Male Boston Terriers Fighting

by teresa mcqueen
(oakman georgia)

Why do my male Boston Terriers fight? We have to keep them in a different room because they try to kill each other. They got along just fine at first.

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Male Boston Terriers Fighting

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Apr 10, 2012
 Male picks fights with females
by: Anonymous

We have three bostons - 2 females age 8 and 1 1/2, and then a male age 5. Our male has been dominating the females lately. He will stare at them and then go after them. The "baby" female is only 9 pounds and he is 25. I worry that the girls are going to get hurt, but I don't know what to do to make him stop this behavior. He has been fine up until about 6 months ago. Sometimes he will run and play with them and the next he will be staring them down looking for a fight. I don't want to have to keep them in separate rooms. Any suggestions??
Nov 19, 2011
 Same problem
by: Anonymous

I have a male and female same problem! They were fine for the 1st year then started fighting. He is older and fixed. It got so bad that I thought they would end up killing each other. For the past 3 years they have not been around each other at all because they would fight till one kills the other. Have no clue why this started? Tried everything and the only thing that works is just to keep them away from each other.
Jul 20, 2011
 Fighting Bostons
by: Gary

I have the same problem.

We have two males and a female, all have been fixed. The two males began fighting when the female began going into her first and final heat. We've been keeping them separated but would really like to get them together. I've considered putting a muzzle on both males and let them go at it till they get use to each other.

Considering taking them for walks together to try to get them use to each other. Maybe that will help but I'll never allow them to be together without one being in a cage. Separation is the best practice.
Mar 06, 2011
 fighting
by: Anonymous

We have 2 male boston's. both are fixed and there is no female they get along most of the time, but they get into big fights also. they bite each others face and lock on. we were told that they were both alpha males.
Dec 06, 2010
 2 male Bostons = Not a good idea
by: Jamie

I am sure this is something you probably don't want to hear, but sometimes this can't be fixed. My 2 male bostons got along great, at first. Then one of my boys began viscously attacking the other one for no reason at all. In fact, he tried to kill him. I ended up spending thousands of dollars at the vet having my non-dominant dog being stitched up, and having the aggressive one analyzed and medicated. Unfortunately, we had to put our aggressive dog to sleep. My husband anis I could no longer live in our tumultuous household and keep the dogs constantly separated. Most importantly, we couldn't have our other Boston being savagely attacked for walking by the other one. I am sorry, and I completely know what you are going through. Bostons just may be a breed of dog that does not do well with multiple dogs in the house. They are terriers, and terriers can be feisty and aggressive.
Nov 13, 2010
 dog fighting
by: barbara mowrey

When you have two male bostons they will fight eventually if they are not fixed or there is a female in the house. They're aserting there dominance. My male fights with my female - he didn't at first when she was a baby boston but he does now.
Nov 08, 2010
 fighting
by: Linda Galway/TurnerME

Are they neutered? If not, that could be part of the problem, especially if there is a female in heat somewhere nearby.
Some Bostons, including mine, do a lot of "face-biting," but it never turns nasty.
Also, you may have two Alpha males who are fighting for dominance. Unless it gets really bad, they may just have to have a good go at it and settle it once-and-for-all. Without seeing them, I can't make a determination, but those are just some of my thoughts.

Mary, can you weigh in on this one?

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