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Hi, I just switched my 14 week old female BB to the raw diet. She has now started growling and slightly barking at us. She intially let out a low growl, then a full blown growl
Prior to this, was easy going, pet her and touch her as she ate, but now thats changing.
I must say, I immediately snatched her by the scruff and placed her in a submissive position, and explained the rules, but she is still growling at girlfriend.
Idea? Suggestions? Thoughts?
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ok thats perfectly normal dog behaviour that does not however make it exceptable raw is something they really like and has a higher value then say kibble he is treating you like a litter mate and fighting for his right to keep his food i believe when a dog eats they need to be left alone.at least dont stick you hand in taking food or taking his food away that just adds to his insecurities. however that does not change the fact he can not be lunging and growling about food but i think he is scared you are going to take it from him i would start hand feeding him his meals or at least a part of it i would also add food to his bowl and play trade games with him maybe not always at meal time but at odd times durin the day if you take something you are going to give him something equal or better it i think will help build up trust to teach him your hand near him eating is a good thing.
i had this trouble with my zephy well with everything toys, and food perhaps others can give you better ideas but the mentioned above worked for me
Ashley
Ashley,
Thanks for your help. I'll try it and keep you posted.
Aescleah said:
ok thats perfectly normal dog behaviour that does not however make it exceptable raw is something they really like and has a higher value then say kibble he is treating you like a litter mate and fighting for his right to keep his food i believe when a dog eats they need to be left alone.at least dont stick you hand in taking food or taking his food away that just adds to his insecurities. however that does not change the fact he can not be lunging and growling about food but i think he is scared you are going to take it from him i would start hand feeding him his meals or at least a part of it i would also add food to his bowl and play trade games with him maybe not always at meal time but at odd times durin the day if you take something you are going to give him something equal or better it i think will help build up trust to teach him your hand near him eating is a good thing.
i had this trouble with my zephy well with everything toys, and food perhaps others can give you better ideas but the mentioned above worked for me
Ashley
nice artical marco the only thing i would be very careful of is using a prong at dinner time because prong collars can esculate the drive you are trying to correct i would think when using that method a chokie or a aggressive dog collar would be better i like prongs but in this case i think there use would be iffy at best
Ashley
We've been through this issue with our male, and fortunately when the resource guarding happened, we were already working with an excellent trainer. Her opinion is that very often strong territorial guarding goes hand in hand with resource guarding. She told us that the object is to prevent the food guarding, because usually once it starts, there is no going back, it will often escalate. She recommended that we put our boy into a sit/stay, put his food bowl down, release him from the stay and leave him alone to eat! We didn't have the issue with kibble, it happened when we switched to raw. You can play the "trade up" game at mealtimes...when your dog is eating, you bring in a high value treat and (depending on the dog's aggression level) either toss it to the dog or drop it in the food bowl so that he discovers that when you approach the food bowl good things happen! It's tough when you are feeding raw, because that is a high value food, it's almost impossible to find something that the dog likes better. I found that my boy thought that liver sauteed in butter was even better than raw meat, so we offered that. since the trade-up game worked with him, we used it a couple of times just to reinforce that positive association with us approaching while he was eating, after that, we took her recommendation and allow him to eat alone and undisturbed. We had never had a problem with food guarding until he hit about 14 months old (and 130 lbs!) and then he never threatened me, just my 19 year old daughter. She corrected the growl, and fortunately he backed down, but we immediately took steps to make sure we didn't get into the same situation and changed our feeding procedures. I think I'd put the puppy back on kibble for a few days, (it will make it easier to play the "trade-up" game) and offer super-yummy treats by hand to interrupt the kibble feeding. When he's gotten a positive association from that, put him back on raw and feed him his meals where he will not be disturbed. I will sometimes remain in the room with him while he eats, but the trainer recommended that he be left alone...no petting, stroking, etc. Just let him eat in peace!
First off these are all the signs of a none socilized Boerboel to me... nothing against you but you have to make the time to socilize your boerboel... take the dog to places where he will be around other animals... drive out to some ranchs and let the dog close to a horse but not to close... find a 4 or 6 inch fence panel you dog can stick its muzzle through but can not open... let the horse lick the dog... withing a month the dog will realize the horse is nice and not being mean or a threat...
goto a dog park and walk your dog around other dogs... but keep it on a leash and watch your dog... teach him what you want while walking him...
Do you pet your boerboel with a lot of affection? you do know boerboels get jealous !!! Trust me... I know this for sure... I have seen some things take place most of which can not be discused in here... your girl needs to show the dog a lot of love also... let her start out with some two handed neck rubbing... teach her to pet the dog on the shoulders where the boerboel loves to be rubed down... earn the trust and the love... the boerboel can not help but to react to this in the same way... you teach your boerboel with LOVE... this is the greatest boerboel secret of all time !!!
Last... feed him what he wants.... ill bet if you take some hamburger meat... cook it in a pan "med-well" add some salt and pepper "while cooking, just a bit" just like a person likes it... 2-3 lbs at a time.... the dog will love this more... then after this... let your girl friend do this...
Well I bet I get swatted but here goes. When I started Jade on RAW as a pup she got real bad with food aggression. Being as I have always had big dogs and bully breeds I knew I could not have this so I just pulled her back by her scruff and scooped her food away. Then I had her sit stay and set the food down but left my hand on the bowl. She came in and pushed at my hand so I picked it up again I did this several time the first day and then again on the second day. She was cured on the third day. I can now give her a high value raw beef rib walk away then walk back and pick it up from her with no reaction except the look of "Can I have it back?" She will also share food space with the other 2 dogs (Rott/Chow mix) with now hoarding or growling.
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