I’m not making this up though I might be mistaken about her intentions.
But I just put both rescue dog and puppy outside. For now the puppy thinks the deck is quite big enough for her while Jackie wants her to coome outside and run around the yard.
I know from experience, tell me I’m right, that when feeding multiple dogs each should have their own bowl, preferably apart.
So I did.
Jackie has been, as expected, growling and protecting her food. That little puppty is hungry, however.
So Blanca eats out of her bowl, gulps it all/down. Now I gave the puppy considerably less than I gave Jackie, but of course.
So the pup ate all of hers, on the deck where I put the bowls on opposite sides. Jackie left half of hers and went down the ramp for a jaunt around the yard.
This surprised me because Jackie, hey, she don’t miss too many meals.
While Jackie jogged around the yard Blanca went over and began eating what Jackie left. Jackie would glance over, as if checking that the puppy was eating what she left.
Hey, it could be my imagination. But I do think Jackie left half of her food for Blanca, yes I do.
They growl at each other, don’tmistake, but they play together quite well and I can’t quite get over my feeling that Jackie is quite a happy dog with a Blanca in her life.
Aubrey will almost always leave a little bit of food for Strider to clean up. She had a litter of pups she hunted food for, I wonder if Jackie ever had a litter? Srider has never touched her food without permission, but will patiently wait until we notice Aubrey has finished eating and give him the go-ahead.
He possibly was taught that in his foster home. His foster mom told me that she fed all the dogs in the kitchen with her in the center and dogs around her. I was used to feeding my dog in the kitchen but he wouldn't eat there, he just wouldn't.
Aubrey, when we got her, was such a scared pup that she very seldom strayed very far from under the computer desk. So we would feed her under there. We finally figured out that it was important to Strider to be around another dog when eating, so we started feeding them both in the living room. Luckily, neither is a sloppy eater!