My Cameron/ smokey river male

[Tycoon7]

My dog is 10 months old he has really started to turn on lately and I'm getting excited about him. . . Well till today anyways. I had some leftover ribs so I took him some out and put them in his bowl. Then I went and got a scoop of dog food and when I went to put it in his bowl he crouched down and bared his teeth. I yelled at him but he still kept doing it. He wouldn't let me get close. Never done anything like this before and after a while I went back out and he was acting fine. Should I be worried about this or is this just a dog protecting his food? Really hoping its not the sign of a problem to come. He still is intact would getting him cut solve this? Any suggestions would be appreciated.

[Marcel B&t]

Bones start dog fights a lot of times.jmo. iv been growled at over bones before by hounds that wouldn't growl over food. Will he growl if you try to take his normal food?

[desertdog]

Bad news..I certainly wouldn't keep or breed a dog like this.(or allow to live)..

[Tycoon7]

I figured I would get that reply. Damn a lot of work down the drain. Marcel b&t Yes he will growl at me now if I get close to his food now.

[cobalt]

Because the dog has no manners doesn't necessarily mean it's his fault! If he wasn't taught the rules, how do you expect him to follow them.

[Tycoon7]

Cobalt I'm open to any advice. I thought I had taught him pretty good but from what your saying I must of missed something, you have any suggestions? Liked I said he has never done anything like this before. It really shocked me. Any help you can give is greatly appreciated.

[Bow]

kick his but and show him you are the dominant one. not a bad thing just shows he has some back bone

[chris1v]

I agree with Bow. It's not a cull or a none breeder. (unless you can't fix it) Every dog with a back bone will test you at one point or time. One ruff chit chat with the dog right on the spot and they are usually cured. A baby could take food out of my dogs mouths.My dogs can eat out of the same bowl together. You Just have to teach them right from wrong.

[Spokerider]

JMHO, but it may be a genetic trait that the dog has inherited, that is responsible for the food aggression. I would contact the breeder, or other pup owners from the same litter to see if thier pups are exhibiting the same behaviour. If yes, then you can pretty much count on it being an inhertied trait, and for that reason, if it is inherited, I would not breed this dog.

You can work your dog through this, as I have read about the dog whisper, Cesar Millan write about the method used to correct it. The dog will likely show other "possesion issues" also, toys, an article of clothing, possesive of you, etc, it's just that food being so dear to every dog is usually at the top of the list.

Beating your dog into submission ain't going to do it. It will take work, much patience and time on your part. It will entail hand feeding your dog a little bit of food at a time, slowly, stretching the feeding time out over 10-15 minutes. Each bit of food comes from your hand. Eventually.....you will be holding the bowl of food for it to eat from, let it eat for a few seconds, and then pull back. The dog MUST sit and tolerate this when you pull the bowl away, and wait [ cause he knows it's coming back ] for more food. Next would be putting the bowl on the ground and pulling it back, repeat.
This process may take weeks.

On the up-side, he is young, and STILL trainable. It's up to you to do it. Acknolwledging the issue existed was / is a good first step. Now, you need to research and google for more info on this very prevalent dog problem.

[bency]

First get the dog cut, then after that put a shock collar on him and go get some tasty ribs dog food or what ever will make him growl then when he growls at you shock him on level 6 and roll him, then stop his brains out. Repeat that several times and see if that fixes it. If it doesnt plug him.

[cobalt]

Tycoon, my comment wasn't necessarily directed at you. So many give advice on here to cull out dogs when it might not be a problem with the dog. I would like to give you advice, but without seeing the dog in action (esp. with you), I don't think what I might recommend may help. I could have maybe helped with prevention of this behavior, But it is further along than that now and some things that I might suggest may make the dog worse yet, like shocking the dog. That would be the last thing I would suggest because it often creates the opposite effect of what you're shooting for. Why is it just now you are discovering this behavior?? Have you never given him bones before? Or approached him while he's eating until now? I've seen more hounds out there that have little issues like this, but the owners let it go because #1 they know they've let it get too far and #2 they can't do without that dog. Believe me, I've screwed up enough dogs to know where you're at.
My suggestion to you (without knowing you or your dog) is put a better handle on him. Make him mind. Use a choke collar and do fundamental leash training. After that, introduce food into the training outside of his housing situation and be able to make him obey over his desire to eat (like make him sit and stay while you put food on the ground and then tell him when he can have it). Hand feeding is another option. In the end, no matter how you handle it, make sure the dog loses the control he is trying to put on you. Believe it or not, the dog is actually trying to train you. Quick fixes sometimes work, but not often. If it's a good dog. Make an effort. If the dog is a geniune liability to family and others then get rid of him.

[ferjr]

[Bow]

DO NOT SHOCK HIM !!!!!!!!! it is a dominant thing the next time he shows his teeth push him to the ground with your hands on his back and hold him down tell he stops fighting. you should be able to do that to any dog that you have. i have 13 hounds and i can feed them all at the same time and any one can go in and take the food away. three of them did the same thing as yours.he is showing you his teeth because he thinks he is the dominant one.send him up to me ill have him so a baby can eat out of the same bowl.

[Tycoon7]

Yes this is the first time that I have gave him something on a bone. I do think that I could do better at teaching him better manners in all aspects so I will start there and work my way up to the food problem again. Probably will get him cut too because I have no intention of breeding him. I'm really interested in trying to push him down and hold him on his back when he does it but I think he might chew my arm off :0). Maybe Ill send him up to bow for some manner lessons. I have two kids though so I need to get it figured out quick. Thanks for all the help and replies I love this website just for that reason.

[Bow]

imo getting him cut will not make a difference.if you cut my balls off i think it would make me bite lol