Jealousy issues

Hi all,

In recent weeks, we've been seeing some ugly behaviors between our two corgis. They'll be normal, sometimes playing, sometimes not, when out of the blue, they''ll get into a really nasty fight. The only way to break them up is to spray them with water or throw a towel over them because they really get going. I don't know why this is happening - they're 2.5 years old and have never consistently done this kind of thing but they are now.

We were wondering if it could be a jealousy thing? Our female corgi has always been really pushy about getting attention and will run rough-shod over her brother to get it. Could that cause this behavioral change? Is it an escalation of her jealous behavior?

Thanks for any insight you can offer me.

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Permalink Reply by NJohnson on December 1, 2012 at 12:42am

Wow, thank you. Yes, it IS heartbreaking. I have nice big hole in the sleeve of my robe from where I had to break up another one the other night. :(

For now we've stopped going the playing thing that seemed to get them overexcited and we're back to obedience training. I hope this helps them understand who's in charge and that might stop them from wrangling for Alpha. Thanks for answering!