Linda Pieterse-Fergus writes:
Myself, my minpin of seven years old,
toypom of nine years old and Jack
Russel cross Maltese of six years old
moved in with my partner two years
ago and she has a four-year-old
Maltese. We recently bought boerboels
from a good bloodline, which are
now three and a half months old, all six
dogs are females.
We took the boerboels to pup school
and they?re doing well, but the other
four have hectic streaks and the problem
is that my three dogs form a
pack, which they have done since we
moved in, and now and again attack
the poodle.
Initially the boerboels started trying
to stop the fight by barking and
when that doesn?t work, they do an
almost bite action to my three-pack.
Nowadays, when the four small dogs
fight, the boerboels get instigated to
get involved and bite to draw blood.
Please help. I know it depends on us to
make this work. We don?t have human
children; they are our children and
giving any of them away is not an
option. But I can?t handle seeing them
hurt each other and dread to think
what will happen when the boerboels
are big if this continues.
Also whenever we get people, the four
older dogs go hysterical by barking and
this sometimes also leads to a fight. If
we can just get your assistance. I do
work from home and will make the
time to follow through what you
teach us and the doggies. We live in
Pretoria.
I would like to refer you to animal
behaviourists, Edupet. They are next to
B-House on Garsfontein Road extension.
- Dr Liesel van der Merwe |