Does anyone here own three dogs?

I have found that eventually they stop on their own. A vet told me that they are battling over who becomes “top dog”. Once one wins they tone it down.

5, time out works for mine. The two fighting go to the pen for an hour or so.

Male or female?

Breeds?

Ages?

Are they neutered/spayed?

What do you do when they fight?

I have 3 dogs. One male and two females.
The two females started fighting last year.

To make a long story short in the end we hired an animal behaviorist.
The problem: The adult human alpha was not behaving as alpha.

The solution:
Dogs had to be dependent on alpha human for everything. Food, water, going out etc.

So when they were hungry I fed them a handful at a time etc.

After 2 weeks the growls could be stopped by my firm verbal rebuke.
I slowly gave more food at a time and worked back into a normal routine.

They have not had a fight since though sometimes one will growl. But again
a firm verbal rebuke ends it.

It may or may not be the problem you are having- answering @crisw will
help determine what is happening in your home.

2 male, one female. 2 pugs (male and female)and one olde English bulldogge (male). All three are neutered/spayed. When they fight, I am firm and break it up. The olde English bulldogge hurt the male pug today and I want to my best to make sure it never happens again.

We have 5 dogs ranging in weight from 35 pounds to 130 pounds.

No problems as long as all dogs remember I am alpha (and that I have the squirt bottle as well as the control of all food, treats, who gets to sleep on the couch, and opening the back door.) They have learned that when I say “no,” “leave it,” or “down,” that is what they have to do or else they will be squirted or put out in the yard by themselves until I am good and ready to let them in. In contrast, they also know the words “Good dog!,” commands such as “sit,” “stay” and “up,” and the phrase “Time to feed the dogs!”

In other words, I am the source of all that is good, and if they want it they need to do what I say.

I do have one fairly aggressive dog who tries to steal from the females or express dominance over one particular female when he thinks I am not around. I do my best to make him think I am always around and even if I am not, I will be and I will squirt him.

Note: all our dogs are neutered or it would be much harder to control the most aggressive male.

BTW, I see one of your dogs is a “bully” breed (olde English bulldogge) – they tend to be hard-headed and very protective of their food and space. Pugs are also not shy or reserved, so it would seem to me that your solution is going to revolve around becoming the pack leader.

@lbus1229
This could be a dangerous situation, as the bulldogge could do a great deal of harm to the pug. I, personally, would keep them separated until you can consult a behaviorist who can analyze the situation and develop a plan to handle it. It might be simple…but it might not.

Definitely don’t leave them alone together.

I am guessing that the bulldogge is the youngest one? If so, neutered or not he may be feeling his oats and challenging the once dominant pug.

May I recommend a great book- The Dog Who Loved Too Much It’s a great book by a behavioral veterinarian, with lots of insight into aggression problems.

Have 5, 3 older. Younger two WAY bigger and mind their manners. No fighting.

Are you still having this same problem? Sorry, just now stumbling upon this month-old question. Two dogs can play together nicely but once you throw a third in the mix, they can become very “pack-ish” and gang up on one another.

I talked to our vet and she talked to us about establishing a pack order. We started to do what she suggested and everything has been great since.

well you can separate them like well put tehm on a gate difrent sidees untill they start to like eachother

I am looking around on the net because I have a similar problem I have a female pug who is 4 yrs old and have recently got a 1 yr old female pug on xmas eve now my husband and i have 3 other big dogs. People say pugs love other pugs, well not my pug, she hates them and her and the new pug fight but only when the other pug tries to play with the big dogs then my 4 yr old gets mad and attacks her, otherwise they will play and sleep together. I just do not know what to do about it. Its very upsetting for me when they fight I am debating a class or maybe the squirt bottle thing people have said it works tho. Opinions??