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@new_believer I'm glad you're doing so much work with him! Sounds like he has a great owner. :) Resource guarding can stem from fear of losing the item, that is true! One way we practice that with our dogs is to have two equal value toys (sometimes it's two of the same toy) and we play with one...

@new_believer I'd definitely supervise them in the future, just to be on the safe side. If the dogs are playing now, that's good. It could've been a sleep startle--our two dogs have had a brief spat because one startled the other one awake. Resource guarding is an important issue to work on...

@otherpsychotichalf In addition to other suggestions, buy a baby doll and act like it's the real thing. Play baby sounds on your phone--crying especially. Do some in-house desensitizing with these. :) if you want to dig for it, there's a "It's me or the dog" episode with Victoria Stillwell that...