English Bulldog

[BlueCoyote 0]

that was a requirement for my bullies when i got them. sad as it sounds i was prepared to send them back where they came from if i couldnt remove food from them. thankfully they're under the impression that my hand in their bowl means more yummy food!

[arthur 0]

I have three young kids 5, 2 and 6months. I also have two terriers and two great danes. There is no way I could have any of the dogs like that, my 2year old son is always helping the dogs eat, hands in the bowl, and if they would not even dare to look at him funny. that bulldog is the result of bad training and/or bad owners!

Give any dog an inch and it will take a mile. Only one dog I have ever had did not like the the kids and he was a rescue border cross. I had no history for him but thought i would give it a go, he bit my eldest, he is no more!

 

At the end of the day treat your dogs like dogs, and dont be stupid enough to leave them alone with young kids, and they will respect you more for it.

[Guest k9wpg]

A good point Frank.

But I find that taking the food can prevoke a retaliation if you are not fully seen as a leader.

 

Thats why , its very important to install that when they are pups, thay have to know where they stand.

I had a saluki cross once.... ....That did just this, as i got her when she was 2. She did not know here place in the pack, as id say she was passed about, so guarded her bones and food like a tiger with cubs!!!

I will not tolerate any dog doing that to me. Im the leader, they will respect me, just like the lesser members of the pack respecting a Alpha male or feamale.

 

I agree Frank first thing i do with a pup is make sure i can put my hands in the food dish while the dogs eating, in my opinion its my food & the dog eats it when i say it can & not untill

 

 

Pups need boundrys always put yer hands round in and move the food feeding bowls stroke the pup when feeding.Possesivness aint a fault unless the handler owner does not control the issue

[cúagusgiorraí 57]

i would go out my way to give it the opportunity to do it again and again until it understood it is not acceptable.

 

Seriously that is a very bad policy when dealing with a dominance and/or food aggression.

 

Wait until you try this on a very dominant aggressive dog; he wont back down and you will find yourself wanting to put him down.

 

There are other non-confrontational ways to deal with the problem.

[salukixminshaw 1]

A wild wolf pack, will have a alpha male and feamale. They get to eat first and then the lesser memebers of the pack.

As we are ment to be Alpha in out pack, we should be able to take the bone ect off out dogs, without any come back, to let them growl ect at you, is letting them be boss basicly.

From a pup, i make sure they know who is boss.

spot on frank

[BlueCoyote 0]

i would go out my way to give it the opportunity to do it again and again until it understood it is not acceptable.

 

Seriously that is a very bad policy when dealing with a dominance and/or food aggression.

 

Wait until you try this on a very dominant aggressive dog; he wont back down and you will find yourself wanting to put him down.

 

There are other non-confrontational ways to deal with the problem.

 

my brother had a bulldog/catahoula pup.. not sure how many months old he was but wasnt even as tall as your knees yet.. but stout as hell!!

while on the phone with my mom the pup was digging in the yard, my brother gave him a firm nudge in the rear end to make him stop.. the dog turned and snapped at his foot, growling.. so my brother smacked him on the nose for that.. the dog bit his hand... he told my mom "I'll call ya back!" .. got his gun (he's a cop by the way) and waited for the pup to start digging again... which he did.. so my brother smacked him and said no.. dog snapped at him, brother smacked him and said no... then the dog latched on to his hand and wouldnt let go...... so my brother shot him. three times actually before the dog actually let go.. not a story i'm proud to tell but you see the point of it i hope. This was only a puppy.... he took three bullets, the kind that leave bigger exit wounds than entrance.. and was still trying to rip his hand off.

 

my brother called my mom back shortly after and told her what happened and would we help him "get rid of the evidence" ... his girlfriend was on her way home and he didnt want to deal with her over something like this. his hand was a mess to say the least. he told his g/f that he found a home for the pup and he explained his bandaged hand by saying he was fixing the window in his car and got his hand caught.

 

she's an ex girlfriend now, but i'm sure to this day believes that dog is living on a farm somehwere

i wouldnt have handled the situation like my brother did... but i have a rough idea on how to train a dog and what not to except when it acts up. though there is something slightly off kilter about a puppy that goes into Cujo Feeding Frenzy over a smack on the rear.. dont care if it is a bulldog or chihuahua!! this one lived in their house, and was part of the family until that day.

[Guest john2007oliver]

i would go out my way to give it the opportunity to do it again and again until it understood it is not acceptable.

 

Seriously that is a very bad policy when dealing with a dominance and/or food aggression.

 

Wait until you try this on a very dominant aggressive dog; he wont back down and you will find yourself wanting to put him down.

 

There are other non-confrontational ways to deal with the problem.

 

 

So whats your big idea? Hope the situation never arises and count your blessing when your not expecting it and it does? If any dog of mine was showing any aggression to me it would get it chance to learn its errors then quiet frankly a human aggressive dog is not fit and defiantly not safe to live in my kennels. If your enjoy treading on egg shells round your dogs then you carry on .