Anyone see CM get bitten by a Lab?
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moosea
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My last dog, Rocky, was so food aggressive with me in the first two days we had him I actually thought that I would end up taking him back to the Dogs Trust.
Within 12 months of owning him he was turning his nose up at food if it wasn't 'good' enough for him!!
I do not have children - if I had, I would never have taken him on with his issues. He was also the only dog in the house.
He was 'cured' by ALWAYS having biscuits down for him.
He ate the first bowl in record time... so I refilled it. Second bowl he was slower and had to stop half way through - I refilled the bowl. He bowl was never empty again at our house.
The other thing was keeping a strict routine for feeding times - wet food was served by the time he came in from the garden in the morning and at 6pm in the evening.
His history had been one where he had at some time been very hungry and uncertain when his next meal would arrive. I never wanted him to feel insecure about that in his home again.
And, yes, he did put on weight initially - however we increased his exercise to take this into account, and although in his older days he was in ' show condition' he was never actually overweight for his size or build.
Worked well for Rocky, and a few other rescue dogs I fostered too.
EDT. If you had seen Rocky guarding entire rooms because there was a biscuit on the floor I have no doubt that some of you would have been saying he should be PTS - however he lived a long and happy 6 years with me and never bit anyone.
Within 12 months of owning him he was turning his nose up at food if it wasn't 'good' enough for him!!
I do not have children - if I had, I would never have taken him on with his issues. He was also the only dog in the house.
He was 'cured' by ALWAYS having biscuits down for him.
He ate the first bowl in record time... so I refilled it. Second bowl he was slower and had to stop half way through - I refilled the bowl. He bowl was never empty again at our house.
The other thing was keeping a strict routine for feeding times - wet food was served by the time he came in from the garden in the morning and at 6pm in the evening.
His history had been one where he had at some time been very hungry and uncertain when his next meal would arrive. I never wanted him to feel insecure about that in his home again.
And, yes, he did put on weight initially - however we increased his exercise to take this into account, and although in his older days he was in ' show condition' he was never actually overweight for his size or build.
Worked well for Rocky, and a few other rescue dogs I fostered too.
EDT. If you had seen Rocky guarding entire rooms because there was a biscuit on the floor I have no doubt that some of you would have been saying he should be PTS - however he lived a long and happy 6 years with me and never bit anyone.
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piebaldsparkle
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I cant hear, its bloody buffering to muchfind another PBS I demand!
Sheeeeeeeeeeeesh
Try this - Middle Vid - Ignore the crap at the start, Holly from about 2mins in.
http://www.cesarsway.com/training/dogtraining/Cesars-Dog-Training-Video-Aggression-During-Feeding
mystiandsunny
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It's so sad to see a Labrador bred badly enough that it is aggressive in any way. Proper labs are such tolerant, gentle family dogs. Regardless of CM or anything else, that's what stands out to me watching that video. I had a labx as a child - I lay all over her, shared my food with her, stroked her as she slept, added bits to her food bowl or quickly took it to pop gravy or something nice on top, we played dress-up and 'sniffer dog' games and she took everything I asked her to do with a waggy tail and a happiness at being included. The x part of her gave her an edge that was a bit more of a guard dog when needed, and she protected the house and her people - it was all bark though, nothing more.
Jools1234
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i am not saying breeding has nothing to do with it but what a sweeping statement
CorvusCorax
Deary me...
For such a numerically large breed, of course there are going to be wrong 'uns, through breeding or rearing.
There is a horribly dog-aggressive female lab in our village.
There is a horribly dog-aggressive female lab in our village.
Alec Swan
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Whilst I would agree that genetics can, and so often do, influence a dog's make up, it's also the case that many dogs such as the one under discussion, can through either the ignorance of, or the failure to correct at the appropriate time, of those who had her as a puppy, can encourage any dog which is already on the cusp of aggression, to decide that it will please itself.
Alec.