What's the best way to break up a dog fight? My two female rat terriers tried to kill each other last night. For the first 20 seconds or so, I stayed out of it, but they weren't stopping. First I got a bucket of water and threw it on them, and they didn't even notice. (That works great for cats, though) Then I started screaming "NO!" at them and took off my sandal and was walloping whichever dog I could hit. But they wouldn't stop.
Then the younger one had the older one down and with her teeth on the other's throat and trying to shake her like they do rats. The old one was yiping and I thought Kira would kill Natti, so I threw caution to the winds and grabbed Kira by the scruff of the neck and lifted her into the air. Natti started to limp away, so I put Kira down and she launched herself on Natti again. I caught Kira again and put her in the stock trailer and left her there for a few hours (with a bucket of water).
Neither dog is seriously hurt- just some tooth holes and swelling. No rips or tears or guts spilling out.
So, I guess I'd like to know: what method do you know of to break up a dog fight? I really didn't like the way yesterday evening's encounter played out. Natti is limping pretty badly, and Kira's face is swollen. If I could have gotten them apart sooner, less damage would have been done. I understand they have to work out the dominance question now that Kira is full grown, but I can't stand to have Kira kill Natti.
I don't understand why this went so far. They've been buddies for a year now. Kira is the closest thing to Natti's own puppy Natti will ever have.
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It's probably because we haven't spayed Kira yet, and she's coming into heat again. What a bitch she is.