Help With a Jealous Dog

RE: Help With a Jealous Dog Post By gill coppen at yahoo dot co dot uk (Guest Post) (03/17/2008) i have a 6 year old Manchester terrier and have just got a 12 week old staff pup. I try to pay them both the same attention, but if the pup tries to lay with the older one he will snap and growl at him and sometimes when he whimpers he will go for him is this jealousy and will he get used to the pup eventually? Report Spam or Abuse RE: Help With a Jealous Dog Post by needlemi (1) | (11/20/2007) Contact I dont' agree with the squirting of the dog working. My German Shepard LOVES water. Especially when you squirt her with it. I can't stop her from being extremely jealous of the cats, (even the fish). It's getting worse. She's 20 months, 1 cat is 17 , the other 14. I can't even have a cat sit near me, she goes and nudges him out of the way or nibbles his back. I wish that squirting worked. Holding my dog back is extremely hard. I don't know what else to do myself. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Help With a Jealous Dog Post By Gio (Guest Post) (08/30/2007) I have a 6 year old golden retriever, and we just got a 6 week old beagle terrier mix puppy. And of course the puppy isnt potty trained yet so we have to spend extra time with him. But everytime the puppy goes to lay down with the retriever, the retriever is always either barking or growling at him. Is this jealousy, or is she just not used to him yet? Report Spam or Abuse RE: Help With a Jealous Dog Post By Louise from az (Guest Post) (01/15/2007) We have two sheperds and everytime they go outside they fight you think they are going to kill each other but they never do. The male is 110 pounds he ends up on top pinning the female down. They are loud and obnoxous and you really think they are going to get hurt if they go out alone they are fine its only if somone is with them they go nuts. why how do you stop it? Report Spam or Abuse RE: Help With a Jealous Dog Post By Glinda (Guest Post) (04/06/2006) I have 5 chihuahuas, and one of them does what your describing alot. The snapping coming in and out, and when attention is wanted. I notice this mostly in our "Alpha" dog. Maybe they are just trying to let them know who is boss (Alpha). I usually try to ignore it until it gets extreme. And I think she knows her limits now. When it got extreme we would scold her. But, most of the time, the going in and out, we just ignore it. The Alpha dog, has to be bossy at times. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Help With a Jealous Dog Post by Connie from Canada (45) | (04/06/2006) Profile | Contact Are they both the same sex? If so maybe there is the alpha thing going on. Then you always have to deal with the alpha one first. First treat, first pets, first out etc. The lower ranked dog will not take this as a slight but will be fine with his place in the pack. They are used to dealing with placement in the pack. You just have to respect the alpha male/female so there is not the constant struggle to show who is boss. Everyone will be happier for knowing their place. Connie Report Spam or Abuse RE: Help With a Jealous Dog Post By jojo (Guest Post) (04/06/2006) I agree with Georgia Peach's post. We brought in a neglected dog about a year ago for company for the dog we'd had for 5 years. She's very dominant and tries to steal attention from him. We feed them separately and when she misbehaves we squirt her with a trigger spray bottle filled with water. She really dislikes this, plus we keep it in the fridge...lol. Even showing her the bottle makes her think twice!!! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Help With a Jealous Dog Post By Georgia Peach (Guest Post) (04/05/2006) a spray bottle works wonders ,a jealous dog is a pain and it's hard to break them but a spray of water usually changes their minds. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Help With a Jealous Dog Post by Stone2005 (11) | (04/05/2006) Contact I had the same problem w older chihuahua vs younger, bigger chihuahua. I found a possibility on the net and Vet gave O.C. a blood test and, sure enough, he had a thyroid deficiency. He is on replacement pills and, with my barking louder and giving him time outs, he has settled down. --Stone in OKC Report Spam or Abuse RE: Help With a Jealous Dog Post By Vic (Guest Post) (04/05/2006) You need to have someone else keep the jealous dog busy while you pet the other one, possibly giving him treats. They might have to gently restrain him using his collar or an arm around him. Then reward him after you are finished petting the dog. Hold the jealous dog back while you let the other one out, & then when the other one is a distance from the door let the other one out. I have had to do that for other reasons & now the one dog just stands there & waits for me to give him the o.k. It takes time but it will be o.k. The key is consistency. Report Spam or Abuse