Helicoptermom
New member
- Jun 1, 2016
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- Country
- USA
- Bulldog(s) Names
- Munson and Sugar
Munson is 3 year old neutered male, laidback, loveable lump of sweetness. Sugar is 2 year old spayed female filled with anxiety and alpha craziness. She is also on Prozac because she is afraid of wind and sound of raindrops and birds chirping....has gotten better but used to be a real nut case. Right from the beginning at 12 weeks, I could tell she wanted to be alpha so I worked diligently to keep her in line and to keep the order. She has always played rough with Munson and we have worked on that and tried to stop wrestling matches before blood was drawn by Sugar. Lots of issues with her, but here is the top concern. She seems to resource guard me or my husband when we are on the couch. Both dogs are allowed on couch. If Munson is on couch first....usually not a problem with Sugar coming up and joining...although she wants to be between me and Munson. Munson doesnāt care and ignores her. If Sugar is on couch first and Munson even looks at the couch, all hell breaks loose and she attacks him like a rabid dog. She is 42 lbs of pure muscle and it takes a while to pull her off Munson. We have tried noise sprays, water bottles....nope,she is in a crazed state. Lately, we have used an old water bottle filled with some pennies and shake it and try to get it in front of her mouth. Even with that, one of us is having to yank her collar. Yesterday, I was sitting in chair with her and my husband was on couch and Munson got up beside him. Sugar leaped like a torpedo from chair to sofa to attack Munson. She never gives a warning and she can appear to be sound asleep. After we drag her off and scold her, she skulks away and goes under coffee table. Our vet who owns bulldogs says we shouldnāt allow her on couch at all and she needs to stay on floor. I see her point but feel bad that she feels rejected and fuels jealousy in her. Thoughts? Us on the couch is the trigger because they never fight when they are alone cause we keep a camera on them. She doesnāt go ballistic all the time so it is really hard to determine why she is ok sometimes and not at other times, but it does seem that once it happens...it happens two more times that day or evening. We had a trainer come to house for 6 weeks to help with leash aggression and leaping and biting at people after doorbell rings and some time with this couch thing, but it wasnāt this bad then. We are open to all suggestions,we love this girl and want peace.