Have you ever heard the phrase "thunder doesn't beat people who eat"? In fact, some "eating dogs" can't be "beaten": when dogs are disturbed while eating, they will have such protective behaviors as growling, barking and even biting.
Reasons for dog protection
Dog food protection is actually an instinct: due to lack of food or lack of food, the dog will think that food is a very valuable resource, in order to avoid starvation, the dog will appear to protect this behavior. Dogs with protective food behavior believe that protecting food allows them to survive.
How to correct the dog's food protection behavior?
First of all, the owner should know: it is not difficult to correct the dog's food protection behavior, but it requires enough patience and time from the owner. Training once or twice may not be effective. It is also necessary to pay special attention to: when correcting the dog's bad habits, do not hit it and scold it, otherwise it will backfire!
Let the dog know that the owner is the one who gives food.
Every time before the dog eats, let the dog focus on the owner first, watch the owner give it the food, let it slowly form a "I eat the food was originally given by the owner" this kind of consciousness.
Let the dog adapt to the owner's approach when eating
When the dog is eating, the owner tries to throw a little bit of the food the dog prefers to eat to the dog and observe the dog's reaction. If the dog behaves more fiercely, the owner will not proceed to the next step. If the dog accepts it, the owner will go further and throw a little more of the food the dog prefers to eat, step by step until the dog forms the consciousness that "the owner will not rob my food but give me food" and accepts that the owner is around when eating.
3 Let the dog adapt to eating when someone is around
To train the dog to adapt to the presence of people other than the owner when eating, first let the dog get used to the owner's presence, and then let the dog form the consciousness of "this person provides me with food and will not rob my food" in the same way as above.
In this training process, the cooperation of other people except the owner is required until the dog forms the consciousness that "the environment where I eat is safe and no one wants to rob my food", and no one will be aggressive to anyone who approaches it while eating, so that the dog's food protection behavior can be completely corrected.
