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Does anyone have any advice on how to help an older lab get over her jealousy with a new puppy?
Bobbie is my parent’s lab and is 4 and a half years old. I moved out of home 3 years ago and have recently got my own lab, Maggie. Maggie is now 4 months old.
Bobbie has never shown any aggressive tendencies yet with when Maggie is playing or fussing with either me, my partner or my parents she gets very growly and snarly and basically does not like Maggie being around us.
When they are playing in the garden together they are great or the odd time they’ll lie together and play but then as soon as Bobbie has had enough she will growl and snarl at Mags. She hasn’t gone for her – yet.
Me and my Mom try to get them together as often as we can to get used to each other but we’ve had Maggie since before Christmas and Bobbie’s jealously just seems to be getting worse.
It isn’t as if Bobbie is being nasty but she was always the baby and it just seems like she hates the attention being on the puppy. We always fuss Bobbie just as much but she doesn’t like ANY attention on Mags.
Any advice? It breaks my heart that Bobbie doesn’t love her!!
Thanks, Rachel.
Does anyone have any advice on how to help an older lab get over her jealousy with a new puppy?
Bobbie is my parent’s lab and is 4 and a half years old. I moved out of home 3 years ago and have recently got my own lab, Maggie. Maggie is now 4 months old.
Bobbie has never shown any aggressive tendencies yet with when Maggie is playing or fussing with either me, my partner or my parents she gets very growly and snarly and basically does not like Maggie being around us.
When they are playing in the garden together they are great or the odd time they’ll lie together and play but then as soon as Bobbie has had enough she will growl and snarl at Mags. She hasn’t gone for her – yet.
Me and my Mom try to get them together as often as we can to get used to each other but we’ve had Maggie since before Christmas and Bobbie’s jealously just seems to be getting worse.
It isn’t as if Bobbie is being nasty but she was always the baby and it just seems like she hates the attention being on the puppy. We always fuss Bobbie just as much but she doesn’t like ANY attention on Mags.
Any advice? It breaks my heart that Bobbie doesn’t love her!!
Thanks, Rachel.