[fer17]

I need some advice on how to solve this situation.
I have a 2.5 yo male and a 2 yo female beagle.
The male attacks the female over food. If I feed them together (separate plates) the male will try to take the female's food and if she resists he will attack her.
But it doesn't stop there. The weirdest thing is that if I let them in the house for a while, by the time I open the door to take them out, he will attack her as well, and I swear it looks like as if the male would blame the female for me taking them out.
The other day I was patting the male on the head and I called the female so I could do the same. Big mistake. The male lunged toward her furiously.
So I don't even know anymore if he is just being territorial or what. He pees on everything! even on his own plate after eating. Even on the female!
The female cannot stand this anymore and I notice very frequently she is shaking scared of him. Last week it got so violent that the female ended up wounded bleeding from her ear. This needs to stop. I have heard the males calm down when neutered. Does that help at all?

Any advice will be very much appreciated!

Thanks,
Fer

 

[Mom2Beagles]

Sounds you definitely have jealousy/territory issues. I have 3 beagles, one male and two females (all are fixed). The females were here first and when he added Oliver, the food fighting started immediately. 6 months later and we still feed him on the other side of a dog gate to be safe, then pick up the bowls. As for the other fighting, Molly and Oliver were getting into some major fights. If he got upset about my husband being outside, Molly would come up behind him and they would fight. It take some work to get them all to chill out and not be jealous. Walks together helps a lot. I found that ignoring all of them when they were all in the same room helped too. If I would pay attention to one, another would circle in and fights would start. New toys or chew sticks can cause trouble too so I keep the dogs separated so they can play or chew. It took us about 4 months or so to get them all under control.