oakeydoak1 Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 OK so i know ultimately the best option is to not have entire males and females running together, however sometimes that is not possible. I was wondering what people do to minimise the aggression, particularly between males but also females. All my dogs have their own "yards". The yards however are all next to one another. I have all the girls next to one another on one side and I have one male nearby, I am picking up a new male next week who is a pup which i am hoping will grow up into a great stud dog. He will be placed next to the other male opposite the girls. Generally the dogs let out to have a run together during the day, but should I be segregating the girls from the boys? My male who IS NOT a stud dog is an entire but he is a FANTASTIC working dog and we have had working dogs that we have desexed before that have turned into duds so not overly keen on doing this. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to minimise the aggression side of things? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sas Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 What do you mean "however sometimes that is not possible." - Of course it's possible, you run them in different yards or you only let one out at a time. Some entire dogs get on just fine together and some do not....no one can really tell you what your own dogs will do that will also be dependent on the relationship you have with them and then irregardless they'll probably still be a scrap every now and then General rule is if you have a bitch in season then don't run any together together during that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra777 Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Not sure I understand the problem. The only time I have problems is running dogs together or bitches together - dog and bitch together is fine. Segregating the dogs from the bitches would cause problems here not solve them :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WreckitWhippet Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Mine run as a pack and that includes entire dogs and entire bitches. The only time we need to seperate them, is when we have a bitch in season and she needs to be seperated from the dogs or from the other bitches as they can get narky when coming off season. If you have dogs and bitches that are prone to fight, then build seperate runs for them, it's too easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoL Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 We run ours together as a pack for as long as we can. We have had an occasion where two bitches hated each other, in which event they were permanently separated from each, not the rest of the pack so they always had someone to run with. It was all about working out the dynamics of the pack - who liked who and who didn't. Rotation was also used to ensure they never ran together and they all had separate runs. Bitches on heat are placed in the fully enclosed runs and the dogs are watched like hawks to make sure there's no tussels for dominance over her. As soon as that happens, it's back to rotation. Always better to be safe than sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjelkier Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Mine run as a pack and that includes entire dogs and entire bitches. The only time we need to seperate them, is when we have a bitch in season and she needs to be seperated from the dogs or from the other bitches as they can get narky when coming off season.If you have dogs and bitches that are prone to fight, then build seperate runs for them, it's too easy. + 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christina Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 Apart from 1 dog (changed when he become top dog after the older dogs died) I have always run all my dogs together, males, females & desexed ones. My girls don't fight even when in season. Males apart when girls in season. Depends on the dogs personalities & how many you have. Big numbers are not really safe to run together if pack mentality takes over re a little spat. Could be hard to seperate. I have had between 5 & 8 together with no problems but I put them in small groups when I go out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakeydoak1 Posted April 19, 2010 Author Share Posted April 19, 2010 Thank you everyone for your replies. You have answered my question. I do run my dogs as a "pack" during the day. They all get out together. It is just at night when they go to bed that they are in separate yards. So it is easy to separate them when bitch is in season. My reason for asking was that I was told by several different dog people that when I got another male all the dynamics will change and I should stop running all my dogs together during the day and in fact some even told me that I should not have the males and females on the same property!! Even though I have had dogs for many years I guess I just started to question my own self. Thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandgrubber Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 +2 If you want to mininise aggression, work to get them to like one another . . . walking as a group is a good exercise. Separation often increases aggression. In boarding kennels I often find that dogs will fence fight in a most annoying way until I open the gate between two yards, and then they just ignore eachother or the aggression turns to play. Mine run as a pack and that includes entire dogs and entire bitches. The only time we need to seperate them, is when we have a bitch in season and she needs to be seperated from the dogs or from the other bitches as they can get narky when coming off season.If you have dogs and bitches that are prone to fight, then build seperate runs for them, it's too easy. + 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joan of Arc Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 +3 All run together day and night - never had a cross moment between any of them. Have friends bring thier entire males here, they just get put outside with everyone else here and all the girls get on, visitors included. Even when we have pups, everyone visits the pups and our yellow boy often 'fathers' them, never any aggression and wouldnt tolerate a dog in my yard that displayed any. They are socialised from day 1 and meet and greet all breeds often - at training, at shows, at trials, at the river. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellz Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Mine run together where possible when I am at home. If I need to separate one, then I will usually separate it into a male/female pair with whomever they co-exist happily with so that they aren't by themselves. When I'm not home, the same pairing applies, except for the Staffords who are usually crated singly. About the only time they are completely separated is when there is a girl in season or if there are puppies or somebody is ill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joan of Arc Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 We dont actually have any kennels here to separate our dogs - one big happy family - but have to admit that if the girls are in season our yellow boy gets a short holiday at Grandma's but not until absolutely necessary and home as soon as possible. It is for his benefit more than anyone else's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellz Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 I don't have kennels either. One large pen and 3 other areas where I can separate if need be on a temporary basis. But usually if there is one dog that persists in not getting along with ANYBODY, it doesn't stay. I won't have the harmony destroyed by one individual. It's not fair on all of the others....or the hoomans in residence. Walking on eggshells isn't my idea of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joan of Arc Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 He only goes to the kennels because all he has on his mind for about 5 days is sex! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakeydoak1 Posted April 22, 2010 Author Share Posted April 22, 2010 He only goes to the kennels because all he has on his mind for about 5 days is sex! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shellbyville Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 I have 1 dog & 4 bitches and they all run together all day. They mostly sleep in separate pens at night, although sometimes they share as well. I have 2 girls that love being together, so they are in the same run at night. The only time mine are separated is when a bitch or 3 is on heat, then I just separate the boy and the girls still run together. I have a great family of dogs here at them moment, they all get on so well, never get cranky with each other even when one is in season. I also don't let my really young pups run with adolescent pups as they can be a bit rough, which involves a bit of juggling as I only have small runs and a big yard, but this is also very manageable as I let either the young pup or adolescent inside with us quite a bit while the other is outside with the older dogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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