stop pups fighting

hi all

i have to 9 week old female staff pups and they constantly fight and scrap don't think its nasty fighting more play fighting.

Is there anyway of calming them down? I have a massive crate that they both sleep in and when they go to sleep there really good like sisters should be. Its the smaller of the 2 that starts its she is so mischievous, whereas the the other one is a little bit calmer.

mine were the same but learnt to calm down when told to quit it. i stop them if they are playing to rough

they puppy so they will fight but becasue you have 2 female i would tell them to stop it straight away becasue in a year time it may become a problem where you may have to rehome one.

I think it is just normal but I would definately try to discourage it.

It may only be play fighting, and a certain amount is normal & very good for them, but if it goes on too long, or it gets a bit heated then I'd stop them. I think it's a bad idea having them both sleep in the same crate, to be honest because you can't seperate them if necessary.

Like the others say - normal, but you want to be able to control it. Perhaps add a "that's enough" cue and then if they don't stop playing you separate them for a while? That should eventually teach them that they have to play by your rules. You want to be able to control when and where they get to play rough.

also make sure you separate them regularly so they don't become to dependent on each other, i kind of forgot about this and now my two hate being apart. training them to stop wrestling if i say "quit it" also helps if they are being wound up by another dog.

i would say stop them when it no longer is playing. Having them sleep in the same cage, could also lead to problems later on. I know of someone who had a dog for a year got a puppy and ended up having the 1 year old put down because it bit the owner (it was his own fault, and i dont agree that the dog should have been put down, the puppy should have been re-homed). And they had problems because they had one water bowl between them and had one cage which they shared, so they started to feel like they had no personal space.