Here are a few simple exercises to establish yourself as pack leader.
Make them do something before you feed them. sit, shake, whatever. I tell them wait, and set the food down and they cannot eat before I say ok. I guard it with my hand until they are all calm. I have 8 of them eating out of the same bowls. Never had a fight over food.
another exercise. walk towards them and make them back up, don't let them dart past you. Stand erect shoulders back and look them in the eye.
I have one that will be territorial towards my lap. When she does that, I hold the other dog and tell the territorial one that she (the other dog) is mine. I nip at her with my fingers and say "No Mine". |