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Real-Life Dog Food Aggression- Help?

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My dog, who is a 128 Pound Husky/Malamute/Wolf male, has food aggression towards me, and only me. When I feed him alone, and try to take his bowl away, he hooks his chin against the side and won't let me. His head is very big, and he looks, and is the size, of a baby bear, or a small black bear. When he has, like, a bone, or something else, and I am ALONE, he will growl If I come near or touch him. It scares me, because he beat my other dog, who is only around the 76 Lb mark, same breed, his sister, up. She had puncture wounds all over her neck, and her leg was very nearly crushed by his jaws, too. Do you think he would do this to me? Any ideas of how to rid him of this food aggresion towards me in a rather safe manner? He's not being Aggressive, aggressive, but he could turn a corner...
Thank you!

03-13-2011 at 6:37 PM

Thanks for all the advice, you guys. I've looked around for help, and still haven't had luck. Yeah, I gotta say, he is so much like a wolf. :/ I think, now, though, he's just generally food aggresive. He has growled at everyone in my family who's feeding him. But to me he's the most aggresive. He is nuetured, and now thinking about it, he's always been snappish towards me, even as a puppy. I don't feed him alone, though, without someone there, and I stay away from him. Hey, I don't want to get gored like his sister. :( I don't feed him from hand, I just don't trust him. :) Thank again.

03-13-2011 at 4:15 PM

SoS offered good advice. I've worked with aggressive dogs at a no-kill shelter previously. Issues like these are why you should always raise a pup strictly in regards to "You/your family are Alpha". they are low dogs on the totem pole. (Especially helpful is when they are puppies, constantly mess with their food when it is feeding time. If they object with a growl or snap, then correct them, and take their food away. Then give them a few kibbles by hand, then return bowl, and repeat xD That helps them learn and accept you are top dog, and prevents general food aggression for most xD ) However, since he is an adult, that makes it very inadvisable to try at home, especially combined with wolf blood. As stated previously, their mind set and personality is not just like a dog. Some may turn out dog-like, but do not expect them to be dogs. x_o I would say... Do NOT try to work on it alone. Like Sos said, talk to people who deal with hybrids extensively about it. (And if they offer advice, make sure you are NOT alone when working on it) Or see about pro trainers who have a lot of experience with hybrids and let them work on it initially, so he will be at least a bit broken in x_o

03-13-2011 at 4:03 PM

One thing you could do to work on the bowl issue is feeding him little bits of his food at a time, by hand if you trust him with that, if not do it in the bowl but just little bits of his whole portion at a time.

03-13-2011 at 8:53 AM

If he has some wolf in him, I would definitely recommend talking to someone who works with wolves/wolf hybrids professionally. Try talking to a rescue that specializes in wolf dogs. They'll have seen it all and will be able to give you some solid advice. I train dogs professionally in real life, so I have seen this kind of behavior before and it can be solved, but a wolf-dog isn't a dog. Their mind set is different. This is a problem that will only get worse if left alone and I highly recommend getting help. Neutering him could help to calm the problem a bit too. I hope some of this helps, let me know how he does.

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