Resource guarding

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My 8 month old pup is awful for resource guarding any recommendations or training techniques?

Behaviourist.

Please don't take training advice from well meaning strangers on the internet. They don't know you or your dog, and can't see the situation and what happens to lead to the guarding in the first place.

Your vet will be able to recommend someone and you should be covered with your insurance too. From next week you'll be able to meet a behaviourist in the park or garden and discuss your concerns face to face. A video of one of the resource guarding moments could prove helpful as well.

In the meantime don't try and take things
off the dog as you don't want to exacerbate the behaviour and get a nasty bite. Good luck!

We are experienced dog owners, and have massively improved the resource guarding of our current foster.

Basically swapping for something more high value, meaning the dog learns that no matter what he has, interaction with a human is always going to improve what he has.

Try to avoid him having things that he feels the need to resource guard. We’ve used a lot of cut up sausages, as bribes.

Agree with PP though, advice from a decent behaviourist is vital if you haven’t dealt with resource guarding before. You can do a lot of research on line, and get your head around the concepts. Then have an expert help you put it all into practice.

It is a serious behaviour issue, but with patience and consistency, it can be managed very well.

Also, NEVER take things off the dog! If you do need to take something, distract or reward with a much better thing!

Don’t risk being bitten. And don’t tell your dog off for growling - it’s much better for you to have a warning, rather than stop a dog growling, and making it just go straight for a bite

DGP Dog Behavior Videos on YouTube will be helpful, and I like a lot of the things that Victoria Stilwell teaches

You should be able to deal with this problem yourself. There are videos by qualified behaviourist on YouTube. If you cant solve it go to a qualified behaviourist. Look at their experience and qualifications as many are not qualified. You can google their qualifications.

My puppy did this, but she was a lot younger when we dealt with it, I admit I just looked it up on YouTube and decided to follow one which said put half her kibble in her bowl than sit next to her whilst she ate and kept adding in the rest gradually. But I don’t know if 8 months would be too old for that?

I would be vary wary of trying to treat resource guarding via YouTube videos. I know PP mean well but it could be incredibly dangerous and you could end up with a nasty bite.

8 month old dogs are teenagers and can do a lot of damage. Please seek professional help from someone who can see your dog in person and see what the triggers are.

@vanillandhoney if you read the post it says videos by qualified behaviourists.