same way, what we do is that we separate them and everything and if they do start fighting just scold them and they will stop or pretend that you are going to hit them but DONT actually do it, it works for us, i dont think tha you have to put your dog down....i know that could be really hard

Have you dogs been adopted? If so, you can't change them. You can't make them stop attacking unless you were to put a muzzle on everytime they went outside to ensure that YOU, the owner, do not get sued!

If enough charges are placed, you may be ordered to destory the animals!

hey if ur dog r attacking the other dog u need to do some sereous training on it. it has to learn to respect ur other dog. Other dogs owner would put the 2 dogs together and let them fight til they get sick of it and then they get along. but i don't no about this