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.

He needs to learn that you taking his bone means good things are coming.

Take some really stinky and good treats. Walk past him, drop one in his lap
while he has the bone. He'll start looking foreward to you walking past.
Then start stopping, and slowly work your way towards touching and then
taking the bone. It also helps to have everyone in the house doing this.

--
Emily Carroll
*Dumpee Kittens Available in SE/Mid Michigan*
*E-mail for details*
Website: www.geocities.com/diamonds_in_her_eyes


"Kev" wrote in message
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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.




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He needs to learn that you taking his bone means good things are coming.

Take some really stinky and good treats. Walk past him, drop one in his lap
while he has the bone. He'll start looking foreward to you walking past.
Then start stopping, and slowly work your way towards touching and then
taking the bone. It also helps to have everyone in the house doing this.

--
Emily Carroll
*Dumpee Kittens Available in SE/Mid Michigan*
*E-mail for details*
Website: www.geocities.com/diamonds_in_her_eyes


"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.




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He needs to learn that you taking his bone means good things are coming.

Take some really stinky and good treats. Walk past him, drop one in his lap
while he has the bone. He'll start looking foreward to you walking past.
Then start stopping, and slowly work your way towards touching and then
taking the bone. It also helps to have everyone in the house doing this.

--
Emily Carroll
*Dumpee Kittens Available in SE/Mid Michigan*
*E-mail for details*
Website: www.geocities.com/diamonds_in_her_eyes


"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.




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He needs to learn that you taking his bone means good things are coming.

Take some really stinky and good treats. Walk past him, drop one in his lap
while he has the bone. He'll start looking foreward to you walking past.
Then start stopping, and slowly work your way towards touching and then
taking the bone. It also helps to have everyone in the house doing this.

--
Emily Carroll
*Dumpee Kittens Available in SE/Mid Michigan*
*E-mail for details*
Website: www.geocities.com/diamonds_in_her_eyes


"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.




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Its called possession-aggression. Do *not* use force with the dog unless
you want to provoke the dog into biting you and then having it put to sleep
for doing so.

Here's some info on possession aggression:

http://www.doglogic.com/possess.htm

--
Tara

Its called possession-aggression. Do *not* use force with the dog unless
you want to provoke the dog into biting you and then having it put to sleep
for doing so.

Here's some info on possession aggression:

http://www.doglogic.com/possess.htm

--
Tara

Its called possession-aggression. Do *not* use force with the dog unless
you want to provoke the dog into biting you and then having it put to sleep
for doing so.

Here's some info on possession aggression:

http://www.doglogic.com/possess.htm

--
Tara

Its called possession-aggression. Do *not* use force with the dog unless
you want to provoke the dog into biting you and then having it put to sleep
for doing so.

Here's some info on possession aggression:

http://www.doglogic.com/possess.htm

--
Tara

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.

--
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.