If you have a kennel, the puppy can have the bully stick there. I would not feed them anything in the same room and would work often on a "place" command

 

See.... my perspective is the 8 year old corrected the girlie - scared her and scared you. But note that there was no harm done to the girlie while he made his point. This is what the older dog should do - perhaps not in so scary a way, but to a certain extent it is a very important life lesson for her. She's got to learn to respect her elders. For a dog pack to get along very well, the dogs need to know where they stand on the totem pole.

I very much doubt she will try stealing from him ever again.

Other thing is be fair. When you buy a bully stick for one dog - buy for the other. Give to each and send them off to their own spots to chew on their own.

^ This is my two opening up Christmas gifts. That was a bag containing chews. I have very sweet and very mellow tempered dogs - but even they have a totem pole. The dog tearing into the gift and getting first dibs out of the package - he's top dog. These are dogs who can eat out of the same bowls with leftovers and baby Glee is typically the one grabbing the bowls altogether and strutting off to eat in privacy. But when it comes to bones or things that are very high value to the dogs, he holds back and lets his brother get first dibs. And they have a very peaceful existence together.

That's probably where you will get to with your dogs. Give them bully sticks - but be aware that your older dog is top dog. He gets his bone first and gets sent off to his corner and then you give to the girlie. You might need to referee a little to make sure the boy doesn't go back to claim the second bully stick for himself as well, but generally speaking once the dogs have gotten each other sorted out, there should be an understanding. And then it is up to you to keep it that way.

 

See.... my perspective is the 8 year old corrected the girlie - scared her and scared you. But note that there was no harm done to the girlie while he made his point. This is what the older dog should do - perhaps not in so scary a way, but to a certain extent it is a very important life lesson for her. She's got to learn to respect her elders. For a dog pack to get along very well, the dogs need to know where they stand on the totem pole.

I very much doubt she will try stealing from him ever again.

Other thing is be fair. When you buy a bully stick for one dog - buy for the other. Give to each and send them off to their own spots to chew on their own.

^ This is my two opening up Christmas gifts. That was a bag containing chews. I have very sweet and very mellow tempered dogs - but even they have a totem pole. The dog tearing into the gift and getting first dibs out of the package - he's top dog. These are dogs who can eat out of the same bowls with leftovers and baby Glee is typically the one grabbing the bowls altogether and strutting off to eat in privacy. But when it comes to bones or things that are very high value to the dogs, he holds back and lets his brother get first dibs. And they have a very peaceful existence together.

That's probably where you will get to with your dogs. Give them bully sticks - but be aware that your older dog is top dog. He gets his bone first and gets sent off to his corner and then you give to the girlie. You might need to referee a little to make sure the boy doesn't go back to claim the second bully stick for himself as well, but generally speaking once the dogs have gotten each other sorted out, there should be an understanding. And then it is up to you to keep it that way.

I agree that, had the older dog had the bully stick first, it would've been a fair correction, but the older dog stole it first lol.

 

I don’t give bully sticks.

1. They are the only thing I have seen cause resource guarding In my pack.

2. As they are consumed they reach a stage of hazardous risk.

3. They smell horrid when wet.

4. The concept of my dog chewing on dried bull penis weirds me out.

Not giving bullly sticks as a treat is a valid option.

 

At our house it's big dog/little dog based on age. When Charley was big dog, he learned quickly not to eat Lola's food when she was a bit slower to eat. Murphy, being little dog, also learned quickly that we don't allow that. With toys/treats I agree it's best to have something for each dog but if only 1, big dog should get it first. Nobody is allowed to steal from the other if actively playing with/chewing on something though.....once it's put down or walked away from it's fair game.

 

So, puppy had it first, older dog stole it, puppy tried to steal it back. Some may say it's okay that the older dog stole it, some sort of pack rank or whatever, but no. In my house, no one touches anything that another dog is eating/chewing. It's rude. And if it happens and they one doing the stealing gets a huge correction, then that's what happens. Mine all get the same treat, given to them at the same time. Most of the time, my golden and my lab will be finished way before the pit and the chihuahua. But no one approaches the ones still chewing. If the one chewing gets up and leaves their bones, fine. But all of my dogs have been taught that food and high value chews belong to whoever it's given to and you leave it alone.

 

We also have a no stealing unless abandoned policy. But we also make sure everyone gets the same thing so there isn't much incentive to steal anyway.

 

Whatever the treat, each dog should get the same thing. Definitely don't want to give the puppy a treat and not the big dog. If it's a treat the puppy might take a long time to finish, separate the dogs.

 

Thanks to all who wrote. This was the first bully stick I'd ever bought, I think they are fairly disgusting but I read somewhere that teething puppies love them. Lesson learned. All is peaceful now!

 

This was the first bully stick I'd ever bought, I think they are fairly disgusting but I read somewhere that teething puppies love them. Lesson learned.

My current Golden kinda’ growled at me when I tried to take away a pig ear when he was just 10-15 weeks old. I have only just recently started letting him have them. But only for short periods. And I frequently take it away from him and then give it back. No growling. Notsure but I think obedience training reduces the tendency to growl.