[rawfeeding] Re: Food Aggression [was: where do you feed your dogs...]

--- In rawfeeding@yahoogroups.com, "rachelerm" <rachel@...> wrote:
>
> I thought the "if you growl you
> lose your food" thing made sense, but have I just made the
> whole thing
> worse by actually demonstrating that I *am* competition for his
> food???

I think the best way to handle a problem like this is to give the
dog a little more food when you walk close instead of taking away
from him. Give him a small piece of something extra tastey.
Something he really likes. In my case, that would be a small piece
of beef heart. This gives the pup something positive to associate
with you coming close to him whlle he eats.

Often times people who mess with their dogs by taking food away
while they are eating just to see if they can often create the very
problem they are trying to avoid. I have seen this happen many many
times in my training practice.

Bill Carnes
http://www.skylarzack.com/rawfeeding.htm

Feeding Raw since October 2002

"Unnatural diets predispose animals to unnatural outcomes"
Dr. Tom Lonsdale

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