Our new dog is a bully!!! Please help!!!?

Ok so I have a dog that we rescued. Hes been with us for 8 months and hes just lovely. Hes part bulldog. About 3 weeks ago we got a new rescue dog, she's about two years old, desexed (so it's not a mating matter). She's also lovely, but she bullies our other dog really bad. They seem to get along. They love play fighting and rolling around together. They both listen to our commands really well and love walks together, BUT, when they eat, Maggie (new dog) will bully eddie away from his own meal so she can finish his, and when they come back from walks she wont let him drink water until she's finished, and if I get him his own bowl of water, she follows him and pushes him away from whichever bowl he goes to. With my husband they're ok, but with me they compete for my attention all the time!! If I give Maggie attention and Eddie comes over, she snaps at him, and if Eddie comes to me first (even if Maggie is sitting with my husband), she will move from where she is just to chase him away from me so that SHE gets the attention. She's a beautiful dog (bull mastiff x great dane), and I really love her, and am trying my hardest to make her feel part of the family, but im afraid she's going to end up hurting Eddie or worse, myself, husband or my little daughter to get stuck in the middle of her snapping episodes and get bitten!!

Please someone help us. I would greatly appreciate it if someone has advice that they have tried and know works...I just want to get on with it and not play games, it's not fair on the dogs. Thank you so much xxOur new dog is a bully!!! Please help!!!?
You have a dominant b*tch. Since you are unskilled in managing such - my recommendation is that you find a professional to assist you.



Your b*tch is exactly the type *I* like. But, in unskilled hands you can make things way worse through ignorance simply by interfering. Please seek help. If you're in the Seattle area contact me and I'll give you 2 free hours of consultation, instruction and a plan for how to deal with having her in your family.



In the meantime, Google NILIF (Nothing In Life is Free).
It sounds like your new addition is trying to take dominance, aka with the food and water control. What I found works best is to seperate the eating and watering areas and train each to go their respective areas so they won't squabble.Our new dog is a bully!!! Please help!!!?
she's a *****..



there's probably not much you can do other than feed them in separate rooms if they're fine the rest of the time



they will probably sort themselves out though..
"Maggie (new dog) will bully eddie away from his own meal so she can finish his"

- Separate them during mealtime. You can do this however you want. You can feed them in different rooms. You can feed them in their crates. You can feed one of them in his or her crate and the other outside of his or her crate. You can feed them on separate sides of the room and stand between them, and calmly, quietly physically block them if they try to go to the other's bowl.

Also, teach Maggie "leave it:"

http://www.mastiffonlinecommunity.net/vi鈥?/a>



"when they come back from walks she wont let him drink water until she's finished, and if I get him his own bowl of water, she follows him and pushes him away from whichever bowl he goes to."

- Take over the situation. Every time she approaches Eddie while he's drinking, just come between them. Body-block her. Remove her from the room. Distract her with something else. Get out some super-delicious treats and reward her for obeying miscellaneous obedience commands instead of paying attention to Eddie drinking.



"If I give Maggie attention and Eddie comes over, she snaps at him, and if Eddie comes to me first (even if Maggie is sitting with my husband), she will move from where she is just to chase him away from me so that SHE gets the attention."

- Do this:

http://www.mastiffonlinecommunity.net/vi鈥?/a>

You may also want to take up NILIF:

http://k9deb.com/nilif.htm

Following NILIF may help by teaching her that she can't push anyone around for what she wants; she has to work for your attention, and she has to play by your rules.Our new dog is a bully!!! Please help!!!?
start supervising their activities, like eating, dri king, playing, and whenever she starts bulling the other dog YOU step in and correct her bad behaviour.... if you just watch her doing it and dont stop and correct, she will think its ok to do that... she is trying to dominate the other dog, and soon willl be trying to dominate you too... so whenever she bullies eddie, you firmly touch her in the rib area, and say a firm no... but you really have to firm about it... be assertive and show you dont approve her behaviour... so it consistely and she will understand its not ok for her to domitate... you are in control, not her... be consistent and never allow her to do whatever she wants... if she does anything you dont like,correct right away.... any question, you can email me