I don't bust up occasional dominance scuffles - growls and lunges, ritualized aggression - but if they're fighting on a regular basis (more than once/day), if they're biting at all, or if they're guarding humans as a resource, I'll separate them. Jean Donaldson says that occasional fights are par for the course, and that the dogs' safety and the owner's comfort level should determine when you break up fights. The "how" is individual to each dog, unfortunately.
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