Brea thats an excellent question. I hope that many will give some input. I only have the two, and Princess's jealousy can be over whelming at times. Her big thing is to get my attention to play tug with her rope toy when ever Gigi is on my lap, or if I sit on the floor to play with Gigi. Princess has tossed that large rope toy more then once and hit Gigi in the head and then tries to push her way onto my lap at the same time she is pushing Gigi away. Princess clearly doesn't like Gigi.
So when I am sitting on the floor with Gigi and Princess comes over, I make
her drop and leave it (the toy) and put her in a down position next to me
and wait it out. After I finish playing with Gigi, then it is Princess's
turn.
Gigi was pushy in the beginning too. With her, all I had to do was push her
away and ignore her, much like another dog would do and she figured it out
for her self and would go to her bed. As soon as she saw I was finished
playing with Princess she would then come to me for her quality time.
unfortunately, the same strategy doesn't work on Princess as she is a
typical stubborn Eskie, so I have to keep trying different methods.
I had 4 different dogs at one time, years ago and don't recall ever having
such a jealous problem with any of them.
Maybe you could try the push (and don't say anything) and ignore (turn your
back to the troublemaker) method with yours, it may very well work. Eskie's
are known for their stubbornness so it will just take a little longer for
Princess to get the hang of it, like Gigi did.
Peggy & The Girls
-------Original Message-------
From: Brea Rae
Date: 1/12/2011 7:10:59 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Chihuahuas] I have a question?
How do you guys with more then one dog give each one enough attention to
where they feel special? and how to tackle jealousy issues? my three get
along fairly well actually very well! I have a few squalbles, but handle the
quickly nothing too big or scarry... but wondering if anyone has any tips or
routines to try... and how to teach waiting for turns!!
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