BEVOLASVEGAS
Posted : 10/2/2008 11:02:40 PM
Bevo used to do the same things, except that his protectiveness of me would escalate to a point where I was truly concerned for the safety of my, now, DH.
We got this problem under control, first by removing bed privileges. This worked to an extent, but soon he decided that he would sit at the side of the bed, stare at us, & growl when DH got too close to me. I then started sending him to his bed before any extraciricular activities began. Bev, then decided to growl from across the room. When the growling started, Bevo was relegated to sleeping in the living room. (For Bev, being separated from his person, in this case me, is a fate worse than death.) Along with being kicked out of our bedroom, we got even stricted with NILF, & DH took a larger role in caring for Bev.
Bev was left to sleep,alone, in the living room for a little over a month before he learned to be more respectful towards DH. When we first allowed him back into the bedroom, he had to stay in his bed. Any extra attention or noise of any kind landed him back in the living room. Now, he is, again, allowed in our bed. He has his own corner of the bed, & he knows that if he ventures away from his corner that he will be kicked off.
For us, it was a resource guarding issue. I was the resource.