Dealing With Dog Jealousy

When you first introduce a new dog to your home, your other dog can often become jealous. But don’t worry, after awhile the dogs will learn to enjoy each others company.

You can reduce problems in the early days by keeping things as normal as possible for the resident dog.

Give the resident dog plenty of attention in the presence of your new dog. This way, your resident dog will associate the presence of your new dog with rewards and attention.

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If the new dog isn’t there, try ignoring the older dog. This will speed up the association of your new dog being there, and your old dog having extra attention. This will lead to your older dog to accept the new dog quicker.

You should feed the resident dog and the new dog together, but make sure they face separate directions so there’s no eye contact.

If the new dog is still a puppy, you need to realize that puppies can be tiring for an older dog to be around.

The older dog may become tired of the constant pestering he will get from your new puppy.

You should create a barrier so that the older dog can escape from the puppy whenever he wants to. This will cut down any growling and aggression from the older dog, because he can simply get away.

You should provide each one of your dogs with his own bed, and never let one dog use the other ones bed. This will give each dog his own private space to get away from the other if he wants to, and it’ll cut down any potential disputes.