Expert: Marwan Husseini - 10/19/2004

Question
I am having a problem with my two female dogs. Neka is a 1 1/2year old husky/wolf mix and Callie is a pug/lab mix, 6 years old. I noticed it really commimg to a head after I fell down in the middle of the night 2 weeks ago. I triped over Neka who was sleeping in the middle of the living room floor at 2:30 in the morning, fell down really hard into the TV and end table. Neka jumped up to see if I was OK and then Callie came bolting in to the living room and attacked Neka. the fight between them was right on top of me,as I was still on the floor. I know that Callie thought that Neka had hurt me. But now ever time the two get  near each other they start growling and then a fight breaks out, which is drawing blood now. Now I feel they are fighting for the alfa dog status, and neither one is submitting to the other.  WHAT SHOULD I DO???  Help please. My male is a 4 year old Shepard/wolf mix Loki, Now he is trying to get both of them to stop it.  I'm at a loss as to what to do to nip this negative behavior in the butt. Callie is spayed but the other two are not fixed and are a registered breeding couple. Neka is pregnant now due at the end of Nov.  Any advise that you can give me would be greatly recieved.
Thanks
Linda Blessing

Answer
I'm sorry but I can't help you with that, the only thing that I can think of is picking a dominant member by feeding her before the other one and patting her before the other one. To know which dog you should ask an expert on dog socialization under my same category.