I forgot to say, that it's not always about paying special attention and making sure that chester gets plenty of love and affection. What you need to do is make sure that Chester feels secure in his "position" in the pack. Since he was there first, he should get priority in everything.
You should feed him 1st, you should let him up on your lap 1st and even let him on your lap and Zoe on the side of your lap, you should let Chester out the door 1st and zoe last. Chester may value certain areas as his territory, more deeply, especially the room where is x-pen is, since he spends alot of time there. These are areas that you want to keep in mind when you let Zoe enter those areas or be in those areas. Chester is going to protect those areas more vehemently! And when he can't protect them, because he is locked up that is going to stress him out more.
So keep in mind that, you need to be doing all that can be done to make Chester continue to be the "top" dog. |