JJ Belcher on How to Handle Resource Guarding

In this video, JJ Belcher describes resource guarding and how he suggests you should handle it. This is a very common behavior, especially with rescue and adopted dogs. When dealing with a dog that is resource guarding it is important not to tackle the issue by exerting dominance over the dog. Typically, resource guarding is based on insecurity and should be combated with trust building. 

This clip is one of many that came from From the Rescue to the Home with JJ Belcher. This course is available as an online self-study course.CLICK HERE to sign up!

When people have specific training questions we recommend that they go to our website and post those questions in the ASK CINDY on the front page of leerburg.com. Cindy has been training dogs since she was a teenager and has competed in several dog sports at a regional and national level. She was also a vet tech and owned a boarding/training and grooming business for many years as well as breeding working Dobermans and Belgian Malinois under the kennel name Kaiserhaus. Questions posted to ASK CINDY are answered almost every day. They are also recorded in our systems if a dog owner has additional questions Cindy will review the previous Q&As and this helps her give better feedback and assistance. Ask Cindy!