When I just had Murph and Maddie, I had one food bowl and one water bowl and I never had any issue. Maddie ate first and would just eat until full, then Murph would eat. I had a big water bowl and a lot of times they'd drink from that at the same time. No aggression at all. Maddie did have aggression issues with Murph over attention from me, but never over food or water. Nice to know I rated higher then food in her mind.

When I got Oz though, I started feeding in separate bowls, because he needed to eat different food then them. Small problems did start to arise then. Murph and Maddie would just pick a bowl and eat. They never cared. Oz, however, would just stand there continually barking at them. He always wanted whatever bowl they had. Never got aggressive about it, but all the barking was quite annoying.

I continued with separate bowls, when I got Gull too and the food issues grew a lil' worse. Murph thinks you oughta just be able to eat from whatever bowl. He doesn't get what the problem is. Gull, however, doesn't want either Murph or Oz, touching his food and has air snapped at both of them. So I have to be careful about making sure Murph is up on the bed or outside, before I give Gull his food. If I'm giving out treats or chewies to all 3, I make sure to feed Gull first and for the chewies to keep all 3 separate. Never had those worries with Murph and Maddie.

And I also have to contend with barking at mealtime, cuz both Gull and Oz bark over wanting what the other guy's got. Mealtime is not the most enjoyable part of the day. I almost wish I'd socialized both Oz and Gull to eating from the same bowl as puppies, like I did with Murph and Maddie.

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