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<DIV><FONT size=3>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
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<DIV><FONT size=3>If anyone can offer any solutions, please let me
know.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3><BR>Carol</FONT></DIV>
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