The dog is guarding "her" resources. The bed, and your boyfriend. They are hers, and in her mind, you want to intrude. Which you do, so you can sleep!
She does need to be crate trained or otherwise trained AWAY from the bed. This behavior is going to escalate if she continues to be able to guard the items (or person) that she is possessive of.
To give an example- move her bed to a different part of the room. When she leaves it, say NO to her firmly, say "go to your bed". Enforce the appropriate behaviors with praise and a cookie. Your boyfriend MUST be part of this, or she will continue to claim him as hers.
My chihuahua was protective of the couch toward my other dogs. Also my lap. So when he behaved poorly (showed teeth, etc) before he would snap, I would boot him to the floor. Take away the thing he is guarding, and only gave it back when he was being decent. It works like a charm as long as I keep up on it. Now, this is a dog with aggression issues aside from this, but he was able to stop the guarding behavior. |