We have a 5 year old Golden. He’s a great dog. We worked hard on his training and generally have no problems. He really really loves fetch and balls. He has no resource guarding issues with us at all. He’ll give us his ball/toys/chews/etc with no issues.
With other dogs, he is very much a freak about his balls and toys. He has a dog friend we watch sometimes and if the dog picks up an (abandoned) toy, ours will follow him whining and occasionally barking until the other dog drops the toy. Then ours will swoop in to claim it and run away. Other than that they got along great. A dog ran up to him in our yard once when he had a ball and they got into a bitey face scuffle over it. I think it would have turned into a real fight if I hadn’t intervened.
We are bringing home a new golden puppy in a few months. Our current is very gentle with puppies and other dogs but we worry about the added context of toys and balls. How can we best avoid this type of behavior with the new family addition? We really don’t want him barking any time the puppy tries to play with a toy or ball.
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