First a little background, I have had my pit bull for 3 years now and she is about 4 now. With me she has no hang ups at all, she knows I'm the master and that's that. Me and my girlfriend have been together almost a year and a half, she moved in with me about 3 months ago, my girlfriend and my dog have always been good with each other, they play, cuddle and my gf even feeds/waters her half the time but these little incidents just started happening this past month.
The first was when my gf was coming to bed, me and the dog were already in bed and when my gf approached the bed my dog growled and jumped up.
The 2nd thing that happened was my gf came downstairs and walked past the dogs food bowls, my dog saw her coming, growled and ran over to her and then started eating her food.
The 3rd and 4th incident were pretty much the same and only a day apart, me and the dog sitting on the couch, my gf get up from her chair and walks in front of the couch, my dog growls and jumps up toward her.
In my opinion, my gf has never asserted her position as a dominate one. She always freezes and backs away when my dog gets weird. I know that is partially correct she doesn't need to challenge the dog but what can we do to stop this. Its really starting to affect their relationship.
The first was when my gf was coming to bed, me and the dog were already in bed and when my gf approached the bed my dog growled and jumped up.
The 2nd thing that happened was my gf came downstairs and walked past the dogs food bowls, my dog saw her coming, growled and ran over to her and then started eating her food.
The 3rd and 4th incident were pretty much the same and only a day apart, me and the dog sitting on the couch, my gf get up from her chair and walks in front of the couch, my dog growls and jumps up toward her.
In my opinion, my gf has never asserted her position as a dominate one. She always freezes and backs away when my dog gets weird. I know that is partially correct she doesn't need to challenge the dog but what can we do to stop this. Its really starting to affect their relationship.