Thread: the new dog

I am going to ask a question and it's probably going to make me sound like a prat. Or even more of a prat

Can we elaborate more on this jealousy please? Last time I checked jealousy was a human emotion. Are we not confusing jealousy with guarding instinct? I can't fathom a dog getting 'jealous' because there is a new kid on the block and he/she is worried the pup is going to be better mates with the leader. As Ruff pointed out in a hypothetical situation if you are not there and the two dogs are together and the old dog killed the pup, surely that is simply again as Ruff said 'removing the threat'. Be it a strange threat. It didn't kill it out of some sense of self entitlement?

Sako 243 mentioned his dog can exhibit jealousy whenever other dogs visit. That doesn't sound like jealousy that sounds like guarding behaviour to me.

Or have I got that completely wrong?