Hey everbody, just wanted to say i'm new to the line! Just a quick question, you know when you have two or more dogs (and yes they are both pitbulls), and you know how pitbulls will play fight and two of them will take it too far with each other. Are any of you on this website afraid of this happening, and if you are what would you do? If you have had this happen how did you handle the situation? Not saying that i have this problem cause i myself, do the biting around my house (lol). Let me know what you think.

Have the garden hose ready, or an air horn. Whatever it takes for you to get their attention off each other. Just make sure they don't see you as a threat because they are already in a state and may hurt you.

Well there is a few things that you could do. You may have to let them out one by one or when you see them start to play fight, take them away from each other. Maybe even buy or make a little kennel that you could put one in while you play with the other or use it as a time out???? we keep our jacks in kennels so yeah, if they fight they go back in their kennel.
----tiana

[wishbone]

It's matter of training and showing them whose the boss. Getting their attention when they play too rough would be the best solution. In case they are really engaged serious, I would call local rescue for help immediately.

[rayter]

Can you afford to get a dog behaviorist? that would be the first thing to try...

[Veronica]

I have this problem with my pitbull sister puppies. They are 6 months old. It does not happen often well it has happened twice. They also have fought with their sister who lives across the street. They have fight two times also but that was in the matter of two days.
I want all the girls to be able to play together however I do not know how to stop them from fighting. Can somebody help me with this.

Thank you, I will have to try the air horn. The hose did not work. You can not even tell when it is going to start. They are running and rolling around one minute and two seconds later they are at it.

[Dakota]

I have the same issue between my GSD and one of my huskies. They will be chasing each other around and playing one minute and the next they are on top of each other fighting. The fighting isn't too serious as I can stop them with a loud, sharp NO! but my GSD and my lab on the other hand get really serious when they fight. I have to physically break up their fights every time it happens.( It doesn't happen very often though) What I usually do is I pull a tail of a dog then I will hook my arm under the front of their back legs and pull. Or if one dog is on top of another then I, with my whole body, push the dog off of the other dog.
These are more dangerous methods as you have to get physically involved which possibly means getting bit so I usually first try a non physical method before I break the fight up myself.
Using a hose only works if the hose is right there and turned on where ever there is a fight. I have had situations though where the hose was handy and it did work very well. Its just a matter of where the hose is and where the fight takes place.
Another thing you can try is take an empty pop can and fill it with pennies or something similar and tape the opening so they don't fall out. When the dogs start to fight, shake the can at them to distract them. This is also a matter of if there is a pop can handy where the fight takes place so you might want to make up a few of these cans and put them in the places that you frequent the most.
I know it is a little different with Pitbulls than it is with other breeds but this is what I do with my dogs. I hope this helps!! (I hope it makes sense too..lol)

[lovedogslots]

I've had this problem, and with the discrepancy in my dogs' size it has caused me a lot of worry. I can't afford a behaviorist, but I've found a large spray bottle is helpful most of the time. For some reason my Great Dane Kelo stops in his tracks when I make elephant noises too, not sure what that's all about.