Comments on: How to stop my dog’s aggressive behaviour with other dogs when feeding? http://www.mainewebsolutions.com/02/how-to-stop-my-dogs-aggressive-behaviour-with-other-dogs-when-feeding/ The "How Do I ?" Site Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:13:24 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: MamaBas http://www.mainewebsolutions.com/02/how-to-stop-my-dogs-aggressive-behaviour-with-other-dogs-when-feeding/comment-page-1/#comment-1388 MamaBas Sat, 25 Jul 2009 12:13:12 +0000 http://www.mainewebsolutions.com/dogs/how-to-stop-my-dogs-aggressive-behaviour-with-other-dogs-when-feeding/#comment-1388 Your answer with the competitive issues between these dogs is to feed them separately!! I've had any number of inside dogs, living as a pack, and the only way I could deal with the potential for this was to feed them in the same place always. And I put the bowls down in the same order, calling their names each time. If I didn't do this, most likely it would have been chaos, although I never gave them the opportunity to find out. Common sense. However what I did insist on was them allowing me to pick up their bowls, at any time. This extends to giving up treats, bones etc - which is essential in case they get into something they really should be into. Although what happened with your friend should never have happened, you do need to respect a dog at feeding time and it's quite possible that your ***** saw your friend as 'another dog' coming at her bowl, and acted instinctively. Again, common sense. Your answer with the competitive issues between these dogs is to feed them separately!! I’ve had any number of inside dogs, living as a pack, and the only way I could deal with the potential for this was to feed them in the same place always. And I put the bowls down in the same order, calling their names each time. If I didn’t do this, most likely it would have been chaos, although I never gave them the opportunity to find out. Common sense.

However what I did insist on was them allowing me to pick up their bowls, at any time. This extends to giving up treats, bones etc – which is essential in case they get into something they really should be into.

Although what happened with your friend should never have happened, you do need to respect a dog at feeding time and it’s quite possible that your ***** saw your friend as ‘another dog’ coming at her bowl, and acted instinctively. Again, common sense.

]]> By: papaw http://www.mainewebsolutions.com/02/how-to-stop-my-dogs-aggressive-behaviour-with-other-dogs-when-feeding/comment-page-1/#comment-1387 papaw Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:56:04 +0000 http://www.mainewebsolutions.com/dogs/how-to-stop-my-dogs-aggressive-behaviour-with-other-dogs-when-feeding/#comment-1387 Feed the dog alone!!!DUH! Feed the dog alone!!!DUH!

]]> By: Joni http://www.mainewebsolutions.com/02/how-to-stop-my-dogs-aggressive-behaviour-with-other-dogs-when-feeding/comment-page-1/#comment-1386 Joni Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:53:26 +0000 http://www.mainewebsolutions.com/dogs/how-to-stop-my-dogs-aggressive-behaviour-with-other-dogs-when-feeding/#comment-1386 yeah, i've the same problem as you do, but since i get dog personal trainer, i don't have any problem again with that. source : yeah, i’ve the same problem as you do,
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]]> By: Jennifer http://www.mainewebsolutions.com/02/how-to-stop-my-dogs-aggressive-behaviour-with-other-dogs-when-feeding/comment-page-1/#comment-1385 Jennifer Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:57:37 +0000 http://www.mainewebsolutions.com/dogs/how-to-stop-my-dogs-aggressive-behaviour-with-other-dogs-when-feeding/#comment-1385 What other dogs? Yours? If they aren't yours and you are feeding them she feels like she may be getting left out and your attention is on another dog. She doesn't like that, but YOU are the alpha. Your friend should not have put his/her hand near her food and for what reason? Buy a soft muzzle. If she is trained that well, put the muzzle on and make her watch the others eat and make her stay sitting. If she barks, use a loud noise to distract her and make her hush and then always praise and love when she does well. Feeding her afterwards. The human biting is a problem, big time. Again, your friend should have not messed with her food, he isn't her alpha. So you can avoid that by feeding her yourself and then, make her eat out of your hand three or four times and then put her bowl down. Pet her, touch her. If she growls or snaps, take the food up and muzzle for 10 minutes. You need to be consistent on this until YOU can put your hand in her bowl while she is eating and she won't skip a beat. Be consistent, use the same command words so she doesn't confuse them and in every part of your daily routine, let her know you RULE. What other dogs? Yours? If they aren’t yours and you are feeding them she feels like she may be getting left out and your attention is on another dog. She doesn’t like that, but YOU are the alpha. Your friend should not have put his/her hand near her food and for what reason? Buy a soft muzzle. If she is trained that well, put the muzzle on and make her watch the others eat and make her stay sitting. If she barks, use a loud noise to distract her and make her hush and then always praise and love when she does well. Feeding her afterwards. The human biting is a problem, big time. Again, your friend should have not messed with her food, he isn’t her alpha. So you can avoid that by feeding her yourself and then, make her eat out of your hand three or four times and then put her bowl down. Pet her, touch her. If she growls or snaps, take the food up and muzzle for 10 minutes. You need to be consistent on this until YOU can put your hand in her bowl while she is eating and she won’t skip a beat. Be consistent, use the same command words so she doesn’t confuse them and in every part of your daily routine, let her know you RULE.

]]> By: rescue member http://www.mainewebsolutions.com/02/how-to-stop-my-dogs-aggressive-behaviour-with-other-dogs-when-feeding/comment-page-1/#comment-1384 rescue member Wed, 22 Jul 2009 05:50:54 +0000 http://www.mainewebsolutions.com/dogs/how-to-stop-my-dogs-aggressive-behaviour-with-other-dogs-when-feeding/#comment-1384 She obviously needs to be fed more and I would feed her separately from the other dogs. Why would your friend be dumb enough to go to her food container? That's just stupid, especially with a food aggressive dog. Feed her more, feed her away from the other dogs and leave her to eat in peace - eventually she will realize that there is enough food for her and calm down. I have gone through this with several foster dogs I took in, they fear that food is not always forthcoming and so they are food aggressive. Give them enough food at regular times and eventually they get over it when they realize they will always be fed and no one is going to take away from them. Please, make sure your friends don't take it on themselves to interfere with the dog's food either. She obviously needs to be fed more and I would feed her separately from the other dogs.

Why would your friend be dumb enough to go to her food container? That’s just stupid, especially with a food aggressive dog.

Feed her more, feed her away from the other dogs and leave her to eat in peace – eventually she will realize that there is enough food for her and calm down. I have gone through this with several foster dogs I took in, they fear that food is not always forthcoming and so they are food aggressive.
Give them enough food at regular times and eventually they get over it when they realize they will always be fed and no one is going to take away from them.

Please, make sure your friends don’t take it on themselves to interfere with the dog’s food either.

]]> By: ξ Bindi § Say no to HR669 http://www.mainewebsolutions.com/02/how-to-stop-my-dogs-aggressive-behaviour-with-other-dogs-when-feeding/comment-page-1/#comment-1383 ξ Bindi § Say no to HR669 Sun, 19 Jul 2009 07:58:40 +0000 http://www.mainewebsolutions.com/dogs/how-to-stop-my-dogs-aggressive-behaviour-with-other-dogs-when-feeding/#comment-1383 The dog issue is easy, quit feeding her with the other dogs. As for her guarding the container from a person that needs to be addressed. You need to get the help of a behaviorist I would also look into the book MINE! by Jean Donaldson which deals with resource guarding. Pushy dogs should not be rewarded. If you reward pushiness you get pushiness. A pushy, bully dog gets to wait and needs to do so patiently before it is rewarded. Reward appropriate non-pushy behavior and you get appropriate non-pushy behavior. The dog issue is easy, quit feeding her with the other dogs.

As for her guarding the container from a person that needs to be addressed. You need to get the help of a behaviorist

I would also look into the book MINE! by Jean Donaldson which deals with resource guarding.

Pushy dogs should not be rewarded. If you reward pushiness you get pushiness. A pushy, bully dog gets to wait and needs to do so patiently before it is rewarded. Reward appropriate non-pushy behavior and you get appropriate non-pushy behavior.

]]> By: RodiKenley http://www.mainewebsolutions.com/02/how-to-stop-my-dogs-aggressive-behaviour-with-other-dogs-when-feeding/comment-page-1/#comment-1382 RodiKenley Sun, 19 Jul 2009 03:46:48 +0000 http://www.mainewebsolutions.com/dogs/how-to-stop-my-dogs-aggressive-behaviour-with-other-dogs-when-feeding/#comment-1382 She probably should be fed first then. Otherwise, have her go chase a frisbee or just leave her outside until you're done hand-feeding the others, or feed them all the same amount pretty much, each taking a turn. She probably should be fed first then. Otherwise, have her go chase a frisbee or just leave her outside until you’re done hand-feeding the others, or feed them all the same amount pretty much, each taking a turn.

]]> By: *Future Puppy Owner* http://www.mainewebsolutions.com/02/how-to-stop-my-dogs-aggressive-behaviour-with-other-dogs-when-feeding/comment-page-1/#comment-1381 *Future Puppy Owner* Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:27:49 +0000 http://www.mainewebsolutions.com/dogs/how-to-stop-my-dogs-aggressive-behaviour-with-other-dogs-when-feeding/#comment-1381 Well I dont know how to stop it, but I know a soulution. Get a crate, if you already have one, get another, put in the room that is least busy, when you are feeding the other dogs put her in there, when the other dogs are done eating, let her out and feed her, if she snarls or tries to bite anyone or the other dogs, put her in that crate for ten minutes. Well I dont know how to stop it, but I know a soulution.
Get a crate, if you already have one, get another, put in the room that is least busy, when you are feeding the other dogs put her in there, when the other dogs are done eating, let her out and feed her, if she snarls or tries to bite anyone or the other dogs, put her in that crate for ten minutes.

]]> By: Krissii http://www.mainewebsolutions.com/02/how-to-stop-my-dogs-aggressive-behaviour-with-other-dogs-when-feeding/comment-page-1/#comment-1380 Krissii Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:01:13 +0000 http://www.mainewebsolutions.com/dogs/how-to-stop-my-dogs-aggressive-behaviour-with-other-dogs-when-feeding/#comment-1380 My 18 month old Border Collie cross has some food aggression issues. Only to other dogs, though, and rightly enough- If another person ate off of my plate, I'd rip their frigging hand off. Having said that, aggression to people is unacceptable, and invading another dogs space is unacceptable. The food is yours, the house is yours, every bit of the ground that dog is on is a privilege, because it belongs to you. My dogs own nothing at all, no matter what they think. They relinquish whatever is in their mouth when I say Mine no matter how yummy it may be. My two dogs are fed seperately because my older dog believes he has the right to eat the younger dogs' food, and the younger dog tries to eat him. They can see each other, but they cannot get to each other because I block the path. I would get in a behaviourist to fix the aggressive behaviours. In the meantime, feed to dogs in seperate rooms, and don't allow the dog anywhere near his food unless you want him there. In my house, under my roof, aggressive dogs go without until they calm down and learn some manners. My dogs learnt pretty damn fast that attacking each other just meant they didn't get fed. Teach your dogs that Nothing In Life Is Free, and they earn the right to eat your food. My 18 month old Border Collie cross has some food aggression issues. Only to other dogs, though, and rightly enough- If another person ate off of my plate, I’d rip their frigging hand off. Having said that, aggression to people is unacceptable, and invading another dogs space is unacceptable. The food is yours, the house is yours, every bit of the ground that dog is on is a privilege, because it belongs to you. My dogs own nothing at all, no matter what they think. They relinquish whatever is in their mouth when I say Mine no matter how yummy it may be.

My two dogs are fed seperately because my older dog believes he has the right to eat the younger dogs’ food, and the younger dog tries to eat him. They can see each other, but they cannot get to each other because I block the path.
I would get in a behaviourist to fix the aggressive behaviours. In the meantime, feed to dogs in seperate rooms, and don’t allow the dog anywhere near his food unless you want him there. In my house, under my roof, aggressive dogs go without until they calm down and learn some manners. My dogs learnt pretty damn fast that attacking each other just meant they didn’t get fed. Teach your dogs that Nothing In Life Is Free, and they earn the right to eat your food.

]]> By: Another Planet http://www.mainewebsolutions.com/02/how-to-stop-my-dogs-aggressive-behaviour-with-other-dogs-when-feeding/comment-page-1/#comment-1379 Another Planet Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:35:53 +0000 http://www.mainewebsolutions.com/dogs/how-to-stop-my-dogs-aggressive-behaviour-with-other-dogs-when-feeding/#comment-1379 I have many Border Collies in the last 25 years and until recently I have never had one that was food possessive. I have fed her separately from my other dogs for 10 months because she would go into kill mode if another dog was in the room.I couldn't give my dogs treats either. I have used clicker training to cure her problem. I ask another dog to sit and click and reward that dog and reward her with my other hand at the same time.She understood that because the other dog obeyed it deserved a reward so she didn't show any aggression.She did give it a sideward glance though! I then rewarded her before the other dog but asked for a sit first.She needed to understand that dogs take turns in being asked to sit and being rewarded. Gradually I would ask for sit and reward her after the other dog. Now I can reward my dogs without aggression from her because she gets clicked and rewarded for not showing aggression. If you can't be bothered with all that I suggest you get a can of spray corrector and set her up and spray her for aggression.Works straight away and puts her in her place.After all she does all this because she is a bossy collie girl! I have many Border Collies in the last 25 years and until recently I have never had one that was food possessive.

I have fed her separately from my other dogs for 10 months because she would go into kill mode if another dog was in the room.I couldn’t give my dogs treats either.

I have used clicker training to cure her problem. I ask another dog to sit and click and reward that dog and reward her with my other hand at the same time.She understood that because the other dog obeyed it deserved a reward so she didn’t show any aggression.She did give it a sideward glance though!
I then rewarded her before the other dog but asked for a sit first.She needed to understand that dogs take turns in being asked to sit and being rewarded.
Gradually I would ask for sit and reward her after the other dog.
Now I can reward my dogs without aggression from her because she gets clicked and rewarded for not showing aggression.

If you can’t be bothered with all that I suggest you get a can of spray corrector and set her up and spray her for aggression.Works straight away and puts her in her place.After all she does all this because she is a bossy collie girl!

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