Fred nipped my dad over a toy
Months ago, when she was 5-6 months old I was concerned about resource guarding with Fred and I worked with her by hand-feeding for almost a month and giving a treat for letting me take away her bowl and toys including those same pork chews.. I haven't seen any issues in forever.. including when she got some left-overs out of the trash a few times. I still randomly take things from her to reinforce training, including the day before she went to my parent's house. She is 8 months old now btw. I need advice on how to train Fred not to resource guard with people other than me. Especially since she's not around these people daily and the guarding seems so random... there have been times when my parent's have taken things from her and moved her food bowl etc.. never any issues before this incident. I'm so sad and frustrated. Thanks, Leslie |
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| They will need to be involved with the training day to day, Fred see's you as the boss, other people are obviously below her and should know better! Obviously in your situation they are not there on a daily basis, so when they on their she will have to be put in her place by your parents and not you doing all the correcting. Food is a very special thing to a dog, maybe just feeding her bowl based food when she is in the care of your parents is one approach and not disturbing her - not giving her treats that require attention. |
| I always approach my dogs and say in a friendly tone "Swap" offer a treat and remove the raw hide with lots of praise. Your dog obviously sees your dad as lower in the pack order, I would just not give him anything that could provoke upset when he is not with you. |
| Since she has been trained to respect you, she is trainable! Get as many people as possible into the training. She'll catch on quickly. I used the "swap" with Jack because he refused to totally let go of resource guarding. Fred is still young...more to learn. |
SheepieBoss wrote: Since she has been trained to respect you, she is trainable! Get as many people as possible into the training. She'll catch on quickly. I used the "swap" with Jack because he refused to totally let go of resource guarding. Fred is still young...more to learn. SO true!! As we train Tucker, we make sure others are involved in his commands and such. I reall ynever thought about it, until my Mom was going to be here to let him out one day....She said " I hope he listens to me"....  Now, I encourage others to give Tucker those kind of commands too.Leslie-- we need to get together for a play date!  |
Your dad should just get his own chewie...  Vance |
| Fred is used to you and your ways. He had no idea that your dad was going to give him back his chewie. Dad should have swapped for something else. People seem to expect animals to come with manuals in their brains with all the rules already laid out. |
| My dad also said that when he tried to take the chewie he should have announced his intentions better. She does well with leave it and other commands with them. He said it was like he startled her and should have offered to trade and not just taken it. She did give it up after being offered a trade for a liver treat. Thanks for the advice and encouragement. She did so great in all other aspects of being away from me and with them for two nights. For an 8 month old she really is doing so well. My parents even took her to her agility class Friday night after I dropped her off. I was impressed how she looked to my dad for guidance on the course and came to him off leash and everything. They sent me videos. They were pretty funny. Fred did her best to show my dad what to do. Lol |
Abuckie wrote: Leslie-- we need to get together for a play date! I agree! PM me where you are in Ohio and some contact information..... Fred does great in the car... we'd be up for a road trip some weekend. I'd love to see her get to play with another sheepie! |
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