well last night our pups were roughing as they do, our female likes to grab our male by his scruff/collar to initiate play (?) my partner and i, with the dogs were all in the bathroom, literally out of nowhere Saint & Mateo start screaming. it looked like saint had him by the throat but we soon realized her jaw was caught in his collar while mateo was literally suffocating. it felt like forever we were trying to get them untangled, mateo bit my finger by accident, didn't realize i was bleeding everywhere i thought it was one of them. i ran to the kitchen searching for scissors with no luck, at a point i froze and just thought mateo was going to die in the bathroom but my partner unbuckled his collar in time.. her gum has a gash but mateo seems okay this was more terrifying than them actually fighting.

after i calmed down i realized this is what happened literally last saturday. my lash appointment was 10 minutes away, my partner (this wasn't wrong) had left them on the patios to pick me up. just as we pulled up to our building our neighbors had said our dogs were fighting. they heard crying and saw saint have mateo by the neck. we ran up stairs & saw feces, urine & blood. Mateo eyes were bloodshot and swole, his tongue had a small split & saint had a swollen paw.. both seem fine, of course confused and startled but i just feel so guilty. of course it was our negligence leaving their collars on, i've seen another family dogs eye get caught on a prong collar so i blame myself even more.

as far as saint & mateo's relationship, what can we do so they don't fear eachother?
his eyes have cleared up & this morning he's been himself should i take them both to the veterinarian?

photos are from last saturday to yesterday.