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Originally Posted by FoxxysMom  I think Choppa, my Yorkie loves me more. Shanti, my 3 year old shih Tzu mix tolerates me. As long as I greet Choppa in silence and she doesn't see, she is fine but if she heats me talking to him she barrels on and attacks my legs for attention. She does this thing like I'm a skateboard ramp. Kinda propels onto and right off my thigh. If I tell an excited Choppa to sit, he will sit but his tail is moving so furiously that, like a boat, he is moved around from side to side. Funny. |
Jealousy is one of the great motivators in dog behavior. When Ms Daisy wants up on my lap, Gatsby gets very jealous, and turns into a barking machine if he is in the room and not totally zonked for the evening. So then I usually give in and put her down, at which point she always growls at Gatsby because she knows that his fussing is why she can't nap on my lap, which is her usual preference. They are in a constant state of competion, although they do like each other and play nicely together most of the time. The competative dynamic is always there (unless its nap time, that is)
