It's Mine!
A very nice Lhasa person asked me, just the other day, about the toy thing with Lhasas. She wanted to know if it was a breed trait. You could say that. The thing is, Lhasas tend to be very possessive. Not only of toys but of everything they consider to be theirs, including humans.
Toys are one of the more noticeable expressions of this possessiveness, but it is also apparent in many other areas if you are alert to it. At our house, we have a large tub of Lhasa toys. Now you would think that with three small Lhasas and a very large tub stuffed full of various toys, there would not be a problem Think again! Each and every one want a single toy...the one someone else already has. It does not matter who is the first to select a toy or what toy is chosen, all three want it and they want it now. They bark, they grumble, they nip, they make every effort to steal it from its current possessor. Why? Because it is there and they do not have it at the moment.
My entire house is literally covered with toys all of the time, wall to wall. They are not using all of them all of the time, they just want them close by so they can watch them and, hopefully, prevent brother or sister from gaining possession of one. They are divided into three camps, each one containing the specific toys that each Lhasa has been able to acquire, by fair means or foul.
Every morning, Mom picks up all of the toys and returns them to the tub. Boy is this an unpopular chore! Three Lhasas descend on the tub the second Mom finishes filling it with the toys. An immediate free for all ensues as each one attempts to again acquire possession of as many toys as possible and deposit them safely in their particular territory. It is rather amusing to see all three Lhasas sitting in a line watching impatiently and ready to leap the minute Mom walks away from the tub, but it is a daily occurrence.
The same thing happens with chewies. No matter how many chewies are available, they all want the same one and will do the grumble and steal bit every chance they get. Even if all of the chewies, or a least one apiece, are brand new, right out of the package, the result is the same. They all try to gain possession of a single chewy, leaving the others lay unnoticed. Unless, of course, one of them happens to decide to content themselves with a different chewy while waiting for their chance to steal the original. Then the same melee starts with this chewy.
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