my 9 month old aussie gets agrresive towards my other dogs when there is food around. I have a 7 yr old sheltie and feed her a different diet so I feed her in my son's room and feed my aussie in my room. Now she will not let my other dogs in my room. how do I stop her from this? I can pick her food but she still will not let any other near me or my room.
I would try to take her out of her comfort zone, and see if that helps. My have to stand between my boys while they eat so they do not eat each others food but i have always fed them in the same room so one would not become possesive and I have always made it very clear to my boys that I am the alpha and respected leader so whenever I need to correct unacceptable behavior my boys listen. There are several different techniques on this site * * * Unauthorized Ad Deleted by Moderator * * * Bill
I would read up and see what route you thinkwould workbest for you and stick with it and be consistent if you flip flop orjust give up it will confuse her.
Oh my! I so relate to this problem!! My boys are the same age, six months old, and one of them, Darcy, is great until I put his dish down, then if he sees any one of the other two coming near, he sounds like something from the exorcist...seriously...you know when the girl is possessed and stuck to the ceiling?? LOL. I have to feed them separately because Thomas, the other pup is a real gutsy one and eats as much as he can lay his paws on!! I have to be sure of which one is eating what. Thomas does it to tease and I wish I could show you his performance when trying to get at food...it's hilarious!! Anyway, I shut the baby gate between them and refuse to make too much fuss about it and hope they grow out of it.
I would feed them in the same room with you there to supervise. My animals all have a different diet but they all get fed together and they know their place, I have to be there to stop the cat from stealing the dogs food, but feeding them together works well. I think by feeding your dog in your room you are making her possessive of you and your room so one way or another the feeding place needs to change.
I'm lucky that our dogs are not aggressive with other dogs (or humans) over their food. They have been eating out of the same dish since they were puppies.
Thank you for your help, I will feed them in the same room like the kitchen. I have one more problem about food. If I have food in my hands or eating something she does the same thing. She will not let anyone or any dog around me while I eat. I try not to eat around her but sometimes it is hard. If I want to grab a snack and walk around eating it I have to watch where and who I walk near or they might get bit.
I have an absolute rule that any food given to my animals is always put into their bowl in their feeding place. It sounds harsh but it stops begging and the animals know that anything I am eating is mine not theirs so it stops competition. In your situation I would have a no feeding except in the dog bowl rule and if your dog gets possessive when you eat have him go to his place (bed or crate) and stay there until you allow him to move. Good luck.
I hope it works out well for you Kimbaberly, it will take time for the dog to get the message but it is worth persisting. As Justontime said it helps if you always feed the dogs from their bowls in their feeding place, then they know that they don't need to compete for food and they will not bother you when you are eating.
I have the same problem although not angry agressive just hyper and will take food out of hands without biting. I have to lock him up to eat every time it's annoying but I worry about mine around kids. Better safe than sorry. That being said he will do any trick for a treat
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