This may have been discussed before I just can't seem to find the thread for it. I got the Buster Cube for my dogs about a year ago. Neither one of them seemed to get it with much coaching and coaxing. I put it away and I just brought it out today. The younger one (1.5 year old terrier female) played with it all day. I basically fed both meals to her with the cube. Now she is down in her crate for the day. The older one (6 year old terrier male) has been curious all day about the cube so I let him come into her pen (I have used this pen for both of the dogs when camping, outside, etc. so it's not like it's exclusively hers). He is playing with the cube now, she can hear it and is having a fit. Is it OK to let him play with the cube or should I have toys that belong exclusively to each dog? This is a high value item to her obviously. Thanks for any feedback. She is howling now. I am ignoring it for now.
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I don't buy separate toys for them. Technically, they're my toys. I make sure the other shephard cant see what I'm doing with the one for the reasons you just stated, and everybody gets rotated. Make sure you keep it out of sight before you let the other one out.
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You know your dogs better than we. I've seen dogs that lived together fight when you pet the other one, and dogs that will drop any toy when the alpha walks by. My own two almost went from one extreme to the other when Shortstack lost her puppy license.
If it were me, I'd not only get another cube, but not allow them to play with theirs together in the same room. Unless you felt really sure. And if feeding them from it, I'd be especially inclined to separate. Just my two cents...
Edit: Not arguing with Steve, no reply when I submitted. He makes a great point.
They were in separate rooms. She was in the bedroom and he was in the kitchen. It's as far as I can keep them. She really has a fit when she sees he has any perceived advantages over her which can be anything from being taken out first for potty, being taken out for walk even though she just came from one (I take them separately until the time comes when I can manage them both together), being fed first, etc. I really don't like it and I don't feel like it's right. Before I found Leerburg and started groundwork she was really dominant with him and keeps doing that even now through howling and screaming. So I don't know what to do.
Lenka, With a dog with this temperment, I personally would adopt the attitude that they are YOUR toys, as Steve said, and you let her play with it when YOU are in the mood and you take it away when you decide to. If she gets upset when you take him outside, IF she sits and is quiet for a minute (in her crate) she could have the toy while you take the other dog out, as an example. I'd start making her work for that toy. I don't think it matters if you buy another one or not for the other dog, as long as the "these are mine" attitude is used on ALL the toys.
The only thing which I GIVE to the dogs which is theirs is a bully stick. Everything else is MINE and they have to do something for me before they get to play - obedience work.
Thanks Barbara, I really felt this was not OK and I have not been favoring her just because missy decides to have a hissy fit over her older pal going somewhere or having something first. In my opinion I should be able to do whatever without her needing to express her feelings but again, I am new at this so I just wanted to make sure. Also, this has been going on for a long time so I wanted to make sure I was proceeding correctly. Again, thank you everyone for the time you take to answer my questions.
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