Dogs - how to address food aggression issues?

Morrigoon · 10-14-2011, 09:18 PM

You would have thought after all this time, that this wouldn't rear its ugly head now. Gidget has, understandably (being a rescue who was on the street for god knows how long) some food protectiveness issues, and there have been times when she wouldn't release an item on demand.

But tonight, I went to take a bone away from her, and she actually growled at us. We can't allow her to get the idea that that behavior is okay, but how do you "train out" food aggression issues?

10-14-2011, 09:18 PM	#1
Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	Dogs - how to address food aggression issues? You would have thought after all this time, that this wouldn't rear its ugly head now. Gidget has, understandably (being a rescue who was on the street for god knows how long) some food protectiveness issues, and there have been times when she wouldn't release an item on demand. But tonight, I went to take a bone away from her, and she actually growled at us. We can't allow her to get the idea that that behavior is okay, but how do you "train out" food aggression issues? __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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