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Help...New Chessie puppy, aggressive eater

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Mudman:
Part of issue is the other dogs...  But honestly it sounds like your too nice.  Sit down next to him with food bowl and make him wait for you to set it down.  Then make him wait till permission granted.  Order him stop n take it away. Repeat.  Aggressive?  Be VERY firm and remove bowl n claim it.  Works great for me and My dog was aggressive.  Now my kids can steal food but he doesnt allow other dogs near his food.  Its a "Claimed" thing with dogs imop.  Im no Pro and am silly, I pretended to eat his food!

Special T:
Im no expert but ive had 2 chessies. One was bomb proof and my toddler could reach in the bowl while eating and hand feed him.

My second... could never brake him. I attribute to him being the runt, last dog picked up and not brought into my home till 13 weeks.

Ive tried many things, and since you are the alpha  your not likely to have any problems. I would get on this asap and plan extra time feeding. I would have your wife sit down and hand feed. I would also have your oldest kid do the same. You need to work hard at conditioning now.

For a long time my wife and i were the only ones that could feed him. My kids now can but i had to train to kids to make him sit away from the bowl, poor in the food then never approach him until finished.

I would recomend feeding him less food more regularly so that the conditioning can take place quicker.  For period of time i chose to feed him away from the family and keep testing him. We have had more than a couple of John Wayne moments over the years and he still gaurds his bowl.

I worked on free feeding my dog open 4 gallon tin garbage can at work and he never really started to over eat till i got a second dog. Get on this or you will forever need to seperate your kids and dog while eating. If your other dogs are docile while eating it is probably a good time to teach them to leave the dogs alone when eating. The kids need to learn not to mess with dogs while eating in case they encounter some one elses dogs that have food agression issues.

I hope this small bit of insight helps.

On a side note... while it has benn a PIA dealing with it my kids now appreciate a dog that has a strong defensive gaurding instinct.

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JBG:
My female CBR was super food aggressive before she got fixed.  She now will growl but gives way to any interference.  I do keep my 13month old away during feed times just to be safe.
Tips:
-Slow dog feeding bowl
-Give him space from the other dogs while he eats
-When he does growl get firm, roll him on his back to show him who's boss.  Do this before he weighs 85lbs. 

JJB11B:
This thread sucks without pictures!

Kola16:

--- Quote from: Mudman on April 29, 2021, 09:13:10 AM ---Sit down next to him with food bowl and make him wait for you to set it down.  Then make him wait till permission granted.  Order him stop n take it away. Repeat.

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This is what you should do. Then when he is regularly doing 100% good with you, sub in your wife. If he gets aggressive she needs to take control. Have a leash on him at the top of his neck right behind his ears so your wife can stop him from eating and prevent him from biting her. When he nips at her she needs to put him into a submissive position. She needs to put him on his back with his belly up and he needs to remain there till she allows him to get out of that position. See the below pic.

Once the pup allows your wife to do the same things to him that you can, you need to make sure he is not aggressive towards other dogs. Let him eat on a leash then order him to stop and sit. Let another non-aggressive dog come in and eat out of the bowl the pup was eating from. If the pup growls, put him into the submissive position like above except with the other dog right next to the pup.

In fact any time the pup growls aggressively or nips, you should put him into the submissive position. Since his tail is and he shakes, you should not have to do to big a correction when he is aggressive either. A small pinch is probably sufficient.

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