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30 October 2012 - 5:12 pm
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Hey! We have three Frenchies and have never experienced this but I know that they can be stubborn little mites! My suggestion would be not to leave them alone, it seems, as Frenchies bond with humans stronger than other dogs, that perhaps they could be jealous they're not getting enough time with each of you and are taking it out on each other because Pierre is getting the attention at the moment. I wouldn't leave them alone together but I would sit down as a family and put lots of toys on the floor (so they don't fight over one) and interact with all of them together, if things start to get heated, remove all of them and call it a day and repeat another time, if you can it's better to stop before things get nasty. They need to know that they can't act like that because they can all have Mummy and Daddy's attention when they play nicely! I would take small steps with re-socialisation and I wouldn't leave anything to chance by leaving them alone together. I would wait until Pierre is fully healed before you try anything too. 

I hope this helps xxx

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30 October 2012 - 8:38 pm
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Thank you suggestions! It's only Pierre & his brother that fight...Matilda is a mini frenchie and she tries to break it up by jumping in between them haha.  If they begin fighting around me (usually over food), I just walk away and let them do their thing because they're too strong for me.  If they fight when my boyfriend is there he picks one up and tries to stop it.  They are pretty fiesty...they've never seriously injured each-other but they have drawn some blood.  Last night for instance, when they began fighting my boyfriend picked up Peugeot by his leg to get him away and all I could think about was him hurting his leg (what a disaster that would be!).  Pierre is normally the alpha dog, he has a HUGE attitude, but his brother is bigger and usually dominates the fights.  Anyway, today I tried to socialize them a little bit before work.  They have been fine so far.  I put them all outside on their own and watched them.   They are normally outside all day while we work, but they have a doggie door into the garage where they love to hangout.  Once they come in the house, I see their hair go up and can tell something is gonna start.  We are trying to not give Pierre attention in front of the other two but it's so tough given the circumstances! My boyfriends back is killing him so tonight we are going to try to have all dogs sleep on the bed with us like normal...I'll keep you all posted.  Wish us luck! what-ever

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