[quote]countingbeans wrote:
[quote]Grneyes wrote:
[quote]countingbeans wrote:
[quote]ucallthatbass wrote:
[quote]countingbeans wrote:
Well if we can’t break him of his food issues, we might have to give him back. Which would mean he will be put down. Which means I would cry, a lot.
We are calling the trainer to see how much its going to be.[/quote]
What are his food issues?[/quote]
He has food aggression, and we have his food mostly under control, but it is causing anxiety amongst us and I have to imagine him too. He has his own room, and we stay pretty clear of it, so he can have his own space, but he still is very protective.
He is pretty cool actually when we are eating, but I am nervous this won’t last. He doesn’t beg, but after seeing how aggressive and protective he is of his dish, if he decides to be that way towards our plates, it is all over. After seeing how he was I don’t think he wants to hurt us, at all. But the trust isn’t there yet.
I don’t know man. I’m not a dog expert, and he is fucking boss outside of those issues. This dog listens to me like we’ve been together forever after 2 days.
I guess he was a little crazy with my inlaws here today while I was at work, and now my wife is having second thoughts.
I don’t know man. After the conversation I just had with my wife, my emotions are fucking twisted up a lot. I know if we don’t keep him, he is going to die, and his life will suck a shit load until that day.
I just hope the trainer can break him of the craziness with the food. We can deal with the jumping on people, but not the worry he is going to attack over food.[/quote]
How was he with your in-laws? Like jumping on them or defensive of his “territory,” meaning your house? How old is he?
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He was all over them, and defensive of his dish. Feet nipping and such. Yeah he is a rescue, and they lied to us about a lot of shit, and told us half truths.
The vet told us he is lab and something, certainly not Dane like the rescue place told us. The vet thinks Lab and some type of Pitt Bull.
I’m sure a lot was playing with my inlaws, because my wife can’t really tell the difference. And if they weren’t telling him no, he would have just kept ramping up the excitement. You have to manage this dogs excitement, if you don’t check him he goes apeshit.
If I can be sure that he won’t go after our food, and is only going to be nuts for his own dish, I wouldn’t have a problem managing the issues he has with his bowl. [/quote]
I don’t know much about dogs, but I know discipline is huge. You have to establish the alpha position fast or else. He needs to know what is acceptable as a game and what is not. Hopefully the problems can be fixed, it would be sad to see a dog be put down for food aggression. My parents’ friends have a dog that is way too excitable. Whenever they have company, he has to be put away. He just gets WAY too excited WAY to easily, and then pees on the floor. No amount of training or anything has solved this problem. He’s a PBGV and cost quite a lot of money.
