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My sister had two dogs--one she raised from a pup and one she adopted who was 2-3 years old at that time.  The dogs were similar breeds, sex, and age.  They got along at great but when her boyfriend moved in, the adopted dog started attacking her original dog under seemingly unprovoked situations.

Truth be told she did hire a doggy psychologist/trainer, and this is basically what it boiled down to.  Dogs are pack animals.  They are trying to establish their order in the pack.  You (and my sister) are the Alphas--the leader of the pack.  The introduction of a new person disrupted the order.

The dog she had raised as a pup was more submissive than the second dog, but in a doggy world you must obey the pack order.  (Who is higher up in the order may have nothing to do with size, age, or sex of the dog.)  So the trainer suggested putting the food down for the dog being aggressive first, greeting her first, etc.  The attacks stopped.  The dogs lived in harmony for the next 16 years.  When the reformed aggressor died, her pack mate died two weeks later.  She missed her friend.[/quote]

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