Two girls??

Well it depends some say they won't get along but others say they will.
 
I always had two female dogs in the house growing up at the same time and they got along fine we never had any problem. None of ours were dominate, two lived outside together a pure breed Lab then we got a rescue Lab cross Kelpie. When our Lab passed we got a foxie cross that was inside and out and the two got along fine also. All were desexed though which may have helped.

So far my two 19month old Husky sisters have gotten along great.  Once in a blue moon have they fought over anything like toys or food.  They do fight somewhat over who the boss is.  I usually let them work it out unless I have to step in and reinforce my states as alpha.   I#%92m planning on going into breeding if all the health test and show career goes well.

I believe the point that's trying to be expressed, is that there is often an alpha amongst a group of dogs, not that the alpha is on top of the human...but that there is always a leader among the dogs themselves. I believe this is very true. Like with people that leader will vary in style from downright mean, to crotchety and short tempered to long suffering and patient.
 

i have never owned a male dog and have always had more than one dog...or so it seems.  right now we have an afghan hound and a chihuahua.  very good friends and no issues.    my neighbors have 4 dogs 3 of which are female.  wheaten terrier, a maltese mix and a lab x ... they also have a chihuahua.  every one gets along and the wheaten and lab are the best of friends.

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This is a great article on the subject.

I don't know about this in general, but I've actually never had a male dog, just females, and we've had more than one dog for quite a while. Never really had any problems. They know who the boss is, and don't get into fights, though Cassidy (my 3 year old) is starting to tell my 7 month old who's the boss more often [] []

Im sorry I didnt read through but wanted to say we have 2... sometimes 3 girls and they are fine, and always were.

My family has always had more than one female living together at once and I will continue to do so, as I prefer them to the males for different reasons. Yes, they've fought. Never seriously but a stern "enough" has always stopped them as each and every one of them has had great respect over our authority and know that they're lower in the pack than the humans. Atleast I'm assuming this is the reasoning since i know other people who've had nothing but problems with their females, but their dogs also don't respect their owners at all (due to lack of experience with dogs and training). Currently, I have three females and one male. The girls have established who's higher in the pack than the others and won't mess with Tango. Morgan, being a pup, still does bother Tango sometimes but usually she understands that a low growl and stare means business. If she doesn't get it, Tango will resort to nipping her, but we usually stop Morgan from bugging her before that happens. Maybe my family has just been lucky, I don't know, but in all the years we've had dogs we've never, ever had a serious problem.

It almost sounds like you are saying that anyone who can't stop a bitch fight doesn't have enough experience with dogs to do so.  I think that's a completely unfair statement.

Glenda, if you can stop your bitches fighting with a word...then they were not fighting, only having a small disagreement. lmao.

Nope Gina, never the girls!  The boys, yes.  A HARSH word, or even a whole stirng of harsh words, but the boys will stop.  The girls....well, that's why I only have ONE bitch in the house...besides me!
 
I felt that orangedogs comments that people who couldnt' stop bitch fights didn't have enough experience or the respect of their dogs was completely unfair tho.

It almost sounds like you are saying that anyone who can't stop a bitch fight doesn't have enough experience with dogs to do so. I think that's a completely unfair statement.

 
Yep, my hackles were pretty high when I read that too [:@].  Not that I take offense to the fact that someone would assume that I don't have control of my dogs, but more because it really has been such a serious problem, I hate the thought that someone will blow off any information on the subject as "well, geesh, that's no problem cause I'm good with dogs and they always respect me".  I'd love to be able to show a video of some of the fights.  For example the one where Buffy thought she found a mouse (or ?) in the vines out back and Sassy went to check too.  It was lightening quick and they were in a full lockjaw fight.  It took both my DH and I to pull them apart and Sassy's lower lip was ripped pretty badly.  I could go on and on, but I hate reliving them.  I only care to share our experience because I wish I'd known that it "could" be a problem.  I might've made the same decision but I wouldn't have been as bewildered when problems arose. 

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It almost sounds like you are saying that anyone who can't stop a bitch fight doesn't have enough experience with dogs to do so.  I think that's a completely unfair statement.

 
I wasn't saying that at all, actually. Perhaps I just worded it wrong. I was simply saying that in my experience, the people *I* personally know have problems with their dogs due to lack of experience with dogs and not knowing how to train them or anything. Their dogs pretty much run the house. I understand that this isn't always the case and that even experienced dog people can have fights. I also said, that maybe my family has just been lucky so far and that I don't really know why we've never had a major fight break out. Hopefully that made sense, I truly wasn't trying to offend anybody.

Well, either you wrote it wrong or Cathy and I read it wrong.  Whatever the case, you've explained what you meant now, so no harm, no foul!

My 2 girls don't fight.  They play quite nicely.  Occasionally they try to beat each other to the food bowls but it's not a big deal.  They've never been too rough with each other.
 
They have the same parent dogs but different litters, 6 months apart.  I was a bit worried how Winnie would react to the new puppy, but I think really only one or two nights she was a bit sad but everything fell into place.  Her and Lily were playing and they get along great.  In fact, I'm glad we have them both because they have each other when they are gone.

When Lily got spayed, she came home and curled up in the corner, still out of it.  Winnie didn't understand why should wouldn't play.  Winnie stood over her and just looked at her, then looked at me with sad eyes and started her trademark whining, sad that Lily couldn't play.

Most of the time if I try to play with one the other runs up, then they play together, ignoring me!  I think they would feel lonely without each other.