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My male dogs fight over a female. How do I stop them from fighting?

Updated on September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Jack Russell Terrier | Male | 2 years and 1 month old | 26.45 lbs

Hi, uhmmm.. my male dogs keep on fighting for the female dog they always follow the female dog around and end up fighting, and today it was horrifying. One's leg is injured and the other one there was blood all over its face.

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Kevin Sanada, DVM

Answered By Kevin Sanada, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on January 15th, 2018

It's best to have a vet evaluate your dog's injuries after flushing any wounds thoroughly with normal water.

To prevent this fighting, you have two options:

1) Keep the dogs seperated
2) Get the dog spayed/neutered

Otherwise the fighting will continue and there's really not much else you can do about it.

I hope that helps and everything is OK.
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