Dar, who is if you don't know yet, a Dobie, and she does that same stuff to Lucy, She steals Lucy's toys, she is the boss of the food dishes, she is the boss of everything doggy. She is THE ALPHA, and she makes sure Lucy knows it. We do feed Lucy and Heidi seperately, and we leave dry food in the dishes all day, We do feed the dry with a fish oil suppliment one time a day. That is the one we have to make sure every dog gets their share of. Dar jumps into every game we are playing with Lucy, even though she won't usually play games on her own with us now that she isn't a pup anymore, But if Lucy brings us one of her toys to thorw so she can bring it back to us, Dar jumps in and takes the toy every time, usually Lucy will just change toys and keep the game going but Dar will eventually steal that toy too, until Lucy loses intrest. Dar will play with Lucy, In fact Lucy tries to impress Dar with what she knows, she will crawl across the floor To Dar, she will scratch Dar's butt or neck or what ever she can reach, she will take toys to Dar, Dar lays on the toys too, and she can lay on quite a few at a time. Heidi is not interested in toys or games, So Dar leaves her alone, Dar is the boss and she wants everyone to know it. Sounds like Opel is trying to let the others know that she plans on being the alpha dog in the house. Which is fine as long as you make sure she knows that you are the Alpha person. Seems like you are dealing with one smart little rattie. Good luck, Barbara & Lucy |