Sorry for writing a novel but I needed to present a clear picture of the problem
Okay we have two dogs. A 1 year old toy poodle and an 8 month old Jack russell Terrier mix.
Now we got our girl the Jrt mix when our boy our poodle was 8 months old.
They have been getting along great the whole time with the occaisional altercation until now.
Now when the Jrt mix came to live with us she was smaller than the poodle who is roughly 7 pounds...she is now 22 pounds and plays rough, but our poodle gives as good as he gets.
Well they aren't crated at night anymore, this started 2 weeks ago. But for some reason at night the poodle would sleep under our bed instead of on his pillow bed. Well the last 2 nights he has been getting up and sleeping at the end of our bed. Which is good because if they got into it at night he is safer on the bed where she can't jump up to. The jrt mix doesn't jump well, where our poodle is an amazing jumper.
Well last night she got all tempermental when he got up on the bed and she couldn't. (She is just too big to sleep in our bed with us)
Well today she has been extremely rough and mean to him. She is grabbing him by his collar and pulling him and throwing him. Corning him back into the corner of the wall and smacking him with her paws and trying to bite him. And he isn't doing anything back so I'm sure it isn't play.
I may be humanzing them too much but its just strange that after he stayed in the big bed that she is treating him so awful.
Today he is very clingy and won't let me put him down with out crying and barking, and won't let me out of his sight.
That is really out of Character for him since he loves to be alone and is a very independent spirit.
Is he afraid of her?
What is with the sudden change?
We have addressed the issue about her behavior and we are taking steps to curb it.
But this is out of character for her as well.
They've both been through obedience training and we work with them everyday
I just don't get it. They usually get along so well. This is so out of character for both of them.. Our JRT mix is such a loving girl and I don't get it. Plus our poodle is always so stand offish.
Okay we have two dogs. A 1 year old toy poodle and an 8 month old Jack russell Terrier mix.
Now we got our girl the Jrt mix when our boy our poodle was 8 months old.
They have been getting along great the whole time with the occaisional altercation until now.
Now when the Jrt mix came to live with us she was smaller than the poodle who is roughly 7 pounds...she is now 22 pounds and plays rough, but our poodle gives as good as he gets.
Well they aren't crated at night anymore, this started 2 weeks ago. But for some reason at night the poodle would sleep under our bed instead of on his pillow bed. Well the last 2 nights he has been getting up and sleeping at the end of our bed. Which is good because if they got into it at night he is safer on the bed where she can't jump up to. The jrt mix doesn't jump well, where our poodle is an amazing jumper.
Well last night she got all tempermental when he got up on the bed and she couldn't. (She is just too big to sleep in our bed with us)
Well today she has been extremely rough and mean to him. She is grabbing him by his collar and pulling him and throwing him. Corning him back into the corner of the wall and smacking him with her paws and trying to bite him. And he isn't doing anything back so I'm sure it isn't play.
I may be humanzing them too much but its just strange that after he stayed in the big bed that she is treating him so awful.
Today he is very clingy and won't let me put him down with out crying and barking, and won't let me out of his sight.
That is really out of Character for him since he loves to be alone and is a very independent spirit.
Is he afraid of her?
What is with the sudden change?
We have addressed the issue about her behavior and we are taking steps to curb it.
But this is out of character for her as well.
They've both been through obedience training and we work with them everyday
I just don't get it. They usually get along so well. This is so out of character for both of them.. Our JRT mix is such a loving girl and I don't get it. Plus our poodle is always so stand offish.