Thanks Sandra! That does help hehe. I know dogs naturally just "gaurd" there bones or what not, but with children and stuff, I dont see that as being acceptable. Rufus is very old, and would give everything up for Jo without sticking up for himself. I don't think thats fair to him, if im not in the room, she would probably eat his food too..well, she usually doesn't now till he's finished, but sometimes he goes to get a drink, and he comes back and Jo ate it. If Jo snaps at him, he won't growl or snap back to protect himself. Hes gotten really old..I'm actually getting to the point when I take him to the vets for his check up to ask the vet if i should be thinking about euthanizing him anytime soon. It pains me to think about it, but he seems to be really stiff, hard to get up and around, and he can't really control his bowel movements. I hope I can get something to make it better, but anyway this doesn't have anything to do with this topic..I just can't stop thinking about. I almost started to cry when I was talking to my dad about it, and he got up, walked over to me, and wagged his tale looking at me like "whats wrong?" I get a sick feeling in my belly..I know its going to happen someday, and hes had a long happy live, but i don't remember ONE day that he wasn't there