We just adopted a new dog though the springer spaniel rescue that is 8 years old. We do not know much about her background other then she was brought in to the shelter 3 times, her original owner came back to her the first two times but not the third.

Over all she is very sweet but whenever I am sitting with her and my older dog (a 13 year old springer spaniel who I have owned for 12 years) wanders over to get pet by me she growls at him and will attack him if I do not interfere. Last night she attacked him pretty badly and made him bleed.

This does not happen with my husband or any one else. The two dogs get along when we are gone( we have cameras and they even cuddle sometimes) and they are even okay when I am on walks with them. The new dog did try attacking a random dog on a walk that came up to sniff me too. I seem to be the common denominator in all of the situations. It seems like she has become possessive over me and likes to keep other dogs away.

I am looking for some tips on how to better handle this situation. It does not seem fair to my old dog that he can not get any attention from me when she is there with out getting hurt. Any suggestions?