Over possessive of bone and toys

[Gusfromalberta]

Is anyone's Frenchie seriously over possessive of their bone and toys? Gus can be sound asleep and snoring and if our shitzu walks by his bone he'll fly off the couch and grab the bone.

 

[Frenchie Mommy]

My guy is food aggressive with other dogs. He loves all dogs, but at feeding time I separate him from other dogs as he will growl at any dog if it gets near his bowl while he is eating. We can put our hand in his bowl and never a problem, it's just with other dogs.


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[winginit66]

Sometimes Wilson will go beserk on Olivia (or vice-versa) over a toy. To the point where I have to pull them apart. But no food aggression other than a little growl occasionally. They both eat at about the same rate of speed (just think inhale) so there's really nothing to fight over...

 

[davidh]

Hilary will growl at the others when they want her bone and Henri loves to tease her. If she gets too loud with her growling, I will step in and take the bone away from her. I did that with one of our English when she was younger and she soon figured out that was not accepted behavior.

 

[Alice Kable]

Buster is a bone hog, but Ruggles sticks up for himself and doesn't let Buster get away with that possessive behavior. They have never had words over food!

 

[Schimpfy]

Chance has had most of his toys taken away as he becomes super aggressive and we ask our friends not to engage with him when he has toys as they are sure to be bit

 

[Squishy Walnuts]

Wally's not aggressive with his food or toys. When he was a puppy I used to take his food and toys away from him at a regular basis for a few moments to see what he would do. After a few times of having to put him on his side to show I'm the alpha he got it and now he doesn't do anything when I take stuff away from him.

 

[blushy]

Wally's not aggressive with his food or toys. When he was a puppy I used to take his food and toys away from him at a regular basis for a few moments to see what he would do. After a few times of having to put him on his side to show I'm the alpha he got it and now he doesn't do anything when I take stuff away from him.

That's a good approach!

Isabelle doesn't show aggression, but I'm trying to teach "leave it" so I always get the growling/tug o' war response at first.

 

[Jakeyjake]

Sometimes Stella can be a little possessive of her antler towards Jake. I just take it away at that point. She also guards her food. I can take it away, put my hand in it, etc., but she loves to pretend she needs to protect it running back and forth in the kitchen or standing over it. This morning she wouldn't even eat!