by Tena Parker | Sep 19, 2012 | Blogs
Okay, I lied, a less-wordy Wednesday Well, over the last 5 or so blog posts we’ve gone on an interesting journey from Shayne to food aggression. Shayne was quite the little food guarder when I got her. If lightly pushed, she would absolutely lunge/snap at people...
by Tena Parker | Sep 18, 2012 | Blogs
I’ve been ruminating over a video I saw posted online for a few days now. The video involved a TV personality trying to address food aggression with a yellow lab. In the video the person was trying to “claim” the bowl and the space around the bowl to...
by Tena Parker | Jan 10, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Last week I wrote about how common it is for people to actually create food aggressive dogs by trying to get the dog used to people taking the food bowl away. What people thought was proper socialization, was actually causing their dog’s aggressive behavior. ...
by Tena Parker | Jan 3, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Imagine for a moment that you are at a restaurant and you are eating your favorite dinner after a long day at work. You’ve just had a chance to take a few bites of the main entree and your two side dishes, when suddenly, the waitress returns and snatches the...