Hey everyone,
So backstory - I adopted my current bully, Brynnlee, when she was 6 years old - now she is 10. I got her due to her previous owners needing to rehome her as they stated she was an aggressive dog and did not get along with their other animals. They had two small bengals that did not respect her space, but the lady who had her had also gotten married and from my understanding he brought his dogs into their home to begin life as a married couple and then Brynnlee was deemed aggressive. She was also temporarily rehomed, I am not sure why, but with the ladies uncle... Brynnlee HATES guys, she will hide behind me, cower down, or growl/show her teeth/and bark and lung at them. She however loves my fiancé, but that took A LOT of time for her to come around to him and trust him. She flips out when we spray free breeze or water spray bottles as well. So her history, which is slightly unclear to me, makes me question if she was abused in her life time. Since I have had her though she has done phenomenal and has not showed to me any aggression, unless a male comes at her and she feels uncomfortable. We take her to dog parks and she will play and wrestle like a typical bulldog with all with no problems.... she even has came around farther to some guys and went up to them and licked their hands.
So fast forward to now, I hate leaving her alone when we both are at work - she looks so sad, so we've been tossing around the idea of a second bully for companionship.
This past week we adopted a male bully, Jaxson, whose 7 and brought him home with us. His story is basically him and his sister, also a bulldog whose 10 now, lived together in Texas up until this month when the rescue had gotten involved with the family who had them as his sister was doing poorly health wise - the family ignored her allergy to grain causing all her hair to fall out, her ears wouldn't even perk up due to such severe ear infections and them not draining, so the rescue took her in, but also took him as they felt if she was not cared for appropriately then he would end up the same way. She is doing much, much better now. So, they were bought up to IL and Jaxson had to be boarded for a week as a foster did not have room for him and then he was brought into a foster home with numerous dogs such as a St. Bernard, Newfoundland, and various smaller breeds for another week until I met him.
His foster said he has anxiety - which is to be expected after his world was turned upside down, and he will lick the air and then begin to growl which are sure signs he is going to get after a dog. He has done this multiple times to Brynnlee and lunged at her face, almost trying to head butt her and she will snap right back at him. The first times he cowered down and rolled over and it was over. Also, they won't do this if we are right next to them, he will just start to growl until we say no and he will stop. However, now it has gotten to the point that he went after her and got in her face trying to bite her and she snapped back in his face and got on top of them and began a full out fight until my fiancé could pull them off of each other. He drew blood on Brynnlee, which makes me feel terrible for her. My fiancé put him into the bathroom and let Brynn have free roam to cool them down.
We keep them separated when we aren't home, but when we are home and try to separate them he cries and whines and does not stop. They lay on the couch together fine - not touching but near each other and will walk together okay - Jaxson likes to try to walk me and Brynnlee will walk right next to us.
Now I feel like a terrible bulldog mom to Brynnlee because the looks she has given me since brining him home is heartbreaking, she will rarely come near us now, and acts like she wants nothing to do with being here. Before she would play and was a happy dog until we had to leave. I am worried I ruined her life by bringing him into our home and I also feel terrible because if they continue to fight I cannot keep him, but he also deserves a good forever home also.
Im not sure what to do.
So backstory - I adopted my current bully, Brynnlee, when she was 6 years old - now she is 10. I got her due to her previous owners needing to rehome her as they stated she was an aggressive dog and did not get along with their other animals. They had two small bengals that did not respect her space, but the lady who had her had also gotten married and from my understanding he brought his dogs into their home to begin life as a married couple and then Brynnlee was deemed aggressive. She was also temporarily rehomed, I am not sure why, but with the ladies uncle... Brynnlee HATES guys, she will hide behind me, cower down, or growl/show her teeth/and bark and lung at them. She however loves my fiancé, but that took A LOT of time for her to come around to him and trust him. She flips out when we spray free breeze or water spray bottles as well. So her history, which is slightly unclear to me, makes me question if she was abused in her life time. Since I have had her though she has done phenomenal and has not showed to me any aggression, unless a male comes at her and she feels uncomfortable. We take her to dog parks and she will play and wrestle like a typical bulldog with all with no problems.... she even has came around farther to some guys and went up to them and licked their hands.
So fast forward to now, I hate leaving her alone when we both are at work - she looks so sad, so we've been tossing around the idea of a second bully for companionship.
This past week we adopted a male bully, Jaxson, whose 7 and brought him home with us. His story is basically him and his sister, also a bulldog whose 10 now, lived together in Texas up until this month when the rescue had gotten involved with the family who had them as his sister was doing poorly health wise - the family ignored her allergy to grain causing all her hair to fall out, her ears wouldn't even perk up due to such severe ear infections and them not draining, so the rescue took her in, but also took him as they felt if she was not cared for appropriately then he would end up the same way. She is doing much, much better now. So, they were bought up to IL and Jaxson had to be boarded for a week as a foster did not have room for him and then he was brought into a foster home with numerous dogs such as a St. Bernard, Newfoundland, and various smaller breeds for another week until I met him.
His foster said he has anxiety - which is to be expected after his world was turned upside down, and he will lick the air and then begin to growl which are sure signs he is going to get after a dog. He has done this multiple times to Brynnlee and lunged at her face, almost trying to head butt her and she will snap right back at him. The first times he cowered down and rolled over and it was over. Also, they won't do this if we are right next to them, he will just start to growl until we say no and he will stop. However, now it has gotten to the point that he went after her and got in her face trying to bite her and she snapped back in his face and got on top of them and began a full out fight until my fiancé could pull them off of each other. He drew blood on Brynnlee, which makes me feel terrible for her. My fiancé put him into the bathroom and let Brynn have free roam to cool them down.
We keep them separated when we aren't home, but when we are home and try to separate them he cries and whines and does not stop. They lay on the couch together fine - not touching but near each other and will walk together okay - Jaxson likes to try to walk me and Brynnlee will walk right next to us.
Now I feel like a terrible bulldog mom to Brynnlee because the looks she has given me since brining him home is heartbreaking, she will rarely come near us now, and acts like she wants nothing to do with being here. Before she would play and was a happy dog until we had to leave. I am worried I ruined her life by bringing him into our home and I also feel terrible because if they continue to fight I cannot keep him, but he also deserves a good forever home also.
Im not sure what to do.
Hopefully you can sort it out between them, but this is a very supportive group in that many have also 'been' where you are and had to make other hard decisions... hang on,, others will chime in soon, I just happen to get here first and so wanted to welcome you 
