Jealous Dog? Make a BIG difference by doing this!

[@Rosietea]

Ty! I babysit dogs and they are often jealous of my personal pets. This super helpful!

[@BitchinMusic-sc2lo]

10/11/24: I recently found a 4-month-old female Chihuahua/Jack Russel Terrier puppy I named Princess. She was apparently abandoned and left on my driveway. I have two multi-poos sisters, Mon Cheri and Snowball, ages 7, but Snowball is jealous of Princess and won’t come to me whenever Princess is in my space. (Mon Cheri, although she's cool with Princess, she's still feeling her out, but hasn't gone full-blow friendly with her yet.) The thing is, Snowball is very close to me and has ALWAYS followed me around, wants (and gets) my attention and affection, she’s so loveable, but lately she makes me feel as if she’s mad at me. She keeps her distance when I have Princess in my arms, and she won’t even come on the sofa if Princess has previously been there, or even lay in her own bed if Princess has been there before her. (I guess she can smell her scent.) She’ll only get on either after I’ve changed the sheets…WOW!! I give my pups love and attention all the time, but I’ve gone out my way these past several days to give Snowball plenty of “extra” love and attention, calling out her name a lot more, trying to play with her more than normal, but I can’t ignore Princess. She’s a baby and God only knows what she may have gone through before I found her. (OMG, she was SO frightened, hungry, dehydrated and balled up in a small corner of my driveway when I saw her outside my gate, poor baby.) Nevertheless, I have attempted to get them two together to give them both love simultaneously by stroking their backs, talking to them sweetly, kisses galore, trying to play with them in the backyard, etc., but Snowball squirms in her attempts to get away from the situation. She wants no part of me as long as Princess is around and, at times, she’ll growl when Princess attempts to approach her or me. (Boy, is she stubborn!) I initially posted everywhere to find Princess’s owner, but no one claimed her, so I took her to the vet to see if she were microchipped (No!), got her examined, Parvo shot, vitamins/food, etc. ‘cause I’ve decided to keep her, but I’ve GOT to find a way for Snowball to come around to bond with Princess, ‘cause she’s here to stay, but I have a feeling it's gonna take some time and a lot of effort on my part to bring these two together. I’m back and forth in my attempts to constantly please Snowball; Princess doesn’t know what’s going on, she’s just a happy-go-lucky pup who's thriving well, loving her new surroundings and is very attached to me; so loveable. Any suggestions, or am I doing anything wrong, ‘cause I, of course, want them both to be happy? WHEW!!

[@corbud]

Thank you so much for this! I'm having the puppy blues and our jealous dog is making me feel like I'm a failure. Please God, let this work for me.

[@Jmarrs44]

How is this working for you? Asking for a friend….😅

[@corbud]

Works great! I put a barrier between at first and now they're fine eating treats right next to one another.

[@baileyolesky408]

How did it work for petting with attention ?

[@IHaveNoIdea529]

How do you handle the dog nosing in on the treat giving or petting?

[@ToneBone31]

Does age matter and what do I do about my jealous girlfriend and her old stubborn dog lol just got a new dog girl and our old dog is a boy girls 22 months old and our other dog I wanna say 5 and he’s stubborn and gets jealous when the female does anything with either me or my girlfriend & vice versa on the female lol

[@dissimulii]

One of my moms dogs won’t let me pet other dogs. He’s not even my dog. I call him the wedge because he drives himself between me and any other dog I pet. He’ll even corral my hands with his paws to pull them away from other dogs. He doesn’t care when my mom pets other animals. I don’t think it’s an alpha thing neither because I can make him wilt in a second just by raising my voice, and he hits the dirt the second I grab him by the scruff. Does he just really like me or something? My mom says I’m the first person that’s ever been able to approach him in his kennel the first time without him acting ultra aggressive. She says he even went off on her the first couple of days after she got him.

[@seleenapalacios8591]

I feel like my dog is too smart she’ll notice what I’m doing and start barking at me. She’ll refuse a treat😢 now what

[@debraandrews859]

Your hand symbols? I know you have to do it !