Ok, there are two dogs at my house, ones med. sized, the other small sized, and whenever we feed them, the small one starts trying to fight the ohter one, when we tell them to stop, the small one doesn't, but the medium one does, and this gives the small dog more "confidence" and keeps doing it, what can we do? They are also jealous of each other, because when we pet one the other one tries to get in the middle adn they push each other out of the way.(we've had the medium dog for a lot longer, we just got the small one)
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Feed them separately, the small one first since it is the alpha. Get them altered. Treat the alpha like the alpha, and they should be able to work it out.
Or give away the alpha, if you just don't want to deal with it.
Feed the dogs in seperate rooms, neither one in the same room as you and make sure someone elese is petting the other dog every time you do.If you do see one heading twoards the other during eating time, pick them up and try to get them to do something else,play with a squeaky,ect. These are REALLY simple ways to stop fights.
They are fighting over dominance, food, attention, etc. They are not jealous of each other, the problem is that they don't know who the leader is and this is causing them to fight for the role.
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Try feeding them in seperate rooms and always feed the dominant dog (which to me sounds like the smaller one, but I'm not positive on that) first. They see each other as one of them is the alpha, the big dog on top. So they are probably showing dominance over each other to see who is boss.
Best of luck, and make sure you discipline them correctly, that can make the difference too!
I have the same problem except we have had the small dog for 9 years and the medium one for 8 months. I guess just try to put the small dog in time-out (bathroom) and make your medium dog the dominant over the other dog (not over you, you are the alpha of the pack) because your house was the medium dogs territory first! It works for me!
Okay first try feeding the dogs in separte rooms. When they get jealous of each other . And start to push each other and fight. Don't pick either one up or pet either one. your just telling them it's okay to act that way. Show who's boss make them stop fighting. Don't tell them good dog if they stop.
just separate them, that will make lonely...then they should get along, that's what i do
I've had 4 dogs at one time. Talk about jealousy!! First of all, separate them in different rooms when eating. Wait untill both are finished untill letting them out. That is the easiest way to solve it, believe me!! With jealousy, you have to be patient with both. I have managed to pet 4 at one time. Not an easy task. It ends up being play time as I get down on their level. But, every pet deserves alone time with mommy. So, separating them when you do it has been my answer forever. Make sure the other is occupied with a bone or another family member, etc. Don't let one dog know what the other is doing. It works just fine. But, don't push one away to pet the other. They don't understand, and it will just make them aggressive toward the other.
Where did the smaller dog come from. Was he/she the leader of the pack or the more predominate one? Sometimes smaller dogs always have larger attitudes. I had a Pomeranian and a golden retriever but the golden knew what my pom said went even though hes smaller. But the biggest factor you must consider is the smaller dogs previous home.
depends if they are two males.
males fight for domoncey.
Bright idea.
try sepreating their food bowls
that could help also.
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