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How do you manage toys?

Currently playing with the dog and puppy separately but together, as in both dogs are together but both playing with a different toy each and I swap the different toys around so they both get ‘turns’ if that makes sense?

Is this correct?

I have never had two dogs and keen to avoid the situation my MIL has where one is a complete and utter bully and won’t let the other have a single toy.

Older dog is not a guarder and is okay with the puppy playing with a different toy next to her but twice the puppy has attempted to swipe a toy she’s brought over to play with and she’s mouthed him.
He wasnt hurt at all but yelped both times.

Is that normal?
For her to mouth him to ‘correct’ him?

We're old school so probably someone along to tell you the right way to do it. Given we've had dogs over 30 years who've all turned out ok I would just leave them to it. They sort it out between themselves. Mouthing- how would you feel if your sister took your toy off you? Don't let it escalate to full on fight but no harm in hierarchy.

Yes I'm the same as @Mantlemoose. I read the OP and thought hmmm, but you want a hierarchy, older dogs teach younger dogs and correct bad behaviour.

We have fourteen working dogs, in outside kennels, and I have four terrier dogs in house. Toys are just toys. They have grumbles, but sort it out. We have only ever once had a escalation type problem and it was a spaniel taking on a collie. Not sure what had gone on but they were separated and never did it again.

Just leave them to it. On the rare occasion a toy is causing issues I have just taken it away and hidden it for a while.

I currently have a mature adult dog and 18 month old rolling around the floor playing together with a rope toy; there is one end in each mouth and the younger dog has just towed the older dog across the floor.

Very few disagreements over toys.

I let them get on with it. When we have foster puppies, the other dogs will tell them off for taking things sometimes and thats great - the pups need to learn from other dogs

@Sprig1

Just leave them to it. On the rare occasion a toy is causing issues I have just taken it away and hidden it for a while.

This is what we do. Most of the time they work it out but if it causes hassle nobody gets it.

With the ‘leave them to it’ comments, do you mean literally leave them to it as in stop redirecting the puppy onto a different toy when current dog is playing with a toy?
As in just let the puppy try and play with current dogs toy knowing he’ll be corrected?

Or do you mean carry on as I am but let the older one correct if the puppy attempts to steal?

The first. Totally don't get involved.

Let older correct younger.

Let the older dog sort it out.

We have a 5 yr old and a 9 month old. With toys I completely leave them to it and they often grumble and steal from each other but it all works out fine. The older dog is weird about specific treats eg rice bones - he will insist on swapping and generally the puppy ends up with none. I do intervene in that and I just keep on swapping the bones till they settle with one each

yup, leave them to sort themselves out. Dogs can teach other dogs manners way better than we can. We've two dogs, the older tells the younger off if she steals his ball. It was the same with the dog we had before-she taught him manners.
Only get involved if a dog is being bullied or bitten.
When playing with a toy, I do tend to ensure they both get a 'turn' or have their own. Otherwise dogs will be dogs!

When playing with a toy, I do tend to ensure they both get a 'turn' or have their own. Otherwise dogs will be dogs!
This is my concern, when MIL brought a puppy the older one did not correct at all and now the younger dog is an absolute terror.

The older dog cannot have any toys at all because the younger one just comes over and takes it straight away.