I have a 40ish yr old red lored I adopted about a year and a half ago. He's been amazing with us, bonded very quickly with myself and my husband, super gentle, no bites and allows lots of scratches. He didn't come from a great place and only whistles and eats his peanuts. I don't care, I just want to give him a nice home to live out his days.
7 months ago we got a dog. And his behavior immediately changed. Since then he's been very aggressive and has bitten us several times, drawing blood. We Didnt think it would be an issue as he whistles at every dog that walks by the house and at the time we also had a small dog that he didn't have issues with. Since then the small dog has been rehomed with my sister and we're down to Molly, our pit mix. We've been giving him space and talking to him but it's been the same.
Tonight, he was waking around on the floor with Molly, not attacking her at all. But when my husband starting petting her, Clyde (bird) tried to attack him several times. Leading us to believe that maybe he's being protective of the dog? And if so, it's been 7 months now. What the heck do we do?
7 months ago we got a dog. And his behavior immediately changed. Since then he's been very aggressive and has bitten us several times, drawing blood. We Didnt think it would be an issue as he whistles at every dog that walks by the house and at the time we also had a small dog that he didn't have issues with. Since then the small dog has been rehomed with my sister and we're down to Molly, our pit mix. We've been giving him space and talking to him but it's been the same.
Tonight, he was waking around on the floor with Molly, not attacking her at all. But when my husband starting petting her, Clyde (bird) tried to attack him several times. Leading us to believe that maybe he's being protective of the dog? And if so, it's been 7 months now. What the heck do we do?