help plz

I have 2 boys that are litter mates about 7 months old and every time they get the chance they have started to attack each other, there booked at vets to be neuted next week but mean while they are taking it in turns to be in their cage any help or advice plz

Hello! 7 months old is very early to be neutering your dogs from a health and behavioural point of view - early neutering can cause more problems than good. The fights are more likely to be due to the fact that they're both male and siblings.

Are you aware of littermate syndrome, and the potential risks of taking in siblings? It's not something that we recommend on the forum, especially siblings of the same gender.

Have you noticed any rhyme or reason to the aggression? Over toys/food/attention?

Rachel makes a good point, have you noticed anything that triggers the aggression ?

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Sometimes it's over food but not all ways started feeding them in separate rooms, I don't want to part with any of them but it's not fair to keep them like this. That's why I'm asking for help

I agree with Rach, siblings especially of the same sex are difficult and not something I would undertake. The best advice I can give is to keep them separated when they are not supervised and try to remove any triggers that could cause aggression.

Unfortunately, the reality is that same sex siblings may always fight, and need 100% surveliance when together. I agree with keeping seperate when not together when monitoring also - but would also recommend that you consider why you got two dogs together. If it was for companionship/a play mate for the other, a sibling may not have been the best choice.

Your options are to treat them as two seperate pets and ensure that they are getting seperate walks/training/interaction to ensure both are well trained and getting everything that they need, or to rehome one. Usually, this isn't something that I would recommend without exploring all avenues, but this appears to be an exceptional circumstance.

From my experience having two brothers together is very problematic. When i used to have two Staffs that were mother and son and never quarreled but i think two males is asking for trouble.
Personally i would never neuter a dog unless it was absolutely necessary for medical reasons. I don't know of anyone who experienced significant behavioural improvements...
In a young dog, they have still not reached full maturity so removing the testicles will surely cause mental and physical developmental problems?