Going in for the steal

We have a lot of antlers lying around for the dogs to chew on and there always seems to be a favorite that everyone else wants.  The rest tend to lie there unloved until they get their turn at being the "best antler ever!" for a day.

Langley sitting back and coveting Neah's antler

Neah tends to like the antlers more than the other dogs in the house do and she will usually get a couple and go lay down on a dog bed to have a good chew.

Her and Langley have a game going where he will steal whichever the "best antler ever!" is for that particular day and back and forth the antler goes.  If Langley doesn't realize Neah wants to play this game, she'll go up to him with the antler, push it on the side of his mouth and then walk back nonchalantly to her bed and get back to chewing. 

Of course Langley usually takes the challenge.  Sometimes the end up walking around, each with 1/2 the antler in their mouth hoping the other will loosen their hold on it a bit. Rarely do either of them get grumbly about - it's all part of the fun. 

In this video Neah was tired of the game and just wanted her 2 favorite antlers for awhile.  Langley, after several failed attempts to get the one in her mouth snuck in to steal the small one in front of her.  Neah calmly set her current antler down and went over to claim her second choice. 

I probably should have just left them to figure it out on their own but I felt bad for Langley at this point and ended up putting them both in their crates - each with an antler - so they could just quietly chew for awhile.  As expected, Langley wasn't really interested in chewing - he just wanted what Neah had.  So he took a good nap while Neah chewed in peace.