u/Haleighghielah

Adopted my dog about two months ago. She’s a 1 year old 10lb Shih Tzu mix. She is more attached to me than my boyfriend, but it didn’t seem like an issue. She just prefers to sleep next to me and brings me toys over him. Nothing crazy. Doesn’t really seem anxious when we’re separated or anything.

She’s been around people and babies before. She loves meeting new people and getting attention. The only baby she’s been around she sniffed, but didn’t really seem interested other than that. She has been around small children for short periods of time and seemed fine with them just like she is with adults.

Today, I had a friend over with her 5 month old baby. After I was holding the baby for a while, my dog started growling at her. I was sitting on the couch with the baby and my dog laid down on the back of the couch behind me and started to growl at her. Before that, she was going in and out of her crate despite the fact the back door was open for her to play in the yard and she had a peanut butter and treat filled kong.

My dog has never bitten anyone or acted aggressively, but it has only been two months so I’m not 100% confident in her reactions to all situations. So I removed her from the situation and took her upstairs to be with my boyfriend for the rest of the time my friend was over. I’m assuming this is some sort of resource guarding over me, but I’m not positive. Looking for advice on how to nip this in the bud before it becomes a bigger behavioral problem.

Adopted my dog about two months ago. She’s a 1 year old 10lb Shih Tzu mix. She is more attached to me than my boyfriend, but it didn’t seem like an issue. She just prefers to sleep next to me and brings me toys over him. Nothing crazy. Doesn’t really seem anxious when we’re separated or anything.

She’s been around people and babies before. She loves meeting new people and getting attention. The only baby she’s been around she sniffed, but didn’t really seem interested other than that. She has been around small children for short periods of time and seemed fine with them just like she is with adults.

Today, I had a friend over with her 5 month old baby. After I was holding the baby for a while, my dog started growling at her. I was sitting on the couch with the baby and my dog laid down on the back of the couch behind me to growl at her. Before that she was going in and out of her crate despite the fact the back door was open for her to play in the yard and she had a peanut butter and treat filled kong.

My dog has never bitten anyone or acted aggressively, but it has only been two months so I’m not 100% confident in her reactions to all situations. So I removed her from the situation and took her upstairs to be with my boyfriend for the rest of the time my friend was over. I’m assuming this is some sort of resource guarding over me, but I’m not positive. Looking for advice on how to nip this in the bud before it becomes a bigger behavioral problem.

Adopted a 1 year Shih Tzu mix a few weeks ago. She’s about 8lbs. It’s a bit or a struggle to get her to eat. I’m not sure if I’m just expecting her to eat more than she actually needs/wants to eat or if she’s being picky. Vet didn’t seem concerned with her weight and she is about the same weight from when we adopted her.

I’ve been trying to feed her half a cup twice a day, but she usually only finishes about half, if that. And that’s with her grazing it for a few hours. I’ve had some luck getting her to eat more kibble if I put it in a puzzle toy, but not much. Curious how much everyone’s little guys are eating.