My dog being aggressive to dog I'm pet sitting
Hey everyone! I’m not an official dog sitter, but I have two large dogs and I’m very comfortable handling all types of dog breeds.
Backstory: my husband’s coworker asked if I could watch his 7-month-old Golden Retriever/German Shepherd mix, Luna, while him and my husband are away on a week-long work trip. I said I wouldn’t mind since the dogs have walked together before.
My Australian Shepherd, Sage, does growl at other dogs sometimes. It took about a week for her and my German Shepherd, Dexter, to get along and become friends.
The first night I watched Luna, Sage growled at her and kept barking. It’s been 3 days now, and Sage still barks, growls, and gets possessive over me and Dexter. Dexter and Luna get along great and play together all day long. Sage has never attacked another dog before, but she definitely doesn’t like other dogs.
Today, Dexter and Luna were play fighting while Sage kept coming over, growling and barking. During the play fight, Luna accidentally bumped into Sage, and they suddenly started fighting and attacking each other.
After I separated them, I noticed blood on Luna’s fur. Luna has a small scrape on the inside of her ear, and Sage is completely fine. The dogs are now separated in different rooms.
I do have to work tomorrow for about 2 hours, and I plan on keeping them separated while I’m gone. Since I’ve been watching Luna this week, I’ve been supervising them closely and keeping an eye on them the entire time.
My husband and his coworker are coming back tomorrow. Should I tell the coworker what happened and ask if someone can pick Luna up today? Should I wait and tell him tomorrow when he picks her up? Or should I just not say anything?
Personally, I would want to know if this happened to my dog while someone was watching them.