[mcate]

Puppy Linus & ~10 year old Puzzle play together. Well, Puzzle has to endure the overly exuberant 3 month-old Linus battling him like a fellow pup. But do ya'll ever have to separate the toys like when you were kids & fought with your siblings? Linus will come to me with an offended "MOM!!!!" look on his face & I'll hear him whiffle -- Puzzle has taken away Linus's bone & ignored his own. Puzzle isn't ever interested in playing with toys -- unless Linus has a new one & is having fun with it, including his new pink pig. Then he might try to steal it (and his 75 lbs. can shred a squeaky toy!) & I'll his Linus yip in dismay. Linus, I think, has quickly learned to become a tattletail!

I have nearly come close to telling them, "BOYS, IF I HAVE TO PULL OVER YA'LL ARE GOING TO GET IT!!!!!"

[drfong]

my 2 always seem to want what the other has. If I give them both an identical raw hide, one will get fought over while the other just lies there. Its a dog thing, probably something to do with dominance. I just make sure they both know I can take it a way from them. Many times if they are 'arguing over something I'll take it away and set it on the ground infront of both of them. If either tries to take it I block them and gaurd it. It belongs to me. When they have both given up and sit patiently I'll make sure they both get one. Or if its just one toy than once I have established dominance they don't seem to mind if the other has it. I don't really know why, but it seems to work.