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03-13-2011, 01:09 PM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker | Agressive behavor Sophie is eight months old and has lived with my male yorkie bishon. Last week I got a male yorkie Bo. He is three pounds and three months old. Sophie has started becoming food agressive and I dont know what to do. She also seems to guard me from the other two. Whats up with this????? |
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03-13-2011, 05:27 PM | #2 |
Ringo (1) and Lucy too! Donating Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: On the Edge of Glory
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| You can eliminate any food issues by taking the easy way out and feeding them separately. That's what I did - otherwise, Ringo would have had ALL the food when Lucy first came home. Sounds like she may be jealous of the new arrival. Perhaps give her some special attention so she doesn't feel insecure about losing her status in the house. Try note to pay more attention to the puppy than you do to her right now. I know that's hard when you have a new little one. If she continues her guarding behavior - especially with you - I'd put her in another room for a little while. We did that with Ringo when he started getting possessive of me, usually of an evening. If he growled at her while on my lap, then he had to get off my lap. It really didn't take him long to figure out that good things happened (playtime, treats, walks) when we all got along. Good Luck.
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03-14-2011, 02:56 AM | #3 |
Between♥Suspensions Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Vaissades
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| I had this issue when adding two to my pack...pet her when she eats treat the food aggression with him the same as you..Scoobers will still growl a bit when Princess gets too close I remind him, verbally and sometimes go and pet him. Princess is a naughty food hoarder though she will over eat and finish other's food. All of my dogs have their own bowl and are only fed from their same own bowl I never switch them or move them from the order they are in they know which bowl is theirs and everyone knows who to be next to on the right or left to get their food. Start this now and stay on it consistency is key. At the first sign of aggression do not remove all the food remove the food from the one showing aggression and remove the one showing aggression...aggression in any manner earns a time out...one minute removed from the situation in another room It seems to me you don't really have a food aggression issue you have a territory issue she was there first everything was hers first and food is going to be guarded foremost above all else but you may see toys, favorite spot affection also become an issue if you do not stop aggression now. You may need to have separate feeders in separate places, but try to deal with the issue by the above and being right there to intervene immediately during feeding times.
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03-14-2011, 04:49 AM | #4 | |
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03-14-2011, 05:24 PM | #5 |
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| I am so lucky that I don't have food guarding issues. Well, I didn't anyway. I have switched from free feed to homecooking. Remy is the slowest eater, sometimes Bailey (fastest eater) will go to "check" out how she is doing after he finishes. Remy will make a gerrrrr sound, then she will let him have some of her food. She is 4.5 labs bailey is 26 lbs. so I try very hard not to laugh. I have issues with Sammy guarding a toy. He will take one and go to sleep with his paw on it... Of course at that point Remy (being a yorkie has to have the toy Sammy has) tries to get it. She will just take toys from Bailey, but she is a little afraid of Sammy. It is funny. If Sammy growled at her I remove him from the room, but so far it is just the paw.
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