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Why does she do that?

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My 3-year old basenji, Lana, growls and bites at the other two dogs every time when she goes outside. It doesn't matter if she's been away all day or if she just came in the house for five minutes, if she goes back out into the backyard, she jumps at the other two dogs, especially Mishka the akita. The other two dogs don't do anything to aggravate or annoy her, they just stand at the door, greeting me, yet Lana jumps at them and growls and bites Mishka's ears. She just started doing that recently, maybe a couple of months ago. The other two dogs grew up with her, and they are still puppies (1 year old and 20 months), and never as much as look at her aggressively. Is it just dominance issue or something else?
~Daria and the gang: Lana the Basenji, Mishka the Akita, Busya the Boxer… Oh, and five Basenji pups!
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Just thought I'd share an update on this.

I removed the blankets from the crate and replaced them with a mattress. We have been strict about her only staying in the crate at night. When we have had accidents I have cleaned up, with a dog urine killing spray, and placed her back in the crate.

Everything is progressing smoothly, not had any accidents for over a week now. So it's been a rather quick turnaround, lovely to have her properly crate trained again.

Thank you all for sharing advice on the situation.

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