My question would be are all your animals spayed and neutered? If not, that alone can cause alot problems. My next question would be are all the dogs obedience trained?
Should pecking order be allowed to be established? Yes, but within reason. Allowing dogs to rip into each other day after day is never a good idea. The end results are never pleasant even if all animals survive such little outbursts.
I used to dog sit for that had 5 Dobermans. At the time the owner had 2 males and 3 females.
The two males had to be separated at all times as they would fight to the death. Both dogs were close to 100 pounds and there was no way the owner could break up a fight without putting herself in immediate danger, so she had to alternate who was crated and who was loose. The male that was crated during the day was allowed run of the house at night. Everyday she would switch who was loose during the day/ night. Neither male was neutered, even though the owner was told to have the more aggressive male neutered throughout his entire life as he also had issues with people.
The three females didn't get along either. None of the dogs bothered the "grandmother" of the bunch, but one of the grand daughters liked to pick fights with everybody. Because of her disposition, she has neck issues due to being scrappy with one of her brothers that kicked her butt. She's also known to be snarly with people. While she is all noise, seeing a large mass wrapped in a blanket that is growling at you can either raise a few eyebrows or make a person laugh. I just happened to think it was funny even though I let her know that growling just because I touched her prize blanket while she was in it was unacceptable.
Now consider the breeds you are trying to get to live in peace. Akitas are from Japan and are known to be scrappy, although I've seen a few that topped the ranks of being wuss like. Rotti's are also scrappy by nature so to ask that too many dogs with the same temperment to live under one roof and never as much as grumble will never happen.
Cats are known to have a limit of how many other felines they will share a household with. When there is "too many" behavioral issues start. Usually the bad behaviors start with one or more cats urinating around the house. This is their way of saying "Hey you, Human! Things around here are getting too catty, so I'm going to piss on your stove or in the middle of your bed as my way of letting you know that somebody needs to leave!" I believe dogs are the same way only they tend to take it out on each other, then start doing things around the house should the fighting not work.
If the dogs are just "squabbling" amongst each other, I wouldn't worry about it to much. Even my dogs occasionally sputter at each other and it's harmless. Usually Angel is the noise maker because Taz is chewing on her neck or grabbing her feet. When Taz is told to knock it off, Angel in return gets all bent out of shape at me for speaking to her "puppy" even if he does annoy the hell of her sometimes.
If the dogs are doing nothing more seeing just how many punture wounds they can inflict on each other, it's time to do something about it. That's not what I would consider a quality life and vet bills don't come cheap. If kenneling isn't an option, you may have to start leash walking and find other ways to ensure your dogs are getting plenty of exercise. Neither Akita's or Rotti's require tons of exercise time so you have that to your advantage. Trying to force the animals to get along is not going to work. If anything your stress from them not getting along will provoke more fights as the dogs will be reading your body language. If one of yours gets his/ her signals mixed, he /she will read your stress as a sign of fear and will try to protect you instead of just simply behaving his/ her self.
Good luck, and as it has already been said, keep a hose or bucket handy should growling sessions turn into something more severe.
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