Jealous of new puppy

Aly5

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Hi there!!

Alright heres my story:

We have a french bulldog named Lou who is 1.5 years old. He loves to play with his frenchie friends and plays well! So we just got a second french bulldog Polly, she is 8 weeks old. Lou has had times where he is selective of his canine friends, buthas never showed aggression to another frenchie. He has always been food possessive.

We brought home our new frenchie and we introduced them in the back yard, lou was alright at the intro he had his hair sticking up at first but after a while he calmed down. We brought her into the house and they played well.. I put her up on the couch with me and was petting her and he snapped on her, we put lou outside to calm him down and when he came back in he was ok. The next day they played all morning with toys (no aggression) until she ran up towards me, he interfered and pinned her to the ground and she squealed so loud so we pulled I'm off her and put lou in his crate to calm down. The rest of the night they were fine, she even cuddled on him while he was sleeping on the couch for a bit. The next morning they played again. When she ran up to my boyfriend, Lou got jealous and tried to attack her again. We are too scared to "let them sort it out" she is so small and he is 25 pounds. He gets a very aggressive scary look on his face and his nostrils start flaring when she comes "too close" to us. We don't know how to go about this as we can't remove the problem because its jealousy of us!

If anyone could help PLEASE!! Also we have only had her for three days... i know i should give it time but i am very worried and she is so sweet. We love both of them to bits!

Thank you!
 
Welcome and congratulations on your new pup.

It can take a while for an only dog to accept a sibling. Make sure you give Lou lots of attention and put the baby in time out when she chews on him with her shark baby teeth.
 
Congrats on your new pup!

You will need to make sure you are alpha and let Lou know you are the boss and that behavior will not be tolerated. As stated, it can take time for Lou to accept another dog. Give plenty of attention to Lou as well.
 
Thank you!
Do you have any tips on the best way to make sure Lou knows we are alpha when he acts that way? I don't really know how to discipline him for the behaviour? we use positive reinforcement with him but we can't give them treats together because of his food aggression. We have just been putting him in his crate for 15 mins every time he snaps at her?
 
Thank you!
Do you have any tips on the best way to make sure Lou knows we are alpha when he acts that way? I don't really know how to discipline him for the behaviour? we use positive reinforcement with him but we can't give them treats together because of his food aggression. We have just been putting him in his crate for 15 mins every time he snaps at her?

Google "Nothing in Life is Free Training Technique" and some good articles will come up. Time outs are good and you can also give the puppy time outs if she is terrorizing Lou with her shark teeth.
 
Perfect thank you! will keep positive with that method!
We already do that with Lou!
We are seeing small improvements everyday! They play for 30 mins 3x a day and no fights..
just small triggers here and there, hopefully this will eventually go away with time?
 
Congrats on the new baby! Citty has got you on the right track... nothing in life is free and set them up to know you are boss. Lou is trying to rule the house, you need to let him know you do and NILIF is so easy to make that happen. Good luck!
 
Based on how they are together when not vying for your attention, it is clear that they like each other. As others have said, I think they both need some boundaries. I feel for you, though; it worries me when they get into it.
 
Ya i was thinking that if they play so well together they must not hate each other! They even curled up next to each other and cuddled for a little bit. Lou has moments when he's not the centre of attention.. i think that will take time! Thank you all for the advice!
 
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