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...to start reading this article from the beginning please click on here...If your dog eats so quickly that you have few opportunities to offer better food during treatment exercises, buy a commercially available dish designed to slow down his eating.
Managing Your Dog's Behavior Apart from your treatment sessions, you need to manage your dog's behavior carefully to avoid aggressive encounters. Do not allow others to go near your dog while he's eating. If he guards food from children in the family, DO NOT attempt these exercises with any child under 18 years of age. If your dog guards food from visitors to your home, it might be easier to manage his behavior than resolve it. If your dog and guests are in the same room, just remove all food items from the area. Alternatively, you can keep your dog confined in a separate area of your home while guests visit. Be aware that dogs sometimes guard food intended for people, even if the food is situated on a table or countertop. If food is going to be present when guests visit, you'll want to confine your dog to ensure everyone's safety.
What NOT to Do Do not "free feed" your dog (leave out bowls of food all the time). If he guards food, he should not have constant access to it. Only feed your dog meals at regularly scheduled times. Do not punish or intimidate your dog when he guards food. Remember that when a person approaches a food-guarding dog, the dog will react as though the person intends to take the food away. This makes sense because dogs naturally compete for food. Some people insist that "dominating" your dog and showing that you're stronger and able to take away his food will make him stop guarding it. On the contrary, doing so is dangerous and unnecessary. It can sometimes cause resource guarding to get worse, and it can damage your relationship with your dog. It's easier and safer to simply change the way your dog feels about people approaching him when he has food through desensitization and counterconditioning."
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