I'm not sure how to condense this into a short post,but will try

I have 2 female cavs,one is extremely bossy,the other is very submissive. They get along great in every way,except when it comes to bones chew treats etc.

I will give them both a bone and Milly(bossy one) will chew on her's for a minute or so and then walk over to Jess and want her's too,she will sit next to her and cry and whinge until jess gives her's up,which she always does, then Milly will take her's and go back and SIT on her original bone and proceed to eat jess's,there has NEVER been any aggression between the two. If there are chew treats or bones that have lied around for a while, as soon as Jess show's any interest in one Milly wants it! Milly reminds me of a 2 year old spoilt brat who always wants what the other child has! I feel so sorry for Jess,if i tell Milly off when she's annoying her Jess will give her's up anyway,it seems like she doesn't to see her pal get old off???? If i take jess's bone away from Milly to give it back to her she wont take it

Is there any way i can re-train her,does anyone else have a dog like this? Milly is 3 and Jess is 6,Mil has been like this from day 1 !

To be hones if it isn't bothering Jess leave the status quo as it is, as they are getting on. there is no fair in dog relationships, there is the boss and the underdog and that is it in most instances, and the bigger the difference in character the better as fights are then avoided.

If you really want the submissive one to enjoy a treat without it being pinched give it to her in a crate or another room, but do not try to elevate her status, as then the bossy one will feel she has to assert herself even more.

Thanks for your reply :) I dont want to elevate her status,i just want her to enjoy a treat in piece without having to look over her shoulder constantly. Putting them in seperate rooms wouldn't work as they would be scratching to get out to me the whole time. I call them my velcro dogs :rolleyes: I dont use crates.
I guess like you said it musn't bother her that much or else she would stand up for herself,jess is the least food orientated dog i know!

I have exactly the same thing and I used to to with my two cavs when they were alive.  Now I have a Rottie x GSD Girl and a JR boy.  Never an ounce of agression to each other but whatever the boy has, toy or otherwise the big lump has to come and pull it away. She just uses her weight and size to get it off him.  Eventually though they will often end up laying on the floor with one end each
I leave them to get on with it and don't interfere, yes you do feel for the little lad, but if he gets too deperate for it he will take it behind the sofa where the girl can't fit.

Bev

I think, if this was me, I would hold both chews or bones and have a dog on each side of me, chewing.  So there could be no swapping.  Or I would crate one dog and give her the bone in the crate.  Or separate them in different rooms. 

I have a bitch very similar to this, she will quite happily take bones or chews from all my other dogs surround herself with them and leave the others with none, she is not the Alpha female and my Alpha is the only one she will not take from (she wouldn't dare) my other dogs allow her to do it, but I can see in their eyes they would like them back.

It is not a behaviour that I see as a problem, I just quite simply give the other dogs another one and allow my 'bone collector' bitch to have the others, she is happy with 4 (greedy guts) and does not attempt to get any more. If it caused in-house fighting I would spend time sorting it out, but in my case and yours it does not, so just give your other Cav another bone as I do. :-)

My 2 boys were like this as youngsters (before they fell out). I would give each one a treat, and look up 2 minutes later to find Henry sitting on one and chewing the other, and George looking on in a sad and patient manner. In the end I gave up giving them long term chewing treats, they just get biscuit treats that only take a few seconds to crunch up.

Thankyou all for your responses :)

LOL Lyssa i would end up giving her 20 bones if i replaced them each time BB took one,i doubt she would ever give up!

Hi,
Yes! I have a bitch the same. In the begining, like a child When she had acquired both bones, I would transfer the other bone back. At first it became a game, which was anoying, they do get tired of it. But! like Brainless said I now give the older bitch her's in her cage. Yes! they do act like spoilt brat's but, most are.

Sounds just like my eldest dog. They seem to get along well so I just ignore it. The other 2 dogs seem to ignore her too and just let her get along with it. Sooner that than 1 challenging.

Our youngest bitch is the same yet she is not the dominant bitch!  It is usually our older dominant bitch she will pinch the treats off.  The old lady will let her 80 per cent of the time until she decides enough is enough and one sharp snarl from her has the younger one retreating very sharply and very quickly back the way she came.  Our youngest is changing her luck, she knows her place in the pack but dogs will be dogs!  As long as there is no real nastiness I wouldnt bother with them.  If anything gets too heated, I take all treats away until another time.  Our old lady is so laid back it just isnt true.  Its when you see them snuggled up together in the same bed few hours later you realise there is no nastiness or competition there, just a cheeky youngster!
Neeva