We have Weims, and our older dog has had Cushings these last couple of years. She's lived longer than we expected (because of meds) but she is often very hungry, especially in the middle of the night, even though we try to give her some food before bed. So when she wakes one of us up in the middle of the night, we know it's hunger (you can hear her stomach gurgling...it doesn't happen every night, but a couple nights a week.) Of course the minute the "big guy" hears her getting something, he's up and wanting somethng too. We give her plenty (because her weight is down)...we give him a "bite" and then they're both satisfied and back to bed. God forbid that you would give one dog something w/out giving it to the other.
And what we laugh most about is the jockeying for the "prime" spot on the bed while we're watching TV...the nearer they can sit/sleep to my husband the better. If one sees the other is in the "spot"...they'll go get a toy and try to entice the "spot taker" off the bed. Often it works, and when the "spot taker" jumps off to play tug of war with the toy, the "enticer" drops the toy and jumps into the spot. It works both ways, both dogs know the trick, but neither can seem to resist falling for it :)
” If one sees the other is in the “spot”...they’ll go get a toy and try to entice the “spot taker” off the bed. “
haha! Same thing at our house. We call it trickeration.