Dominance Issue

External Since: Jul 04, 2006 Posts: 6

I am new here maybe some one could give me advice. We have a mixed breed
dog, that we have had for two years. He is only about 30lbs a very short
(normally well behaved dog )Jack Russel mix. About 6 months ago we
rescued a American Pit Bull (male) who was being abused. He is quite
larger than our other dog, yet surprisingly gentle.
They are both supervised at all times, most times they are separated. We
do give them opportunities to play though. Anyway to get down to my
question. Neither one of them are fixed yet,( we do plan on getting them
fixed)
Problem is -Our "smaller" mixed breed dog always wants to try and "
pick fights" with our APB. When this happens he acts as though he does
not know how to defend himself..Now the biggest problem is that the
small dog will sodomize our larger dog who does nothing to escape. The
vet told us it's dominance, but should it not be the other way around?
I do not want my Pit Bull to be aggressive! Though I would like him to
mildly defend him self. Am I wrong for feeling this way, or is my little
Jack Russell the one who is mixed up??

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External Since: Jun 29, 2003 Posts: 91

The Jack Russell is out of line. Sounds like you have the prefect Pit,
though. There should be no quarrels between the both of them. Get them
fixed because the thought of a Jack and a Pit is hard to imagine. I
don't even want to. Once the fight starts it could escalate into a Jack
R snack. Bye Bye Jack Why mess up a good thing when you don't have a
Pit that fights back.
Give your Jack a blanket and let him hump or turn him on to a new toy or
treat to take his mind off his Testosterone.

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