Food Aggression

[Casso 1,261]

The growling in the crate is caused by the crate feeling like a safe place , safe enough to express fear,

Hand feeding gets the pup used to overcoming resistance human resistance, every animal in the wild has got to overcome resistance to feed , it's following the laws of nature, it's no different with dogs , feeding out of the bowl is just feeding the fear , a desire overcomes fear , hunger is a major desire, hand feed getting loads of contact gradually incorporate the kids into the process

Best of luck

[robin hood 109]

Do you say siiiiit like Barbra wood house lol. Everyone trains different i preference using a ball covered in a rabbit skin for training,good luck to op with the dog

[morton 5,368]

Do you say siiiiit like Barbra wood house lol. Everyone trains different i preference using a ball covered in a rabbit skin for training,good luck to op with the dog

How many Greyhounds do you know that have caught a rabbit thats eaten a ball?.

[matt1979 766]

As already stated every dog should accept its food being taken away, it's not an issue of why you need to do this, it's just basic training in my eyes for reasons that have already been mentioned. Not hard to do with a pup, but might be harder to train out the aggression especially if it has worked for the dog. I would guess he has been geed with other dogs and had to show some teeth to get his food, or simply starved and now possessive sad really. I have always found control over food to be one of the most important parts of training a dog personally as it is a good means of demonstrating who is boss without having to do a great deal. If you have more than one dog an issues over food can be a gift waiting to happen as well so eat sorted as a pup. Best of luck sorting it, some sound advice already given atb

[matt1979 766]

Meant to say fight waiting to happen cheers

[desertbred 5,490]

Robin hood considering you have worked or do work around 37 greyhounds you don't know a lot about dogs that live in a domestic environment, which greyhound kennels are not. I have been around hunting dogs all my life literally and certainly wouldn't be afraid to train any dog but I would always be concerned about aggressive behaviour . I being the pack leader will take a dogs bowl and food of it anytime I wanted to, otherwise a dog running and catching game will be reluctant to release it if it is food aggressive but I suppose a man of your experience would know all this basic stuff.

Edited November 23, 2014 by desertbred

[tb25 4,627]

my pups a year old now and i still stick my hand in her food to see her reaction.done it with the terrier all her life to,,never a problem,,my son feeds the dogs and he makes them both wait till he tells them they can eat,,,same with bones .

 

its my food..not theres.

[lurcherman 887 13,259]

 

Get him outside then mate and scruff and pin him when he growls show him who boss. Try feeding him out your hand a bit build his trust again

Scruff and Pin a nervous dog that's been abused...

 

Good one.

 

Can't wait for you to shoot a good load in me face ?

 

Im sure it wont be too long gareth

[day worker 296]

I'm not saying I do mess with his food I just expect to be able to which I've always been able to!!!! Well a big thanks to you lot!!!! In The twenty odd years I've owned lurchers I've always fed in the crate! It seems in This case this is the problem! I've fed him out of the cage and I've been able to remove the bowl,even put my hand in the bowl and stroke his face without so much as growl! I'm made up it's such a relief! I'm not going to assume the problem has entirely gone away put it's a vast improvement! Cheers all!

[Casso 1,261]

The crate isn't the problem , the problem I would think was caused while the pup was away,

Put it this way when next doors chihuahua growls at me when he's eating under the table, I know it's the only time he feels safe enough to do it but I don't blame the table for causing it ,

Edited November 23, 2014 by Casso

[morton 5,368]

Id have smashed its puny Mexican head in with the table,soz i thought id just sent the Sherwood Evangelist a pm.

[Casso 1,261]

Id have smashed its puny Mexican head in with the table,soz i thought id just sent the Sherwood Evangelist a pm.

Straight out of the Mushroom handbook of animal care, nice?

Edited November 23, 2014 by Casso

[day worker 296]

Id have smashed its puny Mexican head in with the table,soz i thought id just sent the Sherwood Evangelist a pm.

Brilliant!

[mushroom 13,223]

 

Id have smashed its puny Mexican head in with the table,soz i thought id just sent the Sherwood Evangelist a pm.

Straight out of the Mushroom handbook of animal care, nice

 

Now now I would only advocate "smashing it's puny Mexican head in with the table" if all high voltage therapies had failed