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Originally Posted by Maximo

The way I trained my boys is by separating their food dishes by about 3 feet (the way my kitchen sets up, the dishes are lined along separate walls).

My older boy Max was like your dog and allowed the younger one, Teddy, to push him away from his food and force him to eat in the new place. I decided that this was a small part of our jealousy problem, so I stepped in and forced Teddy to eat from the dishes in the new spot, while Max always eats in his usual place.

Whenever one boy goes for the other one's dish, I gently say, "ah, ah, ah, that is Max's food" or "that is Teddy's food." Sometimes I would have to physically slide them on the floor to their appropriate dish.

It took about 2 weeks before they went to their respective spots and consistently left the other's food alone. As I wrote before, they still will tease each other and steal a kibble or two, but they never chow down in the wrong bowl.

Give training a try.

that sounds like great advice.