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01-09-2008, 07:11 PM | #1 |
Slave to Princess Chloe Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: NJ
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| Help!!! Aggressive Eating Behavior Hi my fellow YTers!! I have an urgent Qs. My friend's dog (Corgi) is acting very aggressive when his mom tries to take the dish from him. Here is the story..... She told me whenever she tries to take away his dish (for whatever reason), he will make the "wu wu wu" noise (like he is not happy that she is taking his dish away from him). He will also bark and try to bite her!! My friend is scared of his big teeth!! My friend really worries that he will become too aggressive and want to stop this aggressive behavior. So, does anyone out there have this problem?? If so, how to teach your furbaby not to act that way? Thanks!!! |
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01-09-2008, 07:16 PM | #2 |
Slave to My Rug-Rats Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Long Island
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| Try this: Have her eat something first, right in front of him - like a bite or 2 of a carrot or something. This will show that SHE is the alpha leader and SHE is in control and eats first. Then have her tell him to sit, once he does the sit command, then tell him good boy and give him his food. |
01-10-2008, 09:21 AM | #3 | |
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Thanks!! I will let her know. Anymore advises from anyone?? Please!! | |
01-10-2008, 09:25 AM | #4 |
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| Just as TLC said, she needs to practice "nothing in life is free". He has to do something for your friend before he eats because your friend is the boss. She could leave her hand in the bowl also (if she is okay with it) and say "NO" when the dog growls or nips and put the food up for a few minutes and try again.
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01-10-2008, 09:28 AM | #5 |
Lovin' every minute Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Wisconsin
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| Good Advice!! |
01-10-2008, 09:30 AM | #6 |
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| When she walks over to him and reaches down, have her feed him a treat (a good one!) rather than taking his dish. Repeat for a few days at each meal. Then try to take the dish WHILE feeding him the treat. If that works, repeat for a few days. Then try taking the dish. You basically teach the dog that someone reaching over and taking your stuff is good because it means you get a treat too.
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01-10-2008, 09:52 AM | #7 |
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| My friend asked...if he starts growls, should she still take away his dish or not? she worrys he might bit her if she take it away from him.... |
01-10-2008, 10:26 AM | #8 |
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| My understanding from reading training articles is that you don't want to force the dog to bite. A dog usually growls before a bite. So many people discourage a growl that dogs will just bit out of nowhere. I mean, if the dog growls and you keep threatening it, his only recourse is to bite. (Many dogs will do an air bite/snap where they don't intend to actually bite you but it's a warning) I say, if the dog growls, she did too much too fast and she needs to back off. The dog is doing what it's instinct is telling him - protecting his resource. That doesn't mean it's OK, but we can't reason with the dog. We need to teach him to trust us and learn that it's OK if we take his stuff. There are a lot of books out there on resource guarding.
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01-10-2008, 11:42 AM | #9 | |
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So, when a dog starts to growl, we should back up? | |
01-10-2008, 11:49 AM | #10 | |
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The Gift of Growl
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01-10-2008, 11:50 AM | #11 | |
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01-10-2008, 12:52 PM | #12 |
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| I have read that before and it's great advise. Buddy, out of the blue, went after me one night when I picked up his bowl to wash it. Chased be across the kitchen and had me up against the stove. I was in complete shock! Then I got mad and went after him. I wanted to pull his ears off he scared me so much. I did some research on this and all the advise given here is exactally what I did. I ate something, giving him a piece telling him what a good boy he was. I fixed his food and held it in my hand and made him sit and look at me. He knows these commands to begin with. When he did I praised him and placed the bowl down telling him what a good boy he was. I did wait until he left the kitchen before picking up the bowl ( yes I was scared) and we continued that. It's been two years and I still do the same thing. Now he actually comes to me for praise when he finishes his food. It never fails. I pet him and praise him. You can change his behavior it just needs work and patience. They might be small but a bite is a bite. |
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