the following is not dog-specific (it's an adaptation of how to deal with sibling rivalry in small children) but it might help - avoid rewarding the behavior you are trying to change. You make even want say no, Finnegan, and turn your attention back to the other animal. Either way you should make a a point of praising him but only when he is NOT shoving other animals out of the way to be petted. If you have already thought of this and are implementing it, I don't have anything mre specific.
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 2:55 PM, Scott Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey all, > > We've got a small issue with one of our dogs... > Finnegan our Airedale/Hound mix is an attention whore of the worst kind, > if any of the other dogs, or cats is getting attention he will bulldoze > them out of the way so that he's the only one getting any love from Mom > and Dad. It's cute for a few minutes but it gets old after a while. > > He's a rescue, and was a professional stray... > > any ideas on how to ease our attention starved mongrel? > > -- > Scott Stewart > ColdFusion Developer > > Office of Research Information Systems > Research & Economic Development > University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill > > Phone:(919)843-2408 > Fax: (919)962-3600 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:281080 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
