Looking for advice!
My dad adopted a 4 year old female Frenchie about 3 years ago, he had an old English bulldog who is now 8 and she is as sweet as can be. From what my dad was telling me about the frenchie, she came from a home with a lot of dogs, I guess the lady lived in an apartment and was breeding them. Well long story short, the bulldog and frenchie got in a pretty bad fight when they were first living together, my dad’s old English would never hurt a fly, she is incredibly passive and sweet so she got her butt kicked by the Frenchie. This is the first and last fight they’ve had. The Frenchie is known to be a jealous dog but my dad doesn’t favor anyone more than the other.
I have a rescue chiweenie who is 9, turning 10 in October. She has never bit another dog before but she’s vocal she will growl when they get in her face. Not showing teeth or anything but just grumbling. Unfortunately the frenchie sees this as an aggressive move. For the most part they all get along but the two fights we had this weekend are because of food. The first one is where the pantry door was left open and my chiweenie and frenchie went in there and got into it. Yesterday my dog was drinking water out of her bowl and the frenchie came in and they got into it, there was no food left out but just crumbs of whatever was left over. The frenchie does not stop, the moment she fights she sees red and doesn’t listen and will continue to lunge even after separation.
I know the dual bowl for food and water is a no go so I am planning on leaving just a water bowl out for my chiweenie because she is scared to go drink their water that is by their food.
My dog respects boundaries but the frenchie does what she wants. I just want them to learn to coexist without fights, any suggestions I will take. Once I give my dog her own water bowl, do I allow the frenchie and bulldog to drink out of it? other than these fights they do really well together, I just need to know how to move forward without anymore fights.