The first thing to remember before you start training your dog is that food is a dog’s priority. Your dog should know that he will get food only if he listens to you. You can be stern but you should not be rude to the dog.

As a first step when the dog is eating its food, remove the food for a minute. You must do it very carefully without irritating the dog. The dog should have faith in you. While removing the food use the words like ’stop’ or ‘leave’. Use the words ‘good boy’ in a soft tone so that the dog knows that you will not harm him. Then put the food back before the dog and let it eat.

Normally the dogs that need not fight for their food are the ones who come from very few litters. Those that come from large litters have to fight for their food otherwise its brothers and sisters will eat up its share also. So these dogs are always possessive about their food. Since these dogs get what they wanted by showing aggressiveness with its brothers and sisters, it will try this out with every toy, bone etc. It will try this trick with human beings as well. If you notice such behavior you must try to stop this at very early age. Otherwise it will create problems later on. more…