Theres a good chance it will calm the aggression down, the younger they are done(not too young tho) the better chance of it being successfull

 

I would stop having the food bowls down all the time, I would feed at specified times and remove any uneaten food after 10 minutes
DT

also - please be aware - castration does not necessarily cure aggression

 

I agree with DT.
Someone told me a good piece of advice once, about wild dogs and wolves.
The pack leaders can eat whenever they want, so in leaving food down for your dogs, they see themselves as high up in the pack.
As you are leader, you are supposed to be in controll of the food- just as the pack leader of wolves is- he dictates to the other wolves when they can eat, and this helps keep the pack in order.

I would have a routine for feeding, a specific time and only the dog who is calmest gets to eat 1st. That way the learn to be calm and patient around food. Whoever is sitting quietly first gets fed 1st, and motion or tell the rest to back off, one by one feed them. I have fed 5 dogs (while puppy sitting and dog sitting) this way it works wonders

And I would definately take the food away after 10 mins.

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Agree with posiongirl and DT. Feeding time and walking are the two primal activities that you, as a pack leader must control, on a daily basis.

 

I agree with DT.
Someone told me a good piece of advice once, about wild dogs and wolves.
The pack leaders can eat whenever they want, .......

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So wild dog and wolf pack leaders have food available all the time for them to tuck into whenever they feel like it, do they?

No they don't. They have to find and kill it first. Then the pack leaders eat first, subordinate dogs eat after the leader.

Personally, I don't see a huge similarity between wolves and Cavvies. Whilst they have undoubtedly evolved from a common ancestor (as humans and other great apes have) dogs are not wolves there are physiological and psychological differences. And the majority of studies of wolf pack heirarchy were done on unrelated captive wolves. In the wild wolves live in family groups but they are very hard to study.

 

So wild dog and wolf pack leaders have food available all the time for them to tuck into whenever they feel like it, do they?

No they don't. They have to find and kill it first. Then the pack leaders eat first, subordinate dogs eat after the leader.

Personally, I don't see a huge similarity between wolves and Cavvies. Whilst they have undoubtedly evolved from a common ancestor (as humans and other great apes have) dogs are not wolves there are physiological and psychological differences. And the majority of studies of wolf pack heirarchy were done on unrelated captive wolves. In the wild wolves live in family groups but they are very hard to study.

I can compare as it happens - it was probably phrased wrong by poisiongirl - BUT - the pack leader always eats first, the lesser dogs hanging on for any morsel that he drops! - the others only eat when he has had his fill! same theory in the domestic world!!!!

 

So wild dog and wolf pack leaders have food available all the time for them to tuck into whenever they feel like it, do they?

I didn't say they have food available all the time.. but when they kill an animal to eat.. the pack leader eats 1st, then lets the other eat. if he wants to go back for more before it is finished, he can- at any point.

 

Thanks for your advice guys will give it ago

 

hi hun

welcome to my world

i feed mine all seprate and then we have no problems

ive had none of my cavs done!