[Lovetodream88]

Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly

Stealing each other's toys is just a normal as stealing each other's food to canines -
'anytime you can and still survive' is how dogs operate! Dogs are natural scavingers, a survival skill, and take what, where and when they can! If said toy's(or food's) current 'owner' gives it up readily, that's nature's hierarchy at work, painful as it is to watch but victim often turns burglar and gets his own back as soon as he can successfully work it. If there are any resource possession challenges and rebuttals, demurrals, same thing. As long as it doesn't come to vicious attacks, which a hard look, sharp, loud, stern word from you or standing up should fix in their tracks BEFORE they occur, it's just what dogs do.(If a stern word/standing up doesn't stop it, you are not yet leader of your pack!) Anytime one dog is injured/sick, it's not a bad idea to separate him during eating/toy playing as the others tend to use that weak state to bully him out of his share as far as canine-ly possible. And remove resources when you cannot monitor the situation.

There is no food aggression what so ever they will even eat from the same dish it’s the darn toys lol. I get what you are saying. Luckily it doesn’t ever get vicious thankfully but if it gets to out of control for me I just take the toy and put it up and eventually when no one is looking slide it back into the toy box. I’m lucky I guess because they all get a long very well.