[JessicaLin]

I will use a door to break up fights, particularly if I'm alone at home. I will get one dog by the back legs and wheelbarrow them into a doorway such as the back door or the laundry room. Get their heads over the threshold and then grab the door knob and start closing it between them. You don't slam it, just use continual pressure. When the edge of the door gets on their mugs they will usually try to regrab and thats when you can get the door shut all the way. Sometimes the door shutting on them confuses them and they will just let go. The dogs are automatically separated this way. If my husband is at home we can break up a dog fight this way very quickly before they have the chance to do much damage to each other.