Help with food aggression
We adopted a 10 yr old maltese in Nov 2013, bringing us to 3 maltese. Since all 3 of them must take meds in the morning, we feed them wet dog food and place the pills in their food. Jazzie, our res...
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That's not food aggression - that's just piggishness. And really easy to solve: put a leash on the pig until everyone is done. If Jazzie moves towards the other dogs' food - simply give the leash a tug and say "no".
I've got food aggression with my old/blind/deaf/demented Cattle Dog: if either of the other dogs walks near him while eating, or near "perceived" food, or near the groceries in the back of the car - he will bite without warning. One day I saw the bite coming and stuck my leg up to block Jimmy from getting bit - and he got me instead. I still have bruise....
I've got food aggression with my old/blind/deaf/demented Cattle Dog: if either of the other dogs walks near him while eating, or near "perceived" food, or near the groceries in the back of the car - he will bite without warning. One day I saw the bite coming and stuck my leg up to block Jimmy from getting bit - and he got me instead. I still have bruise....
