growling with older son

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hey

i have no idea what to do. i have 3 kids the oldest is 10 and we have had my dog since he was 5 weeks old and he is now 11 years old.
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now the last couple of months everytime my eldest goes into the kitchen my dog growl and his heckles go up and everything
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i have no idea what to do he is grand with the other kids just the older one.
so if you have any advice could you let me know as my son is starting to say that he is to scared to go into the kitchen when eddie is there.
oops nearly forgot eddie is a jack rus cross norfolk terr.
thank you kindly
xx
 
Get your son to be in control of everything.

He gives him is food, he lets him out in the garden ect ect.

does he just growl when he goes to the kitchen?

Make sure you son is asking him for something like a sit and a treat as often as possible.
 
Make sure your son does not act to nervous around him, hard as it may seem, as dogs are excellent at picking up body language and vibes and reacting accordingly.
It is YOUR kitchen and your sons and no one should be afraid to go into a room because of a dog, and the dog needs to know this.

Could your son have somehow accidentally hurt him or tripped over him in the kitchen or something at some stage? Or made a noise that scared him? Anything out of the ordinary? Of course not suggesting your young fella is at fault here, some times dogs make a bigger deal out of simple things than we could ever imagine. Anything you could think of?

As K says, loads of positive association in the kitchen, feeding, playing etc, and no nerves or stress.

You could also, at the first sign of grumbliness, get him out, quick, calm, no fuss, just out and shut the door behind him. Leave him to cool down and if he comes back in calmly and is good with your son, either you or he reward him. If he grumbles again, cheerio, out you go again, tough luck. Keep putting him out until he calms down.
 
I don't know but if your dog is 11 years old and you've had him almost all his life, the son in question is 10 years old and then some months ago this behaviour began, I don't think it is something out of the blue. As CaveCanem said, maybe something have happened that your son is not even aware of? Insignificant to your son (= probably something you would not have thought about either, if it had been you) but not to your dog, if you get what I mean.

If your dog has not been the type of dog that tries to climb in rank before, he should not just suddenly change without a reason and it should not be linked to only one room. And that is another thing that makes me confused, if it was about rank and it begun some months ago, why have the growling towards your son not spread to involve other parts of your house? Maybe it begun for one reason and now your son feels uncertain around the dog when they're in the kitchen together, the dog senses that and then maybe he now growls because of that but when it begun, your dog had another reason for doing it?


To be on the safe side, have your vet checked up the dog, so it is not the first vague sign of some beginning ailment in the joints, liver or somewhere else?

Otherwise I think Katielou_Houston's and CaveCanem's suggestions are good, simply make him do things with your dog in the kitchen when you are there with them, knowing that you can step in and stop the behaviour, will hopefully make your son feel more confident.

As a last resort and if it is possible, I would try and keep your dog out of the kitchen after all, if you can't find what the problem is, it would still offer a solution to the situation by the sound of it.

Fingers crossed you find a solution to your problem.
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On of my JR's does this to my eldest son (he's now 19!), he also does it to my brothers son who is 16. Not to any of the others or the little ones however.

very odd, we laugh because as soon as one of them walks in the room he growls. He doesnt do anything and we ignore him but he's done it since both the boys got older.
They play fight together happily sometimes so i feel it is the JR trying to be dominant over my son.
 
he has a bed in the kitchen but he sleeps in mine and hubbys room and has a bed in there too. (pampered pooch lol)
i have told eldest that he is eddies slave now and see if that works and if not that i will turf him out everytime he growls.
its funny deicin what you said as eddie hates my sister she has never done anything and has only been here about 7 times and everytime she walks past or tries to say hi he is not happy at all.
weird animal !!!
 
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