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luvmymonkies · 01-26-2006, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Thorsmomma

OKay ladies...Thank you thank you thank you. I take your opinions to heart and I am going to try SO hard to just leave him alone!!!......maybe just one belly rub

?! I do agree that his crate is his safe zone, so I guess that's all it is...me annoying him when he's trying to rest!!

You're sooo funny! You sound just like me!!

FirstYorkie · 01-26-2006, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Jenn218

I have issue with my guy growling and wanting to bite "attack" over food (sometimes). He knows that when he sees my hand "finger" coming toward his nose, that he was in the wrong. I never though of it as a dominance issue, but I guess it is.....did anyone have any suggestions for an aggressive furbaby?

What your little guy is doing is known as food guarding. You can work with him to overcome this. Here is an excellent article on what to do:
http://k9deb.com/foodguar.htm

Good luck!

Jenn218 · 01-26-2006, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by FirstYorkie

What your little guy is doing is known as food guarding. You can work with him to overcome this. Here is an excellent article on what to do:
http://k9deb.com/foodguar.htm

Good luck!

Thanks....I will check that out now. The strange thing is, he just started this recently....there are no other little ones here for him to worry about getting his food....I was wondering if maybe he was getting bored and this was his way of "playing" to eat his food....it is like he wants someone to be there, then he will growl, etc. and then he eats....maybe my little guy is just strange. HA!

Gio'sMamamia · 02-16-2006, 11:33 PM

Hello, my Giovanni has a growling problem too but not with his food. After a few minutes of playing with his toys he'll instead want to chew on me.When I tell him "no bite" and take my had away, he'll growl and chase after my hand or any other appendages he may have easy access to at the time. I replace my hand w/ a toy, but he'll ignore the toy and go straight for my hand.Il put him in timeout as well as ignore him, but nothing seems to work. I have thought of getting a trainer, but I just haven't the time to do so. So instead I need something to possibly remedy this in the meantime.

02-16-2006, 11:33 PM	#19
Gio'sMamamia Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: El Paso,Tx Posts: 31	Very Frustrated Hello, my Giovanni has a growling problem too but not with his food. After a few minutes of playing with his toys he'll instead want to chew on me.When I tell him "no bite" and take my had away, he'll growl and chase after my hand or any other appendages he may have easy access to at the time. I replace my hand w/ a toy, but he'll ignore the toy and go straight for my hand.Il put him in timeout as well as ignore him, but nothing seems to work. I have thought of getting a trainer, but I just haven't the time to do so. So instead I need something to possibly remedy this in the meantime.