Comments on: How To Reduce a Dog’s Food Aggression

By: kris

kris — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:57:16 +0000

My 9 mos old puppy has been food guarding lately. We make sure never to give food from the table, but only his dish. He does though like to snack on the things that spill from my kids lack of coordination. I think what Chet said about swapping out one thing for something better is great. We are working on that with toys my pup gets that aren’t his. There is a book called “Mine!” about food guarding that I am starting to read and will follow for my guy. Slowly letting him know that I am the giver of food. Sorry can’t think of anything else other than the book and make sure your family stops giving food from the table. Bad for dog on many levels.

By: Chelsea

Chelsea — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:52:36 +0000

I’ve got two cockers and they’ve been fixed and know both of those commands. Both have been completely fine with one another and their food sharing but lately when it comes to human food my female has become aggressive. Everyone in my family spoils her with scraps when I’m not looking and because of that I believe she has become greedy. She stole a loaf of bread from the pantry tonight (someone left the door open -.-) and when we tried to take it from her, she whipped herself around and used her body to shield it while continuing to wolf it all down. Then my male got too close and she snapped on him. She left the food and attacked! I was completely shocked! Generally my male shows a bit of dominance and my girl is more than happy to submit but tonight…Wow. It was a full on dog fight and my mom had to wrestle my female away before anything serious happened. I don’t know what to do right now. She’s been through loads of obedience training and is generally a well behaved pup. And she isn’t aggressive when it comes to dog food. In fact, she waits until my male has eaten his fill and THEN she eats. What can I do?

By: Gail Arnold

Gail Arnold — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:44:03 +0000

I tried the technique in your video re. hiding the treat and only givingit when the dog stays in her bed.
I have agranddoggy I inherited from my daughter. She was not well trained and is now a 5 year olf cocker. I love her dearly but she displays every bad behavior you ever mention.
She will wait a few moments after I cover the treat, but I have to give her a verbal command and popint to get her back in her bed.
Any suggestions.
Gail