About Vicki Dressler Expertise I can answer questions about rescue, personalities, the breed, some general medical questions. I cannot answer technical medical problems as I am not a veterinarian or vet tech.
Experience I have been owned by Pugs for over 13 years, have done Pug rescue for over 10 years and have rescued/placed several hundred pugs throughout the years.
Organizations Prairie Pugs Rescue
Education/Credentials None specific to Pugs other then hands on experience
Question About 3 years ago I bought a 6 wk old pug, her name is Mochi. I love her with all of my heart! When Mochi was about 6 months old, I met my husband who also had a female pug named Chloe! She was about 6-8 months older. It was "pug at first sight"! All was well for the first 2 years, they got a long great, all of us would even sleep in the same bed. Now things have dramatically changed. I cannot pick up Mochi, pet her or give her any love/attention without Chloe dropping whatever she is doing, running over and attacking Mochi. They will get in horrible fights over it. Now Mochi is so fed up with it, she fights back even harder, they draw blood to each other, you can't break it up without getting injured yourself. The bizarre thing is that they still enjoy each other's company half of the time, they are constantly together, sniffing each others butts and all! But sometimes they will just start fighting for no apparent reason? They will ALWAYS get into a battle over myself or my husband giving Mochi any kind of affection. I am just torn! I do not know what to do about this. I feel so distant from my baby (Mochi) because I can't even touch her, I see her frustration and sadness becasue she doesn't understand why I don't love on her anymore. I cannot ask my husband to rehome Chloe. But this is obviously a huge issue and I just do not know what to do anymore? Any suggestions? Please help!
Answer It sounds like she if fighting for the alpha position. Try greeting, feeding doing everything first with Chloe. I would never leave the two of them unattended until they get this worked out.
Are they both spayed?
Keep spray bottles filled with water in them so that you can spray them to break up the battles.
