u/Barnboo28

Hi everyone, I would really appreciate any advice. As the title says, our male (intact) 16 month old cockapoo, Charlie, has all of a sudden started showing aggression towards 11 year old male (intact) Ozzy.

It started around the food bowl and only occasionally. So we separated them to feed them and it seemed to help. But last night he did it again - my husband was in the kitchen preparing their dinner with the door closed and Charlie was waiting, Ozzy made his way towards the door and Charlie lunged at him, snarling and snapping. It looks and sounds vicious but luckily Ozzy has never actuallu been bitten. When it happens Ozzy just freezes and has never even so much as growled back (he is super submissive to all dogs).

There have been a few incidences now when Charlie and Ozzy have been in our bedroom - last night was extreme. Ozzy went for a drink of water and Charlie lunged at him - again no actually bites but it sounds and looks vicious. My husband took Ozzy to sleep in another room to separate them.

For background this is just completely out of the blue - they have been absolutely fine, laying with each other and eating together etc. It all started seemingly out of nowhere approximately 3 weeks ago or so. Charlie has a full clean bill of health so I dont think its anything health related. Ozzy has been living with us for about 5 months after my father in law passed away and we have Charlie since he was 9 weeks old. We also have a 5 year old female terrier who Charlie doesn't behave like this with at all and a cat who again he doesn't behave like this with (both neutered females if that's relevant).

Please could anyone offer some advice? We are worried sick that it could escalate into Ozzy getting hurt and Charlie being aggressive with us and other dogs.

Hi everyone, I would really appreciate any advice. As the title says, our male (intact) 16 month old cockapoo, Charlie, has all of a sudden started showing aggression towards 11 year old male (intact) Ozzy.

It started around the food bowl and only occasionally. So we separated them to feed them and it seemed to help. But last night he did it again - my husband was in the kitchen preparing their dinner with the door closed and Charlie was waiting, Ozzy made his way towards the door and Charlie lunged at him, snarling and snapping. It looks and sounds vicious but luckily Ozzy has never actuallu been bitten. When it happens Ozzy just freezes and has never even so much as growled back (he is super submissive to all dogs).

There have been a few incidences now when Charlie and Ozzy have been in our bedroom - last night was extreme. Ozzy went for a drink of water and Charlie lunged at him - again no actually bites but it sounds and looks vicious. My husband took Ozzy to sleep in another room to separate them.

For background this is just completely out of the blue - they have been absolutely fine, laying with each other and eating together etc. It all started seemingly out of nowhere approximately 3 weeks ago or so. Charlie has a full clean bill of health so I dont think its anything health related. Ozzy has been living with us for about 5 months after my father in law passed away and we have Charlie since he was 9 weeks old. We also have a 5 year old female terrier who Charlie doesn't behave like this with at all and a cat who again he doesn't behave like this with (both neutered females if that's relevant).

Please could anyone offer some advice? We are worried sick that it could escalate into Ozzy getting hurt and Charlie being aggressive with us and other dogs.