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Ever since we adopted Layla (~ 2 months ago), Rosco has been incredibly jealous. If Layla is getting attention (petting, laying on someone's lap, spoken to), he has to come over and shove himself into the mix. He will jump on her back, plow into her, gnaw at her ears, etc. When we buy chew bones or rawhides, there is a "good" bone and a "bad" bone. The good one is the one Layla has, even if it is a different bone every few minutes. He will lay at her feet and whimper/bark at her until we tell him to stop, and then he will wander around, moping. Layla, for her part, is bigger than Rosco and can usually push him around, so he might also be feeling a bit lower on the totem pole now.
They get along really well - they fight and play and tear around with each other, and they sleep next to each other when things are quiet. The only time there is any aggression at all is ocassionally over a bone. Layla was very possessive of chew bones when we first got her and she would nip at us when we or Rosco tried to take them, but we have always corrected her by taking away the bone. She seems to be better now and not aggressive with us, but every so often she and Rosco will have a tiff over a bone or a toy. I'm less concerned about these events because they are not out unsupervised, and we can monitor them when they flare up and correct them.
What I was wondering is if there is any kind of training I can do besides telling Rosco to stop being jealous. If I can reinforce the idea that he shouldn't behave this way with some other technique I would like to. They both get a ton of attention, I think he is just kind of a spoiled dog (he's my first, and I definitely babied him). So, any suggestions?
They get along really well - they fight and play and tear around with each other, and they sleep next to each other when things are quiet. The only time there is any aggression at all is ocassionally over a bone. Layla was very possessive of chew bones when we first got her and she would nip at us when we or Rosco tried to take them, but we have always corrected her by taking away the bone. She seems to be better now and not aggressive with us, but every so often she and Rosco will have a tiff over a bone or a toy. I'm less concerned about these events because they are not out unsupervised, and we can monitor them when they flare up and correct them.
What I was wondering is if there is any kind of training I can do besides telling Rosco to stop being jealous. If I can reinforce the idea that he shouldn't behave this way with some other technique I would like to. They both get a ton of attention, I think he is just kind of a spoiled dog (he's my first, and I definitely babied him). So, any suggestions?