For thanksgiving break we had someone over with their dog. I have a 3 month old puppy and an 8 year old senior. I feed my dogs separately, puppy in the crate and older dog in the kitchen away from puppy(he barks if he sees the older dog eating and it’s stresses the older dog, so this is my solution).
I am familiar with my friends dog, she is almost 2. She has had this habit since my friend got her. If there are other dogs around she only eats if she can steal from them. She doesn’t want treats or toys unless it’s something to be stolen from another dog. I have told my friend to please keep her dog separate or teach a cue to leave it when other dogs are trying to eat because there was one time my brother’s dog almost bit her pretty badly if it had not been for his kennel. I think they have been working on this but it seems like they think it’s the other dogs’ job to teach her not to steal? They didn’t seem to care about the incident with my brother’s dog. She still does it though, regardless if another dog corrects her. Its pretty annoying because I am afraid it will end badly one day, and I don’t like my senior being harassed, but it’s not my dog and my friend does not like advice. But, I want to understand this behavior and for the life of me cannot find anything about something like this, can someone please help or explain to me what this behavior is? Is this resource guarding in a way?
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