I have a house guest this week who brought her shitzu who has some food aggression. Will this nasty habit be picked up by my 10 month old mutt?
2006-10-22 03:02:10 · 9 answers · asked by flutterby 2 in Pets ➔ Dogs
Her little shitzu has already knocked my 65 pounder down a notch, my dog backs down from her everytime and goes submissive. Is this a good or bad thing?
2006-10-22 03:11:44 · update #1
feed your dog in its usual place and other dog in kitchen or somewhere else.
The other dog is a guest and it's your dog's home so don't change thing's for your dog.
If your dog See's him getting treated different or better than him he could get jealous and then try the same thing's himself.
P.S At least you know your dog's not aggressive toward's other dog's and that is a good thing.
A lot of big dog's back away from little dog's .
2006-10-22 03:13:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's best to keep food and meal times seperate.
If your dog is submissive I doubt very seriously he/she will pick up the same habit.
2006-10-22 14:36:13 · answer #2 · answered by MsElainious 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One dog will always be submissive when there are two or more dogs around. Keep them separated when there is a chance that there might be a fight, but otherwise they should be fine.
2006-10-22 10:16:21 · answer #3 · answered by Ginbail © 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your dog will most likely not pick up the habit, but may demonstrate that behavior if you try to feed them together. The best thing to do is seperate them while they eat. Kennel one while the other eats, repeat. You may want to suggest to your friend that she kennels hers first. This is your dogs house, it helps her dog recognize the hierarchy.
2006-10-22 10:08:44 · answer #4 · answered by krissy4543 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Safest way is to keep them separate while feeding. Feed one dog and when it is finished eating, feed the other and make sure they eat alone.
2006-10-22 10:08:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just keep them separated at meal time. Your little pup will be just fine and won't pick up on this if you do this.
2006-10-22 10:10:10 · answer #6 · answered by gentle understanding 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it might. I would keep them apart while eating because, at the very least, her dog may attack yours while yhey are eating.
2006-10-22 10:05:43 · answer #7 · answered by sdtellar 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not if you feed them in separate rooms!
2006-10-22 10:05:35 · answer #8 · answered by Witchywoo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably not.
2006-10-22 10:10:11 · answer #9 · answered by Thomas S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋