How to reintroduce dogs after a bad fight?
Russ Leuschke
2025-06-26 15:06:34
Count answers: 9
Do: After the fight has been broken up you should immediately get both dogs to lay down and become calm where the fight happened. If it takes 3o minutes, so be it.
Do: Once they are calm and tired you are going to let them back together.
Do: Once the fight ends and you have calmed them you need to make a quick medical check.
MUST: WALK THEM TOGETHER AFTER A FIGHT AS FAR/LONG AS YOU CAN.
Don't: Isolate the dogs from one another.
If you don't get the dogs back together after a fight a bit of scar tissue develops in their mind, and in your emotions.
Dogs live in the moment and argue and fight like little kids on a playground.
They don't hold grudges and once the fight has passed the dogs have moved on.
It's really quite remarkable how quickly they move past.
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