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Originally Posted by lara2913  . Thing is that very few dogs will share their food with other dogs. |
Exactly right. It's a survival thing, after all - the dog who shares his food in the wild doesn't get to eat.
First off, I'd separate them to feed them while you work on the problem.
A tactic that I've seen recommended is this. Hand feed them together. If they know sit/stay, do that first, then feed them. One for dog a, one for dog b, one for dog c, one for dog a, b, c, etc AS LONG AS all dogs are waiting their turns and being nice. When one dog acts up, he gets separated from the group (not angrily, just "oh, too bad, no more for you") and the others continue to be fed in this manner. I've read that others have had great success with this technique although I haven't tried it myself.