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Yikes! Good luck. I agree with the hatted dog. Take his food away till he minds.

 

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I do pick up his food. I set it back down when he stands quietly, and say "good boy" As soon as the bowl is down, he's back in protective mode, I push him away if there is any aggression, I then reprimand him, and I pick it back up. It usually takes at least 15 min for him to eat his cup of food. I am really concerned that me trying to alleviate the problem, will make him even more desperate to get at the bowls, and inflate his aggression.

When you push him away, do you use your arms or your legs?

Just curious, b/c our trainer said that when dealing with a dog, you're supposed to use your body/legs, b/c that's how the other dogs would do it. That way he starts to see you as an Alpha.

 

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JMO but taking away food after it's been put down and trying alpha rolls and poking is just overstimulating a stubborn dog. IMO you're just feeding the fire. Not knowing your dog from Adam I would say in this situation I would use the next feeding opportunity to teach instead of 'teasing' him and feeding his frustration. In the next feeding I would hand feed without the bowl all together and when he gets rough close my hand and the second he shows some subsidence open my hand again. All without emotion or energy.

JMO of course.
Paula

Oooh, good idea.

 

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That's the way the second feeding goes, when I hand feed him. He's a bit too small to use my legs to move him, I just my hands and forearm.

Can you try getting on the ground with him and using your body?

 

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Can you perhaps lay on your belly and make snake noises then?




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