so here is the story because it may pertain to ur answers...
right after i found out i was pregnant we found a puppy at a convenient store wandering around. no collar,SUPER SKINNY, flea infested,sores on her head etc. so we put her in the truck with us fed her a mcdonalds dollar burger it was all we had and gave her some water and took her home with us (named her minnie). took her a few months to get along with the cat (her other sister). we let minnie sleep in the bed with us. i shared my food with her we bought her a jacket because she was a short haired dog and she went everywhere with us in my purse...we spoiled her we made her think SHE was the baby....
fast forward
i gave birth feb of 11. so dd is almost 1 now. we were in the truck had taken the dog with us and hubby brought out dd a toy from the truckstop but did not bring minnie a toy. minnie laid in my lap the ENTIRE ride home IGNORING her daddy and throwing a fit pouting. giving dd evil glares etc. so we had to go to the store and get minnie her own toy before she got over it. minnie has NEVER growled at dd or bitten or snapped at her. shes never jumped on her and knocked her down....but she seems to be REALLY REALLY jealous when it comes to emberlynn having toys. she will go up to emberlynn and take a stuffed animal right out of her hands and run off with it and take it into her crate and bury it......i need suggestions please!!
One of my dogs was constantly taking my daughters stuffed animals and either hiding them or destroying them before we actually realized she had one of them. My trainer told me that whenever the dog does that, immediately take it away from her and replace it with one of her toys. So I've been doing that with a firm NO as I am taking the item away, and it took awhile but my dog finally has the idea what is hers and what is my daughters.
Well I don't think I can help but thats funny. I mean I hate it for you but I never heard of a jealous dog pouting over a child's toy. It be one thing if it was another dog but a child and her toy. Goodness. I hope you can find some great advice.
Well... to start with, don't make a stop to get her a toy even if she seems upset. It does sound a little ridiculous {no offense I'm guilty too even} but I also understand that dogs do have feelings & personalities more than most people realize. I had a dog when I was 12-14 years old & if he couldn't eat what I was eating {such as chocolate}, I wouldn't eat it in front of him because we always shared meals together.
Anyways..... don't stop for another toy for her like that. Secondly... Get her a couple stuffed animal toys and teach your DD those are Minnie's only. Play with Minnie with the stuffed animals like you would with your DD.... and next time Minnie takes a toy from her, smack her butt & tell her no. Then immediately give Minnie her stuffed toys, and give you DD's toys back to your DD. Do NOT EVER give in. Keep it up, stay persistent & consistent... it will work out for the best. Remeber, only one light tap on her butt should be needed, not a full throttle spanking. =D
Quoting Ferne:
Wow, thats a tuff one. Does she only take away the stuffed toys? I have heard that some dogs will consider stuffed toys as their babies. You might try asking the vet his opinion, Ours usually gives good advice on how to handle different situations.
she only takes the stuffed toys and the balls but the balls are hard and do not bouce the look nothing like tennis balls. they are just the small balls that resemble the ones in a ball pit like at mcdonalds.
Quoting TigressLily:
Well... to start with, don't make a stop to get her a toy even if she seems upset. It does sound a little ridiculous {no offense I'm guilty too even} but I also understand that dogs do have feelings & personalities more than most people realize. I had a dog when I was 12-14 years old & if he couldn't eat what I was eating {such as chocolate}, I wouldn't eat it in front of him because we always shared meals together.
Anyways..... don't stop for another toy for her like that. Secondly... Get her a couple stuffed animal toys and teach your DD those are Minnie's only. Play with Minnie with the stuffed animals like you would with your DD.... and next time Minnie takes a toy from her, smack her butt & tell her no. Then immediately give Minnie her stuffed toys, and give you DD's toys back to your DD. Do NOT EVER give in. Keep it up, stay persistent & consistent... it will work out for the best. Remeber, only one light tap on her butt should be needed, not a full throttle spanking. =D
it was a few days later before minnie got a toy and it was because we were already out and at a store that happened to have dog toys anyways. minnie is now starting to understand what toys are hers and what toys are NOT hers. she will get HER toys out of emberlynns toy box if my mil accidentally mixed up the toys.. however she still gets jealous when she sees that emberlynn has a new toy and she does not. im really not sure what else i can do other than set aside a day for minnie. we take minnie with us on family nights so we dont have any bigger jealousy issues than with the toys and we let emberlynn and minnie share a meal from whereever we eat. dd gets half and minnie gets half. the only thing i can think of is when emberlynn gets a new toy minnie gets a new toy. (the cat has a box of canned catfood which are "treats" ) because she doesnt like to play with a lot of different toys.
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