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Originally Posted by KairaPup  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. |
This is great advice.....problem is
the boyfriend does not see there is a problem with the DOG, the problem is with his girlfriend in HIS mind....he wont let her do anything about the dogs behavior! Any changes in behavior are going to have to be made with the girlfriend......and the coming baby when it is born......and any OTHER influence that pup believes is a threat to her relationship between her and her master.....the dog is running the show around the house, and our member's boyfriend is encouraging it.