[Dailydrool] the alpha dog

[Racetrcker at aol.com]

Hi - I told everyone how we got Maddie, a four year old girl,  a little 
while ago to be a friend and playmate for Rocky who recently lost his  sister 
Lexie.  She is a very sweet and loving girl and mostly they get  along really 
well.  She gets him to chase around and play which is good for  him.  But 
we are starting to have a little problem.  She wants to be  the alpha dog 
which is fine since that is what Rocky was used to with Lexie. He  is happy to 
let someone else be the alpha but she is being especially pushy  about it.   
There have been three or four times lately where she has  just gone after 
him, snarling and biting at him in a very mean manner.   This was just to 
keep him from getting on the bed or couch or the latest time  seemed to be 
about nothing.  She was very viscous with him and he was  crying when I finally 
got her away from him.  I've never had this problem  before and don't know 
what to do about it.  Does anyone have any  suggestions for us?   Overall she 
is a real sweetheart and we don't  want to have to turn her back in to the 
rescue where we got her but we also  can't have her hurting Rocky who is 
just the most laid back loving dog in the  world.  
 
If anyone can offer any solutions, please let me  know.

Carol
 
 


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