I have owned/fostered dogs with really bad food aggression, so my plan was to have Dave used to me touching his face and having his food taken off him and having another dog close by from an early age. I haven't been doing it every meal, but have done it atleast every other day.

Today he snapped at my hand while I was stroking his ear. I immediately gave him a sharp pull on the collar and removed the bowl. Made him wait, put it down, made him wait until I said 'ok'. He did it again, this time when i was stroking his head, so I did the same thing.
Then I pulled him back and asked him to wait, removed the dish, put it down, made him wait until 'ok'. He soon got the hang of this, and after 5 or 6 times he will sit and wait if I touch the back of his neck. The rest of his meal was eaten eith no growls.

After dinner he immediately ran off and stol Dixie's bone so I walked over and 'claimed it' he dropped it and backed off and sat so I gave him a little treat from my pocket, then put him to bed for some quiet time (he always does after dinner) with a pork strip.


Anyway, I hope I am dealing with this the right way, it's been a while since I've dealt with food agressin but I want to get it out of him while he's young. Can anyone tell me if I am doing it right? From now on when I feed him i might use my house lead.

ps I checked, he has no sore bits on his head or ears


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