hi has anyone known of any sister dogs that get on only I have two 5 month old sister collies that fight now and then over food,attention and other.they are quite good together will they get worse.(I hope not).thanks kirsty

Sad to say I think when they come into season they will be worse, I hope I am wrong but think you may need to seperate them.

I know a woman who has scars all over her hands from seperating her mother and daughter GSPs, some bitches just don't get on whether related or not. Our 2 are never gonna be best friends but as both are spayed and mature they do get along-the younger is a very dominant character so that didn't help even when she was a pup .
What are other peoples' experiance of bitches living together-both related and not,  I wonder?

Spice's breeder asked us if we would consider taking on her mother too,as she was having a lot of problems between her and another bitch she owns.Apparently both bitches would seem o.k. together then all of a sudden they would start fighting for no apparent reason and the breeder was finding it difficult to keep them apart.
She also owns other border collies both male and female,but these two were the oldest ones so it may be a 'who is boss' thing.
We talked it over about taking on the 'mum',she is almost 4years old now,but we decided that we couldn't do it,as we only really wanted Spice not two dogs,for now at least.
Our home and lifestyle would be difficult with more than one dog at the moment,although I would ideally love to own dogs,given the time to dedicate to them,the money to raise them and the grounds to keep them happy :)
Also being related I couldn't be sure that Spice and her mum wouldn't fight as Spice grew older.It was a very hard decision to make,but luckily the breeder understood.
She has kept both of the dogs,the older one is now about 12 and one that the breeder bred herself,but Spice's mum came from a different breeder and has been a 'show' dog for the breeder and has also produced two gorgeous litters,so she couldn't bear to give either of them up.
It made us feel humble, when she approached us,with the proposal that we could take Spice's mum (free of charge too) because she said we came across as ideal dog owners.It seems she did not even ask the other puppy litter adoptees.
A bit of a long winded tale I know but this has been our experience.
Jacqueline.

All of our bitches, whether spayed or not, have always lived in harmony, fortunately.

hi, but all bitches are different like people.thanks kirsty

Most folk who understand dogs would advise against getting two bitches from the same litter, because of the likelyhood of them being so close in pack position - it's a situation dogs don't settle to well - they prefer a clearly defined difference, and this is less likely to occur with two bitches of the same breed, and even more so from the same parents :(  My two bitches currently live very nicely together, one is an ESS x BC, and the other pure bred ESS - it's about as close a connection as I would be prepared to take on.....