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Okay, so a few weeks ago, Amaya started attacking Kuso. We had three incidents in two days. One that lasted ALMOST a minute while I scrambled to open the window to scream at them, another that happened RIGHT in front of my face, and then one over food.
The first one, I don't know what happened, just that it lasted quite a while, and Kuso was fighting back, but screaming, and at the time I didn't know, but now I'm pretty sure that Amaya attacked him.
Then the one that happened right in front of my face, I don't know what happened. I was playing with a toy between them, and all of a sudden there was teeth flashing and nasty snarling. I broke it up right away, and I'm pretty sure Amaya started it (it just happened so fast that I couldn't tell).
Then the one over food, I was cleaning out the fridge and had a container of turkey sitting on the ground. Amaya nosed off the lid and Kuso came to investigate. Amaya immediately attacked him, and Kuso did nothing to defend himself, but just screamed his head off.
Since then, there hasn't been a problem, except a few growls and angry faces (Amaya to Kuso). Well, tonight I was driving home and had Adam on the phone. All of a sudden, I'm hearing screaming, Adam yells "HEY!" and he accidentally hangs up on me. Apparently, for absolutely no reason at all, Amaya attacked Kuso. Now, I can't say this is exactly what happened, but that's what he said, no toys or food involved, apparently.
I've seen Amaya play with Kuso, and I've seen her turn her back on him when she doesn't want to play. I've seen her join in on picking on him, instigate picking on him, but all play. Kuso has been caught several times humping her, and has also displayed aggression towards her when he has food and she's in her crate next to him (so basically for no other reason to just start growling and snapping).
So anyways, I'm at a loss of what to do here. I'm not going to get rid of either of them, but how can I train Amaya not to attack Kuso? Especially when 99% of the time she is fine with him?
The first one, I don't know what happened, just that it lasted quite a while, and Kuso was fighting back, but screaming, and at the time I didn't know, but now I'm pretty sure that Amaya attacked him.
Then the one that happened right in front of my face, I don't know what happened. I was playing with a toy between them, and all of a sudden there was teeth flashing and nasty snarling. I broke it up right away, and I'm pretty sure Amaya started it (it just happened so fast that I couldn't tell).
Then the one over food, I was cleaning out the fridge and had a container of turkey sitting on the ground. Amaya nosed off the lid and Kuso came to investigate. Amaya immediately attacked him, and Kuso did nothing to defend himself, but just screamed his head off.
Since then, there hasn't been a problem, except a few growls and angry faces (Amaya to Kuso). Well, tonight I was driving home and had Adam on the phone. All of a sudden, I'm hearing screaming, Adam yells "HEY!" and he accidentally hangs up on me. Apparently, for absolutely no reason at all, Amaya attacked Kuso. Now, I can't say this is exactly what happened, but that's what he said, no toys or food involved, apparently.
I've seen Amaya play with Kuso, and I've seen her turn her back on him when she doesn't want to play. I've seen her join in on picking on him, instigate picking on him, but all play. Kuso has been caught several times humping her, and has also displayed aggression towards her when he has food and she's in her crate next to him (so basically for no other reason to just start growling and snapping).
So anyways, I'm at a loss of what to do here. I'm not going to get rid of either of them, but how can I train Amaya not to attack Kuso? Especially when 99% of the time she is fine with him?