r/cavalierkingcharles

I have an 8 YO Cav mix that was for a long time the singe dog in the HH. I just recently decided to foster a very non-aggressive mix that’s a little bigger than my cav-2 YO beagle mix for context.

My Cav has taken to resource-guarding me not just in food situations but in attention situations. Like, low thin warning growls and stepping in between me and the other dog when I’m cuddling the other dog.

In a food/treat situation he actually barked/snapped at the foster dog-so I’m obviously just removing/managing the food/treat situations but I’m at a loss of what to do with the other situations.

He used to do with my 1 YO cats which I was never really worried about because they would just take off and that would be the end of it.

The foster is very calm and so far has not reacted to any of this.

What can I do to curb this behavior in my Cav, and avoid actual fights and aggression etc?

Since her name is so appropriate for the holiday, this seemed like a good time to introduce her. In this photo, about nine months ago, she was 13. She turned 14 in April and has aged quite a bit since this photo was taken, but of course she’s still our funny darling. Sparkles is our sixth Cavalier and we were fortunate to adopt her when she was 10, two months after our previous Cavalier had died.