Please bear with me, but I am new to the forum and new to the dog world. Haven't had a dog since I was a kid. Our family, after much investigating, purchased a male french bulldog pup. We have purchased Ed's DVD on raising a puppy and we have had this dog for since November. He is a great dog in many ways, but is extremely food agressive with the kids (4 & 11). If they so much as get near the cabinet where his food is kept, he will lunge and try to attack their feet. He is kept on leash or in the crate alot of the time in the house, but we have been letting him loose a little more now. He seems to pick on the kids and is very unpredictable. He will play fine with them, then start growling, at that point - I verbally correct him and stuff him in his crate. He knows he's done something wrong as he is terrified or me and my husband and will just sort of cringe and lie down. Also, he will stare at what the kids are doing intently and then snap at them unexpectedly. He has left marks on feet and hands. I have to say I am getting pissed off at his behavior. I try to avoid these situations and watch him all the time when the kids are around. Constant supervision. He is very unpredictable and will try to take advantage of the situation with them. He is wonderful with adults, never showing any aggression with food or toys, but if kids try to hug him or something, he will start growling, never mind trying to take something away from him. Am I wrong - but is this "normal" puppy behavior. Not knowing what else to do, we took video and went to the Michigan Humane Society for an aggression workshop. After viewing the video, the trainer there told us that we should find a different home for him and he can never be trusted - that he will eventually bite someone. Her take on it was that these types of dogs can never be fully turned around. And if our expectations are for a family dog, we can never have that in him. Is a serious bite in our future? I am open to any and all suggestions or comments. We are following Ed's puppy DVD pretty much fully. Are we giving him too much freedom at this point? Our household is pretty loud and could be distracting (2kids, 4 cats, 1 parrot) and he is pretty much constantly wanting to chase the cats when he is loose in the house. He goes for 1 long walk a day, weather permitting (it's like 4 degrees today). Any info would be appreciated.
Denise

Denise,
Please do not post the same post in multiple threads! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />
Secondly, please post in the correct area - a post about a frenchie doesn't belong in the Leerburg dog's for sale forum.

Will Rambeau
Moderator

Sorry about that. Realized it after it was sent. Won't happen again. It was my first post.
Thanks,
Denise