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so, i had some friends over for a few days and they brought their dog with them, a 2yo neutered male golden doodle. He is a great dog, but he has some behavior issues that I wasn't really prepared for and I am wondering how you address a dog's behavior when you don't know him? Moki was dominant toward my dog, Clover, which was fine with me, I feel like dogs need to work out their own relationships. Then I noticed that Moki was starting to boss his people around a bit. Nothing very aggressive, but he solicits attention, on his terms, will take toys/food if he wants it and from counter tops/tables etc. Moki also has some possessiveness over toys and chew treats. I let my friends know my observations and they were somewhat open to them, but insisted that they had been consistant with training Moki. I made a few standard suggestions about his behavior that they said they would try out. For the most part, Moki was a great guest, but how do you handle it when someone else's dog needs to be reminded/corrected/ or distracted from something? Do think it is inappropriate to do so yourself? I gave both dogs chewie treats and they were very good with them until Moki finished his first and then took Clover's away. At the time, I decided that Moki had been making enough decisions about who got what so I calmly took the treat back and did some body blocking without saying anything to Moki. It only took him a couple of tries to realize that I was not going to allow him the treat, and he gave up, it was very calm...but should I have suggested that my friends do this instead?
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