 Re: Food aggression
[Re: Wendy Lefebvre ]
#179512 - 02/07/2008 01:23 PM |
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You are absolutely right that he went overboard, WAY overboard. I laid into him for over an hour about what an a@#$%** he was to act that way. The dog is a little over two, he is an American bulldog pit mix. I actually have the pack leader training video from Leerburg and an obedience training one. However, I am NOT a pack leader, all of my dogs walk all over me. Half of my dogs I would never ever attempt to take certain things from because I know they would bite me but, my daughter, sons and husbands can take stuff from them.
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Re: Food aggression
[Re: Colleen Safarowicz ]
#179514 - 02/07/2008 01:28 PM |
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Don't get me wrong. I don't think he should've just overlooked it or not done anything. But I do believe when it gets to a point where a dog is struggling to get away and has its tail between its legs that might have been the limit. But to then slam the dog into the floor after that was too much. You want a dog to RESPECT you as Pack leader, not necessarily be forced to do it out of fear.
Anyway...i'll stop with that part.
You do need to become a pack leader.
with 6 dogs in your house its ESSENTIAL you do it!!!
so I have to ask, have you watched the pack leader video yet?
Don't just watch it...study it and DO WHAT IT SAYS!!!
Being a pack leader doesn't mean your have to be mean to the dogs. It's all subtle things that will show a dog that you are above them.
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Re: Food aggression
[Re: Colleen Safarowicz ]
#179515 - 02/07/2008 01:33 PM |
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You may think your husband went overboard, and while I don't advocate people use the exact methods he used I have to say that he got his point across.
sometimes you have to look at what another dog would do in this situation. the alpha would not tiptoe around a blatant show of disrespect from a subordinate. Look at how your dog treats your other dogs....
there is a happy medium to be found here, but I would not be reprimanding your husband too much for putting the dog in his place.
There is no equality in the dog world, if you aren't a leader then you are a follower.
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Re: Food aggression
[Re: Cindy Easton Rhodes ]
#179518 - 02/07/2008 01:35 PM |
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I'd stop that free feeding immediately.
A bowl of food in the crate at all times.... no no.
I was talking about feeding him his meals in the crate.
He is fed in his crate meaning there is always a full bowl of food in his crate but, I have food bowls for my other dogs (I have 6 others that are mine and one other foster)in the kitchen which he prefers to eat out of. He rarely eats the food in his crate. He does have some crate aggression, not with food, he just gets scared i guess and he barks and growls and sometimes lunges. Before last night I have never seen any aggression from him outside of the crate. |
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Re: Food aggression
[Re: Debbie Bruce ]
#179519 - 02/07/2008 01:37 PM |
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I do control him with my other dogs, when he acts up I remove him and put him in his crate. I am trying to train him but I am not an expert and it is a slow process. I have been watching the videos that I purchased from this site to learn to train properly. He has made such progress since I first brought him home. He does not act aggressively to us when we have food, he just begs. I do feed him people food out of my hand as do my daughter and husband. I am not afraid of him now, I was afraid of him when I first brought him home because he became very aggressive in the crate. I would not take food from him because I know he has some issues with food but, one of my dogs I have had for 10 years and i wouldn't take people food or certain toys from her either because I know she would bite me. I'm not afraid of her at all except when she has something she really really likes. My other dogs I can take anything from and I know they won't bite me. I don't know what happened last night, I don't know what made him act that way.
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Re: Food aggression
[Re: Connie Sutherland ]
#179520 - 02/07/2008 01:40 PM |
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I'd pick up ALL those food bowls. I'd feed them their meals at meal time (and separate them or, at the very least, stand there and police).
You have some work to do, I believe.
You have a pack, and then some.
I'd order the Pack Structure video immediately and study those articles while waiting for it to come. There are Podcasts, too .... let me know if you need a link.
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Re: Food aggression
[Re: Colleen Safarowicz ]
#179523 - 02/07/2008 01:41 PM |
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.... when he acts up I remove him and put him in his crate.
I don't use the crate as punishment. Is that what you mean?
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Re: Food aggression
[Re: Connie Sutherland ]
#179527 - 02/07/2008 01:46 PM |
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However, I am NOT a pack leader, all of my dogs walk all over me. Half of my dogs I would never ever attempt to take certain things from because I know they would bite me but
You're kind of contradicting yourself with the above quote and then posting:
I'm not afraid of her at all except when she has something she really really likes. My other dogs I can take anything from and I know they won't bite me.
It shouldn't matter what the dog has, they should not be showing aggression to your over anything.
Its never too late to turn things around. But if you honestly think you can't do it, you won't be able to. You need to KNOW you CAN do this.
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Re: Food aggression
[Re: Connie Sutherland ]
#179528 - 02/07/2008 01:50 PM |
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I don't use it as punishment, ( I don't think) but if he needs to be separated he goes in. But, now that I am writing it, it sounds like I am using it as punishment
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Re: Food aggression
[Re: Wendy Lefebvre ]
#179530 - 02/07/2008 01:55 PM |
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You're right. sorry, out of the six dogs I have owned, there are two of them I would not ever take certain things from. The other four I can take anything from. So one short of being half of them. In any other instance I am not afraid of any of them.
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