Saturday, January 30, 2010

Multiple dog issues

Our multiple dog household always poses some interesting challenges, not to mention constant management. Today was no exception. Two of my own dogs do not get along well, Collie Paige and Rottie Noel. Noel bullies Paige, not aggressively, but she goes out of her way to try and intimidate her. We've managed this by not having them loose together. This afternoon I was upstairs making a foolish attempt at a nap (ha!), and I kept hearing Noel doing her guarding (translation: obnoxious) bark. I stormed downstairs, irritated, only to find that Noel who was baby-gated in the back room was guarding the kitchen from Paige (Paige was the one in the kitchen, not Noel) and poor Paige was in the front entry way afraid to go into the kitchen, even though Noel was on the other side of a gate. Dog behavior and pack dynamics are always an interesting study, there is endless information to be gained just from observing dogs interact with one another. Needless to say, Noel is in time out now.

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