Buddha is in a crate when we are not home. Riely gets the run of the house. Riely is a lab/terrier...about a year and a half old...she is still bigger than him and has about 20 pounds on him....she's the princess...and she does occasionally put him in check...one day she snapped at him because she was chewing on her big meaty bone and he was bugging her and trying to get the bone...so for the rest of the night he steered pretty clear of her bone....but usually she doesnt mind if he chews on it...but they get along very well actually...when Buddha gets tired he curls up next to Riely and sleeps on her...and Riely tolerates his nibbling on her tail and stuff...he actually prefers to curl up next to her....rests his little head on her butt or whatever...they're never left alone together though...unless we're just outside the house talking or whatever...but I don't think that either one of them will hurt the other...they seem to have a pretty good relationship...they just play kind of rough...but neither one of them has ever been hurt...and there is never any yelping or anything...he's just an annoying little brother...we werent quite sure if they were duking it out for dominance or not...so thats why we didn't intervene too much...but Riely is now in her humping phase...so I think its pretty clear that she wants to stay the dominant one...and I think he'll listen...

neither one of them is resourse aggressive in the least...they dont care if you take away their food or treats...they eat out of the bowl at the same time...you can pull them away or mess with them while they're eating and they dont care...they play kind of rough though...and he usually only growls when he's pinned down on his back when playing with Riely...but we're not going to let them play remotely rough anymore...we're gonna put him on a lot of time outs...and redirect his attention with treats...making him do tricks...and probably a couple squirts of a water bottle...

our friends have a full grown male pit bull (Buddy) that is completely gentle and wouldn't hurt anyone...person or dog...he's a big pushover...they also have a small pit mix....we used to take Riely over there to play a lot...Riely liked to play with Cookie...and Buddy would usually just wander around....i believe my fiance has taken him over there before when I wasn't home yet though...I think we should take him over there some more...so he can get more perspective from another Male Pit....kinda like a mentor...heh...i dont know if it works that way with dogs...but Buddy would put him in check no problem...in a non-hurtful way though...