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Litter training is actually pretty easy. You just put the pan where their water and food is, and provide them some cover so they don't have to worry about some hawk (inside the house? Whatever...) while they do their business.
They'll still poop pretty much everywhere, but they only pee in their litter pan.
We had to strap the pans down with Velcro or they'll flip them over. We also use small bedding pads in the pans rather than the other litter options. When it needs to be changed, you put the pad in the wash, wipe out the pan, and put a fresh pad in.
The rumble strutting is, like many guinea pig things, adorably ridiculous. It couldn't possibly impress anyone but a guinea pig.
Our girls don't argue too much, but they take turns being in a mood. For a few days one will rumble strut and chase the other one away any time they get close, then it will quiet down. Then some time later it will switch and it will be the other girl's turn to be the mean girl.
My daughter has an emotional support guinea pig. He's the one who introduced us to how amazing guinea pigs could be. When he went with my daughter to college, we needed to fill the void so we got the girls.
He was surrendered from a house with 30 guinea pigs, and adopted out specifically as a solitary pig. He was so abused by his brothers that he didn't tolerate the presence of other guinea pigs. His ears are torn and he has scars on his belly from the abuse. Because he doesn't want to be around other guinea pigs, my daughter is his herd. I guess he's hers too.