I've told y'll before that Khan is cutting our guest dog Pan no slack.
I have a question that arises from that. In the mornings and evenings,
we give each of them a rawhide to chew on. The very first day, after
she had only gnawed on hers for a few minutes, Pan attempted to thieve
Khan's by pretending to want to play and sneak in and nip it while he
was distracted. The humans were fooled, Khan less so, and he told her
to back off on no uncertain terms. She did, and all was well.

Since then, whenever rawhides come out, he wants them all. With other
guest dogs we've had, there is always some amount of switcharoo going
on, each one wanting what the other has, but that has been sort of
mutual, and they come out even at the end of the day. This time, he
wants to sit and chew on one, but wants the other one right under his
nose, and will go get Pan's chewie the moment her back is turned, and
growl at her under his breath if she goes anywhere near him. Last
night, whenever he attempted to coopt all the chewies, I basically said
'That's enough' and put them all away, at which point his attention
turned to the toys, which I put away before anyone showed too much
interest in it. For the first time ever, Khan actually attempted to
jump up and get the chewie off the top of the shelf, which is very
uncharacteristic of him.

DH is of the opinion that this is Khan's house, he gets to set the
rules, and Pan is basically abiding by the rules, although she's not
happy about it. I am of the opinion that this is our house, we set the
rules, and if someone acts overly possessive of something, that
something goes away immediately. I would like to eliminate the rawhide
business altogether, but their breaths suffer greatly without routine
chewing.

Other than this one thing, the dog sitting is going great. They eat
their food and turkey necks sitting side by side, wait their turns for
treats, and Pan is so mellow and well behaved, it is almost like we only
have one dog in the house.

Suja