Kimiko has started resource guarding (kinda)
She guards food, but not her own, she guards Kiyomi's food.... from the cat...
Every morning I feed the dogs in their crates. When they are done I let them out, with Kiyomi(Shiba), since she doesn't normally finish I'll just lock her crate door closed. Kiyomi can unlock her crate, so she is free to go open the door and eat whenever she wants. Sometimes Kiyomi will go open it, eat a little, then walk away. When this happens Mr. Willson(cat) takes this as an opportunity for him to have some dog food. As soon as Kimiko(Shikoku/Laika) hears a crunch from the cat eating the food, she runs over and pushes him away from it, then lays down by the cage and makes sure he doesn't eat any more of it. She doesn't ever hurt him, so it isn't something I'm worried about. I just think its adorable. She's like "This isn't your food! It's Kiyomi's!"
And just because, here is a picture of Mr. Willson drinking Kimiko's water~
Every morning I feed the dogs in their crates. When they are done I let them out, with Kiyomi(Shiba), since she doesn't normally finish I'll just lock her crate door closed. Kiyomi can unlock her crate, so she is free to go open the door and eat whenever she wants. Sometimes Kiyomi will go open it, eat a little, then walk away. When this happens Mr. Willson(cat) takes this as an opportunity for him to have some dog food. As soon as Kimiko(Shikoku/Laika) hears a crunch from the cat eating the food, she runs over and pushes him away from it, then lays down by the cage and makes sure he doesn't eat any more of it. She doesn't ever hurt him, so it isn't something I'm worried about. I just think its adorable. She's like "This isn't your food! It's Kiyomi's!"
And just because, here is a picture of Mr. Willson drinking Kimiko's water~
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Like jumping and putting her paws on the counter, it was so cute the first time she did it... Not as cute when I'm trying to prepare dinner. Lol
I have 2 shikoku and 4 cats. As puppies, the shikoku always had the feeding time and then the dishes were picked up (to especially help with house breaking). But because the 2 shikoku really love each other and show no resource guarding with each other, I started leaving their food down all the time and they could eat when they want. Often they eat together out of the same dish even if I have 2 dishes of food. Both dogs are very good keepers and never overeat and are in good weight.
Well, our cats will also eat the dog food sometimes. Kuma will sometimes trot up and push the cat's head out of the dish. If he is in the other room, he will come in from far away if he hears the cats in his/Sachi's dish. I worried at first, but he was always very gentle with the cat, never ever aggressive. And it never escalated. So now I do not worry.
So, if Kimiko were mine, I would just observe her and see how she is with Mr Wilson. Having watched your play videos, they obviously like each other and she is gentle with him in play. If she is gentle with him at the dish....well, I wouldn't worry too much. Especially if she is a light eater and in good weight (not heavy).
Each dog is unique. When I get another shikoku (soon), I may very well go back to timed feedings and dishes up after 10 minutes.
And just because it's cute, here are 2 videos of the dogs with the cats at the dishes
He's lucky he's such an adorable cat.
I could probably keep going with his dog-like mannerisms, but I think you get the point. lol I'm on a mid-watch right now and won't be home from work till about 0630, I just know there will be trash everywhere when I walk in...