How to deal with "jealousy?"

[CaneRocco]

My girlfriend recently moved in with me, bringing her female pit bull with her. My Rocco is an intact Male Cane Corso and they had a rough time learning to live together, both being dominant dogs. It seems pretty clear the pit has relegated her status as alpha and fights are rare now. But whenever either of us tries to pet the pit, My Cane Rocco buts between us. He'll hardly let us pet the pit at all, and his normal obedience goes out the window when I tell him to stay. Have any of you encountered this? How do I work around it. He's 100% obedient when alone.

 

[season]

My advice is back to basics. Don't allow either dog to be pushy or demand attention/affection. If u aren't using a Place Command I suggest u do with both of them. At the same time. It's a great tool to teach impulse control. Calmness during distraction. Boundaries. And helps give u a piece of mind when u and your girl want space as well. It works. I use it with a Solo daily and I've used it with Solo when we would visit a friend at her house with her dog. It takes work and patience. Especially now that their are changes in your living environment. Just remember that you two should be above your dogs in the pecking order. You call the shots and share your life on your terms.


Carpe Diem

 

[BAMCB]

Following. I am currently having similar issues in my home.

 

[season]

Duration work duration work duration work. It works.


Carpe Diem

 

[Hiraeth]

"Dominance" is not a thing. Dominance theory is based on observations of a captive wolf pack that are now considered scientifically faulty. Beyond that, dogs aren't wolves. Wolves have an entirely different system of communication than dogs do, both verbally and body language-wise and have an entirely different relationship with each other and with people than wolves have with other wolves.

What was once considered "dominance" is now widely acknowledged as insecurity and lack of training.

When your CC pushes his way into your interactions with the Pit, ignore him. Teach him that being an insecure bully doesn't get him attention or affection. If he repeatedly interjects, *calmly* put him in another room or in a crate or wherever. It's not a punishment, or a time out. You're attempting to communicate that pushiness means getting ignored or having to be alone.

The basis of training should happen when the dog at home and not distracted. It sounds like you haven't followed through with your training in high distraction scenarios. To me, a dog who stays on command in my home is 25% trained. The other 75% is holding a stay in public, surrounded by people and dogs. Which takes months and months of dedicated work to achieve.

 

[karennj]

When I first got my dog he was jealous of my kids coming by me. Every time he was laying on the floor and the kids came over to me he would get up and try to push them away. If they didn't move he would bark. I started keeping treats on me at all times. If I was sitting on the couch and the kids starred to approach I would watch him. If he picked up his head to watch but didn't move for a second I would say good and throw him a treat. If he continued to stay away as the kids were around me I continued to throw him treats. The second he got up to come block I immediately got up and left the room. He started to realize staying in place got him treats but getting up to block resulted in me disappearing. It only took a few days to break the habit.