Help with food aggression

I do one of two things with my dogs..... Either A) make them leave the room as they finish, or B) make them drop into a down stay and wait quietly until all dogs are finished and I release them all to re-scour the bowls. Currently it is B.

Whatever you do, you need to stop giving them their food and then turning away. It only takes a minute for a dog to eat a day's ration of food....you will waste far less time if you stay present and supervise than by trying to multitask. Put a leash on the offender if needed to control her while she learns.

Also, if she is leaving her plate with food on it, mine lose their bowls if they make a grab for another bowl, or for any reason leave their own. It is the USMC theory of meals...if you look up, you are done eating.

Uppercrust, no none of my dogs are crate trained.

doxiemom11, no she isn't aggressive to us. She just moves in on Kissie's food so quick after she has gobbled down her wet food that I hardly have time to say no before she has engulfed Kissie's food.

Usually while they are eating, I'm trying to put clean water in their water bowl and fill their dry food bowl.

When she does this I tell her no and with my hands I move her away from the plate. Of course one of my fears is that Kissie hasn't gotten her pred pill before Jazzie has taken over and that sure wouldn't be good.

I guess I need to sit on the floor in between Jazzie and Kissie so it doesn't happen but this really isn't the best solution to the problem. Either that or go back to feeding her in another room but again that doesn't solve the problem.

Her foster mom did tell us she had food aggression in her house but I thought it was because they took in a lot of foster dogs and she was "fighting" for her place as the "new kid on the block." I thought she had been here long enough to understand all 3 are treated equal and she will never be left out.

Thanks everyone for the replies.

Is she crate trained? If so would it work to feed her in there until the other one finishes up or lock her in a bathroom?

Competing for food when it is scarce or people neglecting to feed them except when they happen to remember will make them gulp their food and eat as much as they can get to at any time. We had one who did that and she would try to eat the others food - we would gently tell her no - pick up his plate and escort her to another room. We then put his plate back down for him to finish. She never attempted to fight with us though. Is she aggressive towards you if you tell her no and try to take it away?

Chanel, is my maltese rescue and had several "issues" when I first got her. Mostly terrified of men or anything moving toward her quickly. She is much better now, but still is not sure about strangers. I think it takes a lot of love and patience and each dog has to be handled in a different way, based on their backgrounds. I wish you a lot of luck and hope you update us on your new family member's progress.

Our rescue dog we were told had food aggression too, we just made sure for the first month that there was always food in her bowl, and after a while she ate when she wanted at her leisure. With 2 other dogs not sure what the solution would be.