Did the raccoons fight in the book Where the Red Fern Grows?

The racoons just fight with the dogs. When they get treed by a hunting dog, the dogs eventually fight that coon to the death. The coon will fight back, but once the dog has his grips on a coon, the coon pretty much doesn't stand a chance. Unless he can get back to the river, the coon is a goner. The hound dogs will fight to the death. The coon will lose. So yes, that's when the racoons fight. But they don't fight with each other. Just with the dogs.