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Jealousyness
Well, to start off my dog has been living with us for 4 years now and I myself am the youngest member in my family. Whenever I go near my mom, say MOM, or hug her and such, my dog gets REALLY jealous and dictates my mom eventually. I find it interesting and funny but anywhos, is this normal? =P
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yeah, that's totally normal. my sister's dog gets jealous when she talks on the phone... so whenever i call my sister, i can always hear a dog barking in the background! basically the dog stands there and barks at my sister, and after a while the dog gets so mad that she'll go poop in my sister's bedroom. it's quite funny. and when new people come over that my dog hasn't seen before, i have to keep the dog separated from my friends so that she doesn't bite them or something. then she starts to understand that i'm okay with the people, and after about 2 minutes she'll run over and start playing with them.
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definetely normal. i was over at an exboyfriend's house one day, and i went to play slap him, and his dog came up behind me and dug his teeth into my back becuase he was protecting his owner.
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My dog does that, we have both a miniature doberman pincher and a miniature long-haired dauschound.
The pincher (Carolina) is overly protective of my mom. Even when my dad tries to hug and/or kiss my mother, my dog'll go crazy.
She hasn't been doing it lately, though.
You pretty much just have to NOT be scared of the dog. If you want to hug your mom, ect. just go ahead and do it. Show the dog you aren't scared of her/him.
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Dogs aren't really capable of the same emotions humans are, so what seems like jealousy to us, is probably not how the dog feels. The way your dog is acting is not completely abnormal, but it is also not desirable. What you are describing are the symptoms of an unbalanced dog. This tells me that the humans in the household have not taken the roll as the pack leader. In that case, since dogs are pack animals the dog will automatically assume that roll. The majority of dogs don't want to be pack leaders, they prefer to be followers. There's always more followers and only one leader in the pack. However, in a human & dog pack, all the humans need to be leaders, or they will assume a dog heiarchy for example, persons a & b may be leaders, person c may be a follower, therefore the dog will submit to a & b, but be dominate over c.
It order to claim your Mom, as your Mom, and not a submissive pack member that belongs to the dog..you will both need to work on your canine leadership skills. It's what the dog wants, trust me.
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