Not wanting to allow other family dog to receive attention
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| You have to reinforce pack behavior. Always greet, pet, fed, talk to the older dog first. If the younger tries to interfere, make her wait, then lay on the love. The alternative is to treat the second one as the dominant, but that breaks the heart of the older one.
I've having the same trouble here between Jack (newbie) and Fox. Whenever Jack jumps on Fox to hump him (dominant behavior) we punish Jack. Fox is a woosie and old, but we still protect his ego. Of course if Fox would just nail Jack to the wall, all would be over. But Fox couldn't hurt a fly....he has fought back and Jack has quickly retreated and now can't decide if all this is a game or pack positioning. hrumph...... |
| I agree. The "first" dog needs to be treated as alpha, being they get the treat first, they get attention first etc. Then you go to the "second" dog. I have a 3 yr old beagle and 6 mos old oes. My beagle is momma's baby and the oes has become possessive of me upon my getting pregnant. Fortunately, all in all I have no problems with either dog and the alpha male syndrome bit. When the OES got out of line, we would intervene and lay him on his back until he calmed down this is another way to take care of dominant behaviour between dogs and towards humans. good luck. |
| Hi I posted this problem earlier as well, I have a mom/son combination..both dogs want to be alpha, but the mom still treats him as her pup...therefore not enough alpha is coming out of her on a consistent basis. I think she gives him mixed messages.
He (pup, 6 mths old now), bites, jumps, use to hump, shoves, is a constant pain to her. He is only like this as soon as I am in their picture. When they are alone they get along just fine, play like two dogs should. You describe it very well, what is happening...same as our house. I've always given the mom the treats, affection, etc first...establishing her as alpha. They both must sit for my attention, which is very very difficult. She and he fight terribly to gain attention from anyone...and in the end the human doesn't want anything to do with either dog. I decided to place him, in a single dog home, and never have a mother son combination again. I also took them on separate trips..walks to the dog park so they have another dog to play with...they do not play well if brought together. For us it has gotten worse as he gets older...he would eventually be the alpha dog and he would use his size to overpower the mom. He is neutered now. I am sad to see him go, because he is so nice to have one on one... I do hope you find a way to work your situation out. |
| a behaviorist would help alot this is a situation that could get out of control. you might want to talk to your vet for refrences. I had this same situation with Griz and wooly (older dog) I talked with a behaviorist and. I must say things have gotten much better. But my older dog is no longer the Alpha and I just had to let it happen (very hard for me)Grizman is the dominant dog in the family gets fed first talked to first ext.And he no longer fights with the others. |
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