For years, I had five dogs loose in the house. They all slept in my bedroom and all went outside together in a fenced potty area. I had a couple of intact girls and one intact male, a neutered male and a spayed bitch, and occasionally I heard a little grumbling, but I never even considered that they might actually fight. After all, I'd had dogs living like this for over 15 years.....they had their pecking order, and my old bitch ruled them all. All she had to do was make eye contact, and she kept everything under control. Unfortunately, I lost her to lymphoma, and all h#ll broke loose a couple of years later. One day, I had my then 5 dogs out loose in the potty yard when the 3 yr. old spayed bitch decided that the 2 year old intact bitch should die, and she did her best trying. It seemed like the fight went on forever, and the older bitch kept her mouth clamped on the other's head for the majority of the time. The other 3 dogs wanted no part of it! I tried unsuccessfully to get them apart, and finally went in the house, woke up my son, and when he went outside, just his voice made them break apart long enough for him to grab one and throw her in a kennel. The bitches made out better than I did....there were drips of blood from one end of my house to the other, and I ended up spending a few hours in the ER! Anyway, since that day, those two girls detest each other, so now I have to play musical dogs, and I hate it. Wendy Mt. Vernon, NH ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================