<p style="font-family:"times new roman";font-size:medium;">How to stop the bad habit of dogs guarding their food?

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<p style="font-family:"times new roman";font-size:medium;">How to protect the dog’s food? It is bad behavior for dogs to protect their food. If a dog protects food from a young age, not only will it be difficult to learn the previous "anti-feeding training"; at the same time, it will develop into protecting toys, protecting territory, etc. At that time, you, as the dog owner, will have a headache~ In the original article, I will introduce to you the training methods to prevent dogs from guarding their food:

<p style="font-family:"times new roman";font-size:medium;">1. As soon as the dog starts, It will be very disgusted with the food that you approach it, and will even threaten its owner with sounds. So at the beginning, you might as well put a little food in front of it with your hands, not far from your hand, and then gradually feed it directly with your hands. This will gradually let the dog understand that you are not a threat to its food, but a giver, so that it will relax its warning to you.

<p style="font-family:"times new roman";font-size:medium;">2. Secondly, you may wish to leave it alone for feeding from time to time. Open your palms and put delicious food on your palms to feed the dog. This feeding method is very safe. The dog will lick the food and will not bite it. After your dog gets used to it, you can tentatively hold the food bowl in your hand and feed it to your puppy.

<p style="font-family:"times new roman";font-size:medium;">3. Next, you need to make the dog comfortable with someone being around when eating. When you feed it, put your hand on it first. While petting it, pour food into its food bowl. Don't stop petting it while it's eating. The action should be gentle and slow, and you can talk to it, so that it knows that you will not steal its food.

<p style="font-family:"times new roman";font-size:medium;">4. Don’t rush into petting, and wait until the dog becomes more comfortable with handing over. You can start by petting its lower body and wait until it doesn’t react. , and then slowly move to the head (this process sometimes requires several strokes to complete)

<p style="font-family:"times new roman";font-size:medium;">5. Dog. Once it is appropriate to eat, if someone is around and petted, it means it does not pose a threat. During the entire meal, if it is found to have signs of threat, such as starting to wrinkle its nose and make noises. If the dog whirls or looks sideways, scold it loudly and take the food away

<p style="font-family:"times new roman";font-size:medium;">wait for it to calm down. , then he praised it, stroked it and said: "It's very good." "Give the food bowl again. Repeat this until it does not resist.

<p style="font-family:"times new roman";font-size:medium;">Note: Training the dog "no "Protection" requires a little patience, don't grab its items from the beginning, it will be more dangerous.

<p style="font-family:"times new roman";font-size:medium;" >Especially when taking away the rice bowl, pay attention to the dog's expression. If the dog shows signs of aggression, stop taking away the rice bowl.