What To Do About Rivalry Between Dogs

If you have more than one dog, then you may have already realized how dogs can become jealous of each other.

Jealousy and rivalry usually occur in dogs of the same sex, age, and size.

Your dogs could bicker over bones, where they sleep, or for your attention.

You probably already know that each of your dogs should have its own bed and food bowl (water bowls can be shared).

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Dominant breeds of dog (like the Doberman) often have much more rivalry than other breeds -- Especially if they siblings.

Sometimes the only solution is to neuter the “underdog” so there is less rivalry and competition between each other.

Sibling Rivalry
The most common thing for siblings to compete and get jealous over are bones.

You can avoid these potential problems by keeping your dogs in separate rooms when you’ve given them bones, or you can just not give them any bones at all.

Remember: It doesn’t matter how many bones you give your dogs, one dog will always want the other’s bone.

Eye Contact Between Your Dogs
You can cut down any more rivalry by feeding your dogs together, but make them face opposite directions to each other.

Remember: If one of your dogs is clearly more dominant than the other, you should always put the dominant dog’s bowl first.

If you are clear on which dog is the most dominant between the two, you should always greet the dominant one first.

A dominant dog will have less need to show dominance if you do this.