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How can I help Mannie be less jealous of his new packmate?
Hi folks.
Mannie is a 5 yr old 17 lb. neutered male doxie/terrierofsomesort mix. He's been our only dog since we got him 3 and a half years ago. He's a real sweetie, lives to play ball, cuddly as anything, and probably spoiled rotten. Did some proto-clicker training, but the loud noise bothered him more than reinforced him. And he's so "Play is better than food" ish that treats aren't a real big motivator. But he has a good sit/down/speak/stay capability, and he'll come when called (almost) all of the time. Two nights ago, the woman from Dachshund Rescue came by with Pretzel, and we decided to give him a try as a second dog. 3 year old neutered male, 25 lbs. rather than the 17 he should be. (He's not going to get the table scraps -?full servings?- he got before, and he's pretty active for such a porker) By and large, things have gone well. Mannie did have 3 episodes of "bark, nip and chase" at Otto (working on the rename), and all 3 were due to contention for a perceived-as-scarce resource (a bone left outside, food bowl, etc.). And we don't let Mannie hog the human attention, but we don't ignore him either. He is our first, and he will be the dominant one. We're learning, and we're trying to be firm w/ Mannie so far as "Otto's going to stay, we love you both, get used to it, you'll like having a companion some day". I wonder if there are any general guidelines or specific activies/techniques/positive experiences that we could use to help Mannie be more secure, less jealous, and deal w/ Otto's integration into our 2human-1(now 2) dog pack. Ferd Ferd Berfle "Usenet is Fun!" |
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