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Thank you for the information. It does appear that a behavior professional is what we need to ensure we have a happy, healthy home for all involved. I am learning a lot about high arousal situations from your articles and posts too. Some simple adjustments have already made a big difference. Thank you again!

OK i have a scenario that resulted in a fight and I was hoping you guys could weigh in and let me know what i may have done wrong. The girls were outside, i called them in and they came right away. I wanted to reward them for coming to the call to reinforce that behavior. I had two treats in my hand. The smaller dog tried to jump up to get the treat, i held it away from her and told her to sit, it took her a few seconds but she sat and then got her treat. The other dog had been sitting behind me patiently waiting for her treat. When i turned to give it to her the smaller dog lunged at the larger one and a fight followed.

Thank you Jennifer, I will take a look at the video for sure and also look into a behaviorist. Our vet is wonderful, I will ask her for a recommendation. We do exercise them a great deal, they do have lots of energy and love to play.

Hello, I have two border collie smooth collie mix rescues. We got one almost a year ago and the second a few months later. They are sisters. They will be 2 in May of this year. The first one is larger, fun loving, very cuddly but can show aggression at times. The second is my challenge, she is smaller, exhibiting signs of jealousy, if i am petting her sister she will move in between us and put her teeth around the other dogs snout. In fact she often gives her sister a check in this manner. They both have issues with resource guarding. The biggest problem is from time to time with no apparent warning they will fight with each other. No skin tearing but very loud snarly hair up fighting. We have taken both to basic obedience training and have been working with them. I have come to realize they need daily training is we are to have peace. Any suggestions or recommendations on how to stop the "checking" and fighting. Oh one additional things, after the fighting, once they de-escalate they are laying all over each other. They are sweet loving dogs 90% of the time. I just done want the remaining 10% to get out of hand. Thanks you