seperate them! they could seriously injure each other!
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i seperate my 2 females because 1 of them is very slow at eating and the other eats very fast and my older one that eats slow is very aggressive when other dogs come near her food! Also my neighbor didnt seperate hers and her dogs got amaciated because 2 of them was getting all the food and the other 2 werent! and i called animal control on her for not caring enough to seperate them and by golly she does it now!
You should separate them before feeding them. Then feed them separately, and put them back together once they are done eating.
Bring them inside, so you can supervise them better. Horrible things happen to unsupervised dogs. They get loose, killed, etc. And one day the dog fighting could be deadly. When you aren’t there to supervise, you know one dog is more aggressive and could one day kill the other one. Keep them separate when you can’t be home to watch them.
Food aggression should never be tolerated. Put the aggressive dog on a training collar and leash and stand outside while they eat. If he tries to leave his bowl, correct him. Do not let him go until the other dog has finished his or her food, and you have collected the bowls. Alternately, feed them on seperate tie-outs or in kennels/crates. It is NEVER acceptable to let dogs fight over food or other resources, as that behavior will escalate into a very serious problem.
never allow dogs to “work it out”, unless you would like to at worst, to have at least one dead and one severly injured dog, and at best, both dogs will learn to be food,dog and territorially aggressive.
YOU are the pack leader. As such, both of your dogs EXPECT you to protect them, and KEEP HARMONY. If you cannot or are unwilling to do that, one of them will step in.
this is a highly unsafe situation for you to be in too-you could get attacked in the process, since neither of your dogs respect you(because they fight in your presence), they will have no problem biting you.
feed your dogs separately, IN CRATES, in different rooms if you have too.
I am somewhat disturbed that you seem to find only two options for this dilemma. There is actually a third and more desireable option: separate your dogs when you feed them. You shouldn’t be leaving them outside all the time anyway. Bring them inside and put them in different rooms to eat.
Dogs do struggle for dominance but that’s different from allowing them to attack each other. Plus, you are supposed to be the dominant one, not one of them, and that includes not allowing inappropriate behavior. Also, I would guess that your less aggressive dog would probably benefit from being able to eat it’s food occasionally.
You need to feed them in seperate areas so they both get food. If you continue to let the one eat all the food, your other dog is going to lose weight and probably become sick. Feed them in seperate areas where they cant get to each others food bowls. Put one in one room and the other in another until they are done eating. if they are fighting other then at meal time, you need to keep an eye on them. If blood is drawn you need to intercede and break it up. As the alpha in the group, you need to let them know that the fighting is not acceptable.
(I like “24″, too. What ever happened to that show?)
Look at the situation like this….. if they were your kids, would you allow them to have food fights at the dinner table? It’s just not appropriate behavior and it upsets everyone. As the alpha, you would put your foot down and restore peace to the meal time adventure.
So, you should with the dogs as well. You have a dominant dog and a subordinate dog. The subordinate dog needs you (the alpha) to lend a hand and allow him/her to eat a meal in peace, which means separating them, or confining the dominant dog during meal time so that he can’t gorge on excess food and be a d!ck when it comes to food in general ….. and the subordinate dog gets a complete meal in peace.
Whether it be a lead, kennel, crate, different room, whatever it takes to keep both dogs seperated at meal time is the way to go for a happy, healthy pack.
Really, really don’t like the idea of a mis-applied “training collar” that you jerk him around on to “correct” him. Please do not ever do that. Trying to train a dog by the use of bullying, aggressive techniques will really backfire. Separate the dogs using barriers when they eat.
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seperate them! they could seriously injure each other!
Edit:
i seperate my 2 females because 1 of them is very slow at eating and the other eats very fast and my older one that eats slow is very aggressive when other dogs come near her food! Also my neighbor didnt seperate hers and her dogs got amaciated because 2 of them was getting all the food and the other 2 werent! and i called animal control on her for not caring enough to seperate them and by golly she does it now!
relax, they know alrdy. so let them beat it out of their system themselves, unless there’s bleeding….
You can’t let one of your dog go without food ….separate them during meals.
You should separate them before feeding them. Then feed them separately, and put them back together once they are done eating.
Bring them inside, so you can supervise them better. Horrible things happen to unsupervised dogs. They get loose, killed, etc. And one day the dog fighting could be deadly. When you aren’t there to supervise, you know one dog is more aggressive and could one day kill the other one. Keep them separate when you can’t be home to watch them.
Don’t let them fight!
As a alpha, you break up the fights since this is inappropriate.
Food aggression should never be tolerated. Put the aggressive dog on a training collar and leash and stand outside while they eat. If he tries to leave his bowl, correct him. Do not let him go until the other dog has finished his or her food, and you have collected the bowls. Alternately, feed them on seperate tie-outs or in kennels/crates. It is NEVER acceptable to let dogs fight over food or other resources, as that behavior will escalate into a very serious problem.
feed one inside.
feed the other outside.
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are you serious??
never allow dogs to “work it out”, unless you would like to at worst, to have at least one dead and one severly injured dog, and at best, both dogs will learn to be food,dog and territorially aggressive.
YOU are the pack leader. As such, both of your dogs EXPECT you to protect them, and KEEP HARMONY. If you cannot or are unwilling to do that, one of them will step in.
this is a highly unsafe situation for you to be in too-you could get attacked in the process, since neither of your dogs respect you(because they fight in your presence), they will have no problem biting you.
feed your dogs separately, IN CRATES, in different rooms if you have too.
then take them BOTH to obedience class.
I am somewhat disturbed that you seem to find only two options for this dilemma. There is actually a third and more desireable option: separate your dogs when you feed them. You shouldn’t be leaving them outside all the time anyway. Bring them inside and put them in different rooms to eat.
Dogs do struggle for dominance but that’s different from allowing them to attack each other. Plus, you are supposed to be the dominant one, not one of them, and that includes not allowing inappropriate behavior. Also, I would guess that your less aggressive dog would probably benefit from being able to eat it’s food occasionally.
You need to feed them in seperate areas so they both get food. If you continue to let the one eat all the food, your other dog is going to lose weight and probably become sick. Feed them in seperate areas where they cant get to each others food bowls. Put one in one room and the other in another until they are done eating. if they are fighting other then at meal time, you need to keep an eye on them. If blood is drawn you need to intercede and break it up. As the alpha in the group, you need to let them know that the fighting is not acceptable.
(I like “24″, too. What ever happened to that show?)
Look at the situation like this….. if they were your kids, would you allow them to have food fights at the dinner table? It’s just not appropriate behavior and it upsets everyone. As the alpha, you would put your foot down and restore peace to the meal time adventure.
So, you should with the dogs as well. You have a dominant dog and a subordinate dog. The subordinate dog needs you (the alpha) to lend a hand and allow him/her to eat a meal in peace, which means separating them, or confining the dominant dog during meal time so that he can’t gorge on excess food and be a d!ck when it comes to food in general ….. and the subordinate dog gets a complete meal in peace.
Whether it be a lead, kennel, crate, different room, whatever it takes to keep both dogs seperated at meal time is the way to go for a happy, healthy pack.
Really, really don’t like the idea of a mis-applied “training collar” that you jerk him around on to “correct” him. Please do not ever do that. Trying to train a dog by the use of bullying, aggressive techniques will really backfire. Separate the dogs using barriers when they eat.