My dog is too overprotective over his bones and food.?

Question

We often give our dog a special bone or treat from time to time, but he always leave it in an inconveniant location, so when we try to pick it up he starts attacking us, my dog would literally bite your fingers off if you try to grab his bones. Im aware that all dogs have this instinct to be over protective over their food, but is there any training or ways to lessen his aggressiveness?Does anyone else go through this too?

Answer 1

This dog needs to learn who the boss is - right now it's the dog! You need to start at square one with becoming your dog's pack leader.

Make your dog wear a prong collar or dominant dog collar and DRAG A LEAD in the house/yard. This way you have a way to correct the dog without getting bit.

When the dog displays dominance or aggression over YOUR food and YOUR toys (because all food and toys belong to the alpha) you give the dog a firm correction.

Under no circumstances should you allow a dog to control his own environment. The Alpha controls what the dogs eat, how they play, who they fight and where they sleep.

Make sure YOU got through doors before your dog, make sure YOU go up and down stairs before your dog - seems subtle to you but it sends major pack signals to your dog. DO NOT allow this dominant dog on furniture or in your bed let alone bedroom. The nicest highest places are reserved for the Alpha.

Here's a site to get you started -- good luck! http://www.leerburg.com/aggresiv.htm

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Personally, I control almost everything about my dog's meals from the first day. As a pup, he had specific feeding times. I'd put the food in his dish, but I'd make him wait a minute or so until I gave him the go-ahead that it was okay to dig in. Try putting your dog in a sit-stay when you put food or treats in front of him. It should help reinforce the idea that you are the one that decides what and when he will eat. You get to lay down the law when it comes to his food.

I don't recommend taking away food from an dog that already displays such aggressive behavior. It has the possibility backfiring and only making your dog more protective of his food because he remembers you taking it away from him. Plus I wouldn't want anyone to get bitten unnecessarily. Stick to controlling the situation on the front side before he starts eating. If all else fails, eliminate the problem and stop giving him the treats that he's leaving all over your house until you can enlist the help of an animal behaviorist.

Answer 4

He is protecting the bone due to human error. In the wild only lower pack members steal from the alpha, the alpha never steals from it's subordinates. By protecting his bone he is saying it is his and by you stealing it you are placing yourself as a subordinate. NEVER take anything from a dog without trading it out (with the exception of emergencies such as the dog getting something it shouldn't outside). Both of my dogs know that whenever I take something from them they will get a separate treat, a treat and the item back, or simply the item back. I would definitely give the dog the bone back but keep treats on hand and work with swapping the bone out for a treat, giving the bone back, and repeating. This will help to show him that he will ALWAYS get something out of giving up what he has. Make sure you have high value treats as well, a rib bone is high value itself so you may need something like hotdog pieces (warmed up to create an enticing smell) which he will want more than the bone itself. Also never forget to give lots of love and praise when he trades.

Answer 5

A dog should be trained on how to eat, walk with you, not to bark, potty training and sleep on its place etc. You can teach anything to your puppy, dogs get trained easily with some good instructions. If you want some good training tips visit https://tr.im/onlinedogtraining

If properly trained, they should also understand whistle and gesture equivalents for all the relevant commands, e.g. short whistle or finger raised sit, long whistle or flat hand lay down, and so on.

It's important that they also get gestures and whistles as voice may not be sufficient over long distances and under certain circumstances.

Answer 6

Hey,
If you haven't attended a good dog traning course you shouldn't complain. You have to learn to understand better your dog, the causes of its bad behaviours and some good techniques to use to get rid of any issue you have with your furry friend.

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Answer 7

DANGER DANGER DANGER,first of all not all dogs are like that over their food or bones, personaly i would not have a dog that would bite me no matter what I was doing. Is he neutered, because unneuter males are more aggressive? I work at a animal hospital and you sound like the people we see with their faces scared from their own dogs and they say " he didn't meen it. it was my fault. see a trainer, or have him put to sleep before someone gets hurt.

Answer 8

this may seem odd, but when he leaves it sitting around, grab him by the collar, and bring him to the bone, but dotn let him to close to it, just to where he can see it, and then pick it up, if he tries to do anything hold him steady and give him a firm bite on the ear, do this a couple times, an he wont be that way anymore, i had a dog that did the same thing, and that teqnique was used by the trainer

Answer 9

dont let him get away with that ,you have to be strong and mean ,be very harsh and hit him over the head with the bones if you have to (get a cow leg bone it is very effective)
give him the food ,take it away and keep doing it untill he calms down ,also make him sit before you give the food and teach him not to gofor it untill you say its ok.
if you let this go ,you will end up being bullied by your own dog and you will be afraid of it .
this is unacceptable
when everything is cool relax the procedure.

Answer 10

Yes i go through the same thing but in my case its a small teacup Chihuahua and her bites do hurt even though she is small so i just wait till she isn't paying attention then move it eventually she understood that her bones don't just go anywhere