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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm also constantly thinking about dog number 2 for our now 7 y o. She has loved playdates since the beginning. Our trainer warned against it as being a bad idea in general (she's been hard to train).

Also I'm worried about food guarding and fights over food since she eats at her own leisure.

So we haven't pulled the plug. And it would be an older dog too. 2 at least. 
Did anything happen to feeding when others did this?[/quote]

PP at 9:43

Our older dog hasn't guarded food or treats ... but she has resource guarded us a little. The only time she pulls rank on the new dog is when we get home. We can see her through our glass door bark at the little one to keep her from running to greet us at the door first. The new dog very much has to wait her turn to greet us at the door, lol. And if you are on the couch petting and cuddling the new dog, the older dog will often come push her way in for pets, even though before we got the second dog she never asked for pets. [/quote]

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