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| Hi and welcome!!
You can enable smilies by editing your profile: http://forum.oes.org/profile.php?mode=editprofile Feeding them in separate areas is a great solution which many people here do. Do Molly or the other dogs growl when Molly takes stuff away? If there is no anger/tension involved, she might just be establishing herself as leader of the pack. Does she let you take food/toys away from her without growling, fighting or being tense? |
| If you mean the little picture under your name (your "Avatar") , instructions are here: http://forum.oes.org/viewtopic.php?t=1119#6607
If you just want to insert smilies into your text, you can click on the ones to the left of the text entry box, or click on where it says "View more Emoticons" for more from which to select. I've never had more than one dog so I don't have much practical advice for you, but I wanted to welcome you to the forum! |
I have never had that problem, my 3 0es eat together, I still lift bowls and water from them every once in a while as they are eating to make sure everyone has remembered their manners  Elliott, the 11wk. old tries to eat the bigger ones food at times, I just nudge, him and tell him no, and he will go back to his own dish. As far as treats, mine all have to sit before getting them and I watch them eat them to make sure there is not a thief in the pack. If I see one going for one of the others, I make a funny sound and say Leave it, and the problem is usually taken care of. I hope this may be of some help to you. |
Thanks for the input. When Molly goes to raid the others food bowl, one of the dogs will growl and the other (the sucky of course) will just walk away. For toys and treats the same thing happens. Granted the one that growls is just a grouchy girl, but it seems Molly wants what the others have. When any of them are eating i will constantly take the food and stuff away from them and bug them and they have no problem. It just seems Molly is greedy 
By the way, feels great being part of this group |
| I feet all three of mine their meals in separate areas.
For treats, I have them sit. I will then announce "Ben, first" or whomever. I then announce the name of the second one and then repeat it again for the third one. I change the order each time, so they don't anticipate and lunge. By giving just one treat at a time, with a brief wait, I have the opportunity to correct anyone not using their manners. If they lunge, they move to the last to served. It didn't take long for them to learn. |
| Thanks for the tip on the snacks. Although this process is not a problem it just may help the be on their toes. |
| Personally, I don't see anyting wrong with what she is doing....She is acting in normal doggie behavior and wants anything that the others areeating. One dog growls to tell her to stay away, and if she listens and backs off, great. If the other one lets her have it, that that is fine, too.
Sometimes I find we tend to over-analyse and try to control stuff that really doesn't matter. Val has Maggie, who sneaks Chummy's bone right out from under her! I just want her to get that on video! 
If the other dogs don't really care, then I would leave them be. As long as there is no fighting they will deal with it themselves. IMO  |
| Hey guys for a first timer I just want to say THANKS YOU ARE ALL FANTASTIC. Have a feeling I am going to be spending toooo much time in her |
| Welcome to the forum!!!!!!!! I have one OES Violet and an Australian Shepherd China. Violet is 4 and China is 3, I used to free feed both Violet and China until I watched Violet use her food dish as an excuse to harrass China. I made the mistake of feeding Violet near the doggie door. I feed China in a different room. Violet usually will go right to her food and eat most of it and then will lay near the bowl and give China dirty looks if she trys to go out the doggie door. China knows the look and stays way away from her. This little game only started less then a year ago, so now I pick Violet's bowl up as soon as I think she is done. Usually within an half hour of putting it down. So I can free feed China but not Violet. The strange thing is that as far as I know, China has never eaten out of Violet's bowl. The funny thing is I have watched Pearl the cat come right up to Violet's bowl and start eating out of it as if Violet was not there standing over the bowl. Violet will look up at me like "what?". I have watched Pearl walk over to China's bowl and start chowing down without a second thought. lol Neither dog does anything about it. I step in and tell Pearl to go eat her own food. lol
Now regarding the dogs' treats. China loves Milk Bones and Violet will eat them sometimes, but I always give them each one at the same time when treats are being given out. China will usually go and eat hers, usually Violet sets hers out for "China Bait". Violet will leave her bone out just far enough in front of her to tease China. For a long time China would lay on the floor and stare at it, which gave Violet great satisfaction. Once I caught on to this game, now I watch Violet to see if she is going to eat it, if not it gets picked up and put away. I have watched China run in and grab the Milk Bone once Violet is tired of her game and had left the area. lol Generally Violet and China get along wonderfully with each other. Best of luck with you sweetie. |
| Sophie had a bad habit of grumbling and charging when she was being fed. No reason that I could see for it. Archie and Sherman were only interested in their own food and didn't even look up at her. What I'm doing to correct the behavior--and what seems to be working quite well is that I make all 3 dogs sit/stay some distance from their food dishes and keep them on sit/stay until I've placed food in their dishes. I then call them individually. Sophie and Sherman are still puppies, so I make sure I call them before they break their stay (although if they break too early, while I am still dispensing food, I place them back in sit/stay). I want to teach them discipline, but I also want them to be able to succeed. They are much better able to wait to be called now than when I first started this method. All 3 dogs end up eating at the same time, but they begin their meals a minute or so apart. So far, it's dramatically reduced Sophie's aggression.
This is really just one way of making your dogs work for their food, which places you at the top of the pack, which is where you want to be. |
| Yup- Stella has to have whatever zak has... I feed her knowing she will end up at zaks bowl, so I just give him hers to start with.
With treats, she has a habit of taking his from his mouth and sitting on it as she enjoys her own. He just let's her do it, retreats to his corner and watches and I have to step in and fix things. I like everyones way of handling feeding better though, I will try it. |
| Mark - I had a dog years ago that did that too! I hadn't thought about that in years. I did the same thing - just gave them their dishes backwards, and they each switched after a mouthful. Too funny!! |
We need videos of this. Especially if someone has a pair of dogs that keep switching back and forth. That would be HI sterical.  |
| Tried changing the bowls the other day as suggested. Hilarious, all three sat there at first not knowing what to do ...... hunger took over |
| Dancer is the food hog here. She doesn't eat all her food at once or anything, but she wants to have ALL the food bowls until she is full, then she will let the others eat. It's hilarious to see her pull all the bowls into one spot before she eats. Even if I put the food bowls in separate corners of the room, she'll sometimes gather them up (and often makes a mess doing it because she uses her paw to drag them and at least half of the time spills the food) |
| I cannot beleive the response and suggestions I received. Just love this forum and cannot get enough. The suggestion for switching bowls seems to work the best. True enought the first time I did it, well general chaos as the did not know what to do. |
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