WOW, I hope to never hear that much noise from the boys again!!!!

Here I sit, scratching my head, trying to figure out what caused all the commotion.  I didn't see what started the disagreement off, so of course, that is going to make it impossible to figure out completely. Here is what happened.  The doorbell rings, I put the Lance and Tucker in the living room behind the gate, so that I can let in my daughters friend, Vince.  He comes in, and walks in the house down a short hallway and I follow him to let my daughter know he is here.  Then, all heck breaks out, the boys are making a ton of noise, definately not playing noises, more like a disagreement or fight. 

No one was hurt, Lance had a few hairs missing from him, but nothing major thank goodness!!  What I saw when I went in the room ,was Tucker had Lance by the side of his neck, shaking him, or holding onto him, couldn't tell for sure and both were making lots of noise.  I had the gate in one hand and ended up grabbing Tuckers collar which brought it to an end.  Phew. Wow, my heart was racing. 

After I broke them up, all seemed to go back to normal.  From what I read, humans make more of situations than dogs do, so I tried reassuring my kids not to make a big deal about it and not to baby either Lance or Tucker.  Is that correct?  Hopefully this one incident won't lead to more.   Sure would be nice to know who initially started the disagreement or what it was even over? 

The reason I put them behind the gate in the first place is to control Lances overexcitement, barking issues.  It seems that he calms down faster this way, then if we dont put him behind the gate.  It also is easier for people to ignore, him initially, which also helps calm him down faster.  Tucker, I am just worried about escaping out the door as someone is coming in, still working on that since we rescued him. 

I have put them behind the gate before, so they are used to that and never had this problem.  They seem to be doing just fine with each other now.