Frankly, I'm surprised by all the trouble people have had with more than one bitch.
Well im not!
I have seen bitches who have lived the greater part of their lives as best mates suddenly turn on each other and I have seen bitches grow old together with minimal fuss.
But if you knew how the dog brain works you would understand that there can only be one head bitch.
Here I do NOT refer to the humans in control.
Unless you have your dogs roped to your side , they do have some control over their doggy lives regardless.
Normally bitches are quite alpha by nature.
Even when spayed a lot of the following will still happen because it is imprinted in the dog from creation.
Bitches are the producers so they need a do or die attitude for survival.
They also have rules that go with being alpha bitch.
Alpha bitch has the seasons, the matings and the best food.
Some Alpha bitch can control her bitches to the point of bringing them into season or actually supressing them.
When it comes to matings though it is alpha dog who has the final say in that matter.
The aplha bitch is quite happy if the other bitch is totally disinterested in usurping any top role.
Any alpha bitch that even percieves a challenge will become a ferocious defender.
The most little understood aspect of bitch/bitch ownership is that bitches operate totally differently from male/male.
Males will conquer the opposition ands re claim his alpha position.
Bitches simply want RID of their competition.
To the bitch the problem has not been solved till the bitch runs away or she is dead.
Where can a bitch go , that is kept in captivity with walls and doors and fences?
Well she cant go anywhere!
She now has to defend herself because she knows death is her only other option.
But the aplha bitch wants her to die.
But things get really nasty when the under bitch learns how to fight as good or better than alpha bitch!
Things can go from a few scraps to full out war in a short few days , weeks or months of the initial first fight.
So between bitches you can have horrific injuries , even death.
Of course us humans quickly intervene and keep said bitches well seperated but for the long haul it is just to problematic and risky for the average family to operate for the next X amount of years.
Many people say the dogs are civilised pets and not wild animals. That theirs are spayed/neutered and would not behave in such a basic way. Well that is what an animal is.
A consequence of its instincts.
It is foolish to think that just because a dog comes over and kisses and smooches a human, means he is incapable of behaving like a dog!
Whats the old adage?
You can humanise a dog as much as you like, but you cant take the dog out of the dog?
