Hi kev,
Ignore your colleague , your likely to get bitten if you slap your
dog. If the dog doesn't improve the simplist thing to do is not
give him bones.

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Alison

"Kev" wrote in message
news:X8kib.10735$Pe5.3977@edtnps84...
Hi Guys,

I'm sure this has been posted numerous times, but I really need some
help
here. My dog growls whenever you give him a bone and go near him...
I
realize this is their instinct, but I've been around dogs that don't
demonstrate this behaviour. It's to the point where he will growl
at you if
you bring him inside and his bone is still outside, and it's really
hard to
trust an animal that can turn on you that quickly.

Is there anything that my family and I can do to stop this
behaviour? A
colleague of mine told me to slap the dog and take it away so that
it knows
I'm the alpha-male, but wouldn't that just lead to more aggression?

ANY suggestions are welcome and will be appreciated.... I have a 9
month old
lab/collie cross, normally very docile, but starting to get much
more
aggressive.

Thanks in advance.