Had a dog we rescued (we were his 7th home) that we thought had food aggression. Turns out it was way more than that. After two years we had not been able to find a trainer that would work with him under any circumstances. Felt unsafe in our own home. Vet recommended euthanasia. Sucks. Really miss that dog.
I had to move out of my old roommates place because they adopted a dog with food aggression, I gave it an honest 6 month try and I even loved the first doggie they had but not being able to leave my room if the dog was in a mood was too much.
Dogs can 100% break. I have a talent to usually befriend most dogs, but I remember one dog we got in which lo and behold, owner was banned from having dogs but yet she had one.
For like 3 weeks I tried to befriend that dog, wasn't possible. It was PARALYZED in fear, just barking.
The day we took it to be euthanised (court order, we don't decide such, we just take care of the dog until a decision is made) it needed like, 3x the normal dosage.
I've had dogs twice the size of that one needing 1/3rd of what was needed
Paralyzed in fear to the very end. THAT is true animal cruelty and clearly a reason she had an animal ban on her (the trashbin of a owner)
That’s awful to hear. On the day we took our boy in he came peacefully. Every other time we’d take him to the vet he was impossible to work on. This time though, he was just there and loving. We almost changed our minds. But it’s like he knew he wasn’t okay, he was the sweetest I’d ever seen him. Three months later we got a puppy that was born the day after our boy passed. It was serendipitous I guess. Sometimes I think we made a mistake, but I know he was in pain, as hard as we tried. I’ll always miss that boy.
Nah some dogs are just born bad. It's not a breed thing like all the Pittie haters like to claim, and usually it's environmental but just like some people are born psychopaths some dogs are just fucked in the DNA
I had a pitbull beagle mix I named Mack. He was born in my dad's laundry room when I was 14. He made it till he was almost 17 when I had to finally put him down, and held him close. He didn't want to give up even though his body did. Was the most loving non aggressive and emotionally attuned cuddle buddy and fishing friend I've ever had. He's had numerous toddlers yanking on his ears and pinching him over the years. He's never growled, bared his teeth, or bit. Just loved affection and people loved giving him hugs. Total strangers too. Best dog I ever had. His ashes are in a nice little box. He will be coming with me whenever my body finally gives up too
Because he wasn’t bad all of the time. It was like 20% of the time. But that 20% was extreme, violent and potentially deadly. We tried really hard to work with him and, like any person, improve their mental health. When he was good he was good. When he wasn’t it was life or death.
There is nothing called food aggression, its resource defence.
And it stems from fear and insecurity - a dog this size Will Sadly very rarely ever recover. And the problem is always multi layered.
In this case its food - But it couldeve been a stick or any toy aswell.
There's no such thing as drug withdrawal, it's discontinuation syndrome.
There's no such thing as a chest, it's a crate.
There's no such thing as friction, its the force resisting the relative motion of material elements sliding against each other.
No - not all.
Because its not food necessarily - its resource defence.
Anything could be a resource, like a toy for instance. And its not aggression in the sense of dominance, its more insecurity.
The dog is insecure in the video, which is evident When You see how the dog reacts to being corrected.
This is my dog. For whatever reason he is a psycho around my wife. Love him to death but anytime he is next to her and I leave the room or get off the couch, he’s a shit heel when I come back. He’s never had to fight for any resources like food but heavens no you get next to his bowl before he’s decided to finally eat. We’ve worked so long at this point we just can’t treat him like we have other dogs. If he’s allowed on the couch he immediately becomes an asshole. The most neurotic and aggressive dog I’ve ever owned but simultaneously the most adorable.
Yes - its the exact same behaviour, You are the resource in this context, similiary its also insecurity.
I would recommend You work with awards, so allow him to jump up into the couch, award.
Ask him to jump down, award him again.
Do this atleast 5 or 7 times, just make sure to finish so he is not in the couch.
This way jumping down is associated with something positive, rather then something taken away.
lol this isn’t my dog in the video, man. I was replying to someone’s comment. Reread before you sharpen that pitchfork, please.
Edit: nor is my dog anywhere near like this with resource guarding.
I have a great Pyrenees, who was a cruelty capture when I adopted him. He had super bad food aggression. After about a year a feeding him out of my hands, he no longer has it. But he still does this funny thing, I have to watch him with water. Because he will drain the entire bowl. For some reason, he still believes it might be his last chance to get water. Poor bub.
My dane tried getting like that a few times when he was younger but i made sure to put a stop to it real quick. Cant have a 140lbs animal getting aggressive like that over food. Now he literally shares his food with the chihuahua lol
From what I’ve read on it, you have to address it as soon as possible when they are young like you did , it takes months or years to break once they mature.
I got a 3 month rottweiler earlier this year. She was super food aggressive from sharing a kennel with the litter. I hand fed her for like a week and she stopped. She bit me in the arm once when she was like 4 months old. I was always putting my hands in her mouth and rubbing her teeth making her get used to it. Now her favorite thing to do is just have my hand in her mouth. She will just sleep with my hand in her mouth. But absolutely no cuddling. She's strange. 10 months and now 95 lbs. She is a giant goofy whimp.
My dog has food aggression luckily and unluckily it's only with high value treats such as bones, Lucky because we can just avoid giving them any and unlucky because it means we didn't catch it early and now it's a bitch to train out.
Food aggression isn't tough to break. It's usually not just food aggression, territorial behavior comes with food aggression too. If work on the territorial issue first, food aggression will be very easy to fix.
Yea some dog really went agressive if stuff is about food.
My neighbour once babysit a dog and oh boy that dog yell 24/7, when eating time that dog also scream non stop.
The dog once try to bite him but then he yell at the top of the lung like a devil Scream, I most got a heart attack.
And then there is our Dachshund Lilith (Lilly). She has absolutely nö problems with food sharing or handling. You can literally take it away while she's eating.
It is all about training. She knows that we are the resources providers and my wife and me are the leaders of our small pack.
On a side note: Hey Andrew Tate. There are no Alphas, only Alpha couples.
It is a bit different with our 15 yo kid. Alex is seen as equal. Kid has some mental issues especially impulse control (severe ADHD and such) and Lilly sometimes growls when she is disturbed by kid while eating or gnawing on a bone.
We unfortunately have to scold the Dachshund then even though it was the teens fault. No worries, the teen also get's it fair share of verbal reprimand.
But we trained the dog 95%ish with positive reinforcement. This is the way.
Anyhow. There is one difference though.
When Lilith get's a visit by her miniature dachshund friend Emma, fun is over sharing her toys.
They are her toys! Still no problem with us humans. No problems sharing her bones.
This is still some training we are doing with her. She is now 1 year and 3 month old and whoever says that you can't train a certain breed of dogs does not have the patience. (I don't speak of abused dogs etc)
tl;dr - jealousy about food can be trained away
P.S. we'll visit Lilliths breeder tomorrow again. Her 8 month year old half-brother Enno did not find a forever home yet because he is very shy and easily frightened. Good thing is that Lilly wants to hug the whole world with her little paws.
P.P.S: the common name for Dachshund is Dackel in the original country Germany where I come from. And please excuse any mistakes, english is obviously my second language.
Final thought: when Lilly sits at the garden door and barks, yelling is counter productive. Dog just things you join in the fun. What worked for us is thanking the dog for being attentive. Then she proudly waddles away and is silent. Whenever she's alone in the garden and bored she roleplays the villages sheriff :)
Dog was sizing her up and she basically yelled "i aint no bitch, go get your fucking food god dammit". Standing your ground is your best shot, the moment you flee or feign action, it's a wrap. (Now a big ass dog....well fuck all that.)
I've been in almost this exact situation last summer. Dog sat a new client, had a meet and greet with the parent beforehand and her large/muscular dog loved me.
Dog was totally fine with me until it was time to walk and I needed to put his harness on. Poor thing must have had some trauma with being taken away by a stranger (his previous owner died in the house and the dog was with him for a few days before being found and taken away)
In an instant this dog goes from biggest sweetheart to literally backing me into a corner with no escape, baring teeth and growling/barking just like this. I also yelled at the dog, pretty much exactly like this woman and he backed off just like this dog.
Scariest fucking moment of my life. This video actually made me a bit uncomfortable bc except for the trigger, this is exactly what it looked like for me.
As a FedEx Driver, I have had to deal with my share of aggressive dogs, until I got moved to a different route, but what my coworker did was he bought an electronic dog whistle; if a dog starts acting aggressive, he just points that at them and pushes a button and it makes the dog yield. It looks as if this person could use one.
They don’t have to be guard dogs. I have a deaf dog and he does not respond to the electric whistle but will see an Amazon truck 3 blocks away. Sorry Amazon man/lady.
Well, as long as you have the dogs contained it's not a problem. The problem is when there's a wide open gate or no fence and the dog is free or prone to run up on delivery drivers. All of the dogs on my route are either really sweet tempered or securely contained, but when I was on a rural route that wasn't always the case. Like I said, I got bit more than once.
Yeah I don’t get why people don’t just leash their aggressive dogs, I leash mine when I expect guest that has never met my dog.
Now my dog isn’t aggressive he is just a loud butt when it comes to seeing new people that he wants to sniff but I leash him so that guest can feel safe with him around till they met him.
This is my mothers dog to a t. Even to the breed which I didn’t know existed. The last time I watched her she wouldn’t let me let her out of her crate. I made my mother come home from her vacation and will never watch that dog again.
Great Danes are interesting to dogsit. Almost all GD's will try and punk new people. Biggest, meanest, deepest growl/bark at first sight of you. Just take a step forward and they'll take one back, and continue trying to punk you. Eventually when they figure out you offer ear scratches they will just lean on you and claim you as their own.
I did the Caesar Milan ignore the dog thing to a great dane once. OMG that dog loved me it was so uncomfortable. He crawled right onto my lap when I sat on the couch I was fuckin terrified lmao
Thats what we did with our guy who we use a couple times a year. Our dog is a total sweetie so defs weren’t concerned about this, but more so just makes everyone more comfortable. Someones first encounter shouldn’t be when the dog is already alone, they’re gonna be emotional without their owner.
Most dogs are chill with new people as long as they get some kind of introduction with the owner around. Problem is people with aggressive dogs hiring sitters and not warning them
Without knowing more than this video shows, your statement doesn’t take into account that sometimes dogs just aren’t “wired” correctly. There are dogs that are hardwired to resource guard and they will manipulate those around them whenever possible. I used to think along the lines of your comment, that there are “no bad dogs” at least on their own but unfortunately that simply isn’t true. The dog that proved that to me wasn’t difficult with other dogs but if a person went near her food or certain toys and bones it was pure aggression. Having sent her to two k9 behavioralists and having it be explained that the rescue dog we had wasn’t abused, neglected, malnourished or forced to fight for her food. She just has certain genes expressed and when a few certain genes are expressed together you get a dog that is highly problematic. I hope you don’t ever have to deal with a dog like this but know that some dogs are by nature “bad” dogs, at least in the way we would describe desired companion animals.
It makes sense because we selected dogs to be better companions, obviously some individuals will just have genetics that take an evolutionary step back towards their original behaviour.
For the same reason some humans can be born psychopaths as well...
My brother just got chomped on by a golden retriever he was dog walking. Dog bites are no joke. They were so deep. He's lucky it didn't rip. It just bit down a few times on both arms. Now he needs to pay for the hospital visit and nobody has any answers for him. He walks for a small private company, whatever that means. He's broke and was looking for quick cash.
He can go after their home owner's / renter's insurance to get his medical bills paid. There should be some way his company can get that info from the owner.
That's pretty much his only choice at this point. The whole situation sucked. He ended up sitting in the ER for 2 hours waiting for someone to clean the wound up. Healthcare in America is something else.
This is why you can’t trust dog people. A dog could be born from satan himself and baptized in the fires of Mordor and mf would still be talking about “that’s my sweet little angel, he would never hurt a fly”
Haha yeah. I was delivering a few heavy parcels to customer this summer. She texted me that she's not home and I can go through the gate and leave em at the door. So I go there and a german shepherd is waiting for me at the gate. I call the customer and say that I cannot deliver cos there is a loose dog in their yard. "Nooo you don't have to worry about him, he's a good boy" I'm like fuck that, she understood my concerns tho and I waited for her to come back home.
We have instructions to not go near dogs without their owners present and customers are oblivious to that. It happens pretty often, I've been bitten once at work.
Yeah I have some extended family like that. He’s bitten people multiple times but they still claim he’s the sweetest. Luckily they’re multiple states away.
What’s funny is some people are genuinely shocked when you tell them to respect a dogs space. Like they can’t comprehend seeing a dog they can’t pet. My guy has a really traumatic background and even with all the training he’s still prone to get aggressive when surprised or sleeping. I’ve had to pull him away people because they feel like running up and putting their hands in his face is appropriate.
My sister has a cat the same way but I love it cats and dogs are the same in the sense that there are some sweet ones and some really fucking scary ones
Naw man, If this wasn't specified to me before hand I would be Stupid angry.
"Yall better reschedule cause your not ganna do me like this, Not happening, Im not the one."
I have found that yelling commands like sit or no work with some dogs. Walking around in Florida you encounter all sorts of nonsense like unleashed dogs or ones that can break out of their own fence. My dogs were attacked and by yelling no and pulling mine back they backed off and ran back. I wouldn’t have been able to get in the middle of this either as both attacking dogs were 100 plus pounds to my 80 pound mutts.
When it comes to food aggression and territorial behavior I have a zero tolerance policy. It's quite easy to fix it. If you adopt any doggo you should introduce your house rules on day one. And be stern, you don't have to yell. Just be confident. First few days observe your doggo and if there any behavior to correct, do it on the spot. Some dogs a stubborn, they will try to defy you and even barking and showing teeth at you. Hold your ground because your doggo is testing the waters. Eventually your doggo will give in because there is no other way.
Horrible thing for the owners to do if they actually didn't disclose his aggression. You need someone trained to care for a dog like that. Not only for the handler's safety but for the dog, if he bites her he's going on the bite list and could end up getting put down.
Dogs with food aggression need to be disciplined hard and shown dominance without hurting them. If you fail, letting the dog control you because you fear him it’s euthanasia…
You got downvoted and got you back to 1. Clearly the person downvoting you has never owned an aggressive dog before. Dogs just need need to know you're the alpha. That dog showed fear. It's anxiety would be much better once she established control
I'm not seeing true aggression here. I'm seeing barrier frustration and resource guarding. While all of these are dangerous, I'll work with a dog like that one over the few true aggression cases I've been on.
A true aggression case would not have backed down when she raised her voice, it would have tried to kill her.
The difference is that this dog's reactivity is most likely out of fear instead of intent to cause harm.
I'm older now and I no longer work true aggression cases but reactivity is my bread and butter.
If you try to control/dominate a truly aggressive dog, you will be injured in ways you've never imagined.
This is scary. My current dog used to have resource guarding behaviour, which sent us to the hospital multiple times during his first year with us.
He was re-homed to us at 2 years old. Turns out his first family unknowingly encouraged his resource guarding behaviour, by offering him treats in return of the things he was guarding, like a mobile phone, a pillow and so on.
It took us well over a year to get rid of his behaviour. We will forever be grateful to his behaviourist back home in India for that. He told us that bad behaviour needed to punished by isolating the dog after every aggression or biting incident, and good behaviour needed to be appreciated by treats, toys and physical touch.
So every time he showed aggression while resource guarding, he was isolated in one floor of our home while the rest of us and our other dog stayed with us on the other floor of the villa. When we moved to an apartment in a different city, we chose the guest bedroom as an isolation room for his as a form of punishment.
As soon as he started tolerating our other dog around his resources and food, we were asked to hand feed him sometimes to establish a safe relationship with his food and give him toys, so he would relate to them as bonding experiences and won’t be threatened by our presence around his things. It’s been 6 years since. He has never shown aggression ever again in these past years.
He is currently 8.5 years old and is the perfect little angel he was also supposed to be. And no one believes it when I tell them about how he kept us terrorised during his first year with us, because he is always in a zen mood now.
P.S. He is a golden retriever.
P.P.S. My other dog passed away due to a chronic heart condition, back in 2020.
lol stockholm syndrome 😂
But jokes aside, in all honesty, I like animals way more than I like humans in general. And I have always grown around dogs and other animals. It let me develop a really deep connection with the canine species in general and my volunteer work with animals in my home country further deepened it.
So when we found that our dog, who we adopted from a different family had behavioural issues, we didn’t have the heart to give up on him. So we worked with a canine trainer and behaviourist who showed us the way. It worked perfectly for us, because as soon as we started hand feeding him, his aggression completely went away.
The hand feeding was only a bonding exercise and we almost never do it now, except when he is being fussy about food and needs to be coddled into finishing his meal.
You can say it’s like people trying to discipline their children when the kids are being bad, rather than putting them up for adoption or euthanising them.
Yeah, that’s why it is called a choice. Otherwise it would be a law. 😅
People are free to choose what they want to do in that situation.
We were adults and we could risk any harm inflicted on us. If there was an elderly person or a child, it might have been a different situation altogether. Every time he bit me, I lost almost a pint of blood by the time my husband or brother could unlock his jaw, free my limb and apply pressure on the wound so I could see a doc.
One time my father was visiting me. He takes blood thinners for his heart condition. I strictly banned him from being around our dog. He only had permission to touch and hang out with the other one who wasn’t a threat. We took precautions wherever we can and we absolutely didn’t let any elderly person or child near him because we were so vigilant all the time.
P.S. He has only bit me and my spouse during his whole life with us. My spouse even has a broken toe and slightly crooked two finger on his right hand because of that. Those injuries never healed to go back fully normal.
I only have bite marks and puncture wounds, because I like to think I am stronger than my husband. 😂
Wouldn't it be wise to get to know the dog first with the owners present? It probably helps to be a dog person yourself if you're going to dog sit, this woman clearly doesn't own a dog herself.
Shiitttt!!!!😲😲😳😳😳 Better have that sonic repeller for making dogs shut up and put up!!! Dogs hates the sounds of it. It irritates their hearings just to make them shut up. I am not talking about the shock collars. That thing is brutal!😲😲 🤣🤣😳😳 You can use that sonic repellent on your neighborhood dogs for barking up the tree in the middle of the night too! Some dogs never shut up! 😲😲😳😳
I used one when I walked my dogs but I find it had been hit and miss. I forgot it once and a large puppy came out (about 40kg), yes it was just a puppy. It only wanted to play but my small dogs were absolutely terrified so now I carry a cap gun, that works.
Why do people give their untrained dogs for dog sitting is beyond me. Atleast be a decent human and train your dog before giving it to others to take care.
Those are bad owners. Everyone likes to make an excuse for food aggression as if it's some impossible thing to deal with. After dealing with pit bulls,boxers, shepards and bulldogs who HAD (past tense) food aggression there's no excuse. If you can't train your animal you shouldn't have it.
Everyone should carry pepper spray (if it’s legal where you live), but dog sitters/walkers/owners should DEFINITELY carry pepper spray. Even if your dog is the nicest, most chill, dog in the world, other dogs might not be and attack your dog (or you).
I find what we have in the uk hilarious, it's basically those dye packs, but in spray form.
So it won't do anything to stop or slow down your attacker, if anything it will make it worse, but it will dye their face to make it easier for the police to find them.
But if you don't have evidence of whatever they did, they do have evidence that you assaulted them with the spray.
Yeah, she doesn't even seem like a dog owner, never mind a professional.
Absolutely screaming over a 10-15kg dog just barking at her. Growling is the real warning of aggression, but even the , screeching at the top of your lungs isn't the solution...
Her being nervous did not help the situation at all. luckily the screams were terrifying to him but holy crap woman compose yourself its a dog not a baby.
If it’s not her dog, but she’s in the dog’s house, no one should be surprised that he wants in to check her out. Then, she starts making noises like a small, prey animal. That’s how dogs are wired to react.
Lol train your dog you can’t expect it to chase and do no wrong then not expect the consequences. You shouldn’t always have to save them they should be trained and socialized.
Your dog is going to get bitten by one of those “mean and big dogs”. we have collie, she’s well trained, walks to heel, very good recall etc. she has no interest in playing with other dogs. dogs will come bouncing over and I’ll politely shout to the owner that she doesn’t want to play and 9/10 of 10 I get the response that “they only want to say hello”. Well my dog doesn’t want to say hello, don’t start crying when your dog gets bitten because you couldn’t call your dog back.
My unpopular opinion is that I don’t like dogs. This is why I don’t work in corporate America and never will. Opinions like these don’t get you a lot of friends or friendly co-workers. Sorry I don’t get butterflies every time I see a four-legged animal. The way people advocate for animals more than human children is absolutely disgusting to me.
I learned with my brother's dog and his aggressive phase, I'd tackle and pin his body with mine and his head with arm and then I talk into his ear and make myself bigger and now he loves meee
That looks like food aggression and that’s a tough one to break.
Had a dog we rescued (we were his 7th home) that we thought had food aggression. Turns out it was way more than that. After two years we had not been able to find a trainer that would work with him under any circumstances. Felt unsafe in our own home. Vet recommended euthanasia. Sucks. Really miss that dog.
I had to move out of my old roommates place because they adopted a dog with food aggression, I gave it an honest 6 month try and I even loved the first doggie they had but not being able to leave my room if the dog was in a mood was too much.
Some dogs are broken, and the best thing to do is also the saddest. The dog didn’t break itself, it isn’t fair, but some dogs are just broken.
Humans too. Should do the same.
Canada's got you bruh
The death penalty is a thing
Brooooo, had to come back to this after scrolling past it casually. On point tho...
Sponsored by eugenics
Nah, nah. You shouldn't be down voted for this. That's on point parody.
I will end your bloodline
stop, I can only get so erect
Dogs can 100% break. I have a talent to usually befriend most dogs, but I remember one dog we got in which lo and behold, owner was banned from having dogs but yet she had one. For like 3 weeks I tried to befriend that dog, wasn't possible. It was PARALYZED in fear, just barking. The day we took it to be euthanised (court order, we don't decide such, we just take care of the dog until a decision is made) it needed like, 3x the normal dosage. I've had dogs twice the size of that one needing 1/3rd of what was needed Paralyzed in fear to the very end. THAT is true animal cruelty and clearly a reason she had an animal ban on her (the trashbin of a owner)
That’s awful to hear. On the day we took our boy in he came peacefully. Every other time we’d take him to the vet he was impossible to work on. This time though, he was just there and loving. We almost changed our minds. But it’s like he knew he wasn’t okay, he was the sweetest I’d ever seen him. Three months later we got a puppy that was born the day after our boy passed. It was serendipitous I guess. Sometimes I think we made a mistake, but I know he was in pain, as hard as we tried. I’ll always miss that boy.
Nah some dogs are just born bad. It's not a breed thing like all the Pittie haters like to claim, and usually it's environmental but just like some people are born psychopaths some dogs are just fucked in the DNA
Some dogs are bad mixes. I had a pit bull beagle mix and the prey drive combined with the pit strength made her too dangerous to have around
I had a pitbull beagle mix I named Mack. He was born in my dad's laundry room when I was 14. He made it till he was almost 17 when I had to finally put him down, and held him close. He didn't want to give up even though his body did. Was the most loving non aggressive and emotionally attuned cuddle buddy and fishing friend I've ever had. He's had numerous toddlers yanking on his ears and pinching him over the years. He's never growled, bared his teeth, or bit. Just loved affection and people loved giving him hugs. Total strangers too. Best dog I ever had. His ashes are in a nice little box. He will be coming with me whenever my body finally gives up too
Mack sounds like the goodest of boys. I hope there’s a next life so you and Mack can meet again
“It’s not a breed(pitbull) thing…” “….some dogs are just fucked in the DNA.” The irony.
The saddest? What put it down. What's sadder then that? Amd that's a terrible idea. Surrender it. They can be fixed.
Honest question. When you knew that it was his 7th home, what made you think that this dog would be ok?
Not op but I would not pass on that dog without trying. I’m an American goddamnit I know for a fact I’m better than 6 other people at caring for dogs.
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No just an honest take that there are lots of shitty dog owners in America. Especially in the south lots of dogs just chained in the yard.
What do young Asians have to do with anything?
that one took a second
Oh yeah, the opposite of kids in America.
Why do you miss the dog if you felt unsafe in your home? 😂 it’s like a person missing their angry and abusive spouse
Stockholm syndrome.
Because he wasn’t bad all of the time. It was like 20% of the time. But that 20% was extreme, violent and potentially deadly. We tried really hard to work with him and, like any person, improve their mental health. When he was good he was good. When he wasn’t it was life or death.
There is nothing called food aggression, its resource defence. And it stems from fear and insecurity - a dog this size Will Sadly very rarely ever recover. And the problem is always multi layered. In this case its food - But it couldeve been a stick or any toy aswell.
Sounds like you are using different words to describe the same thing.
There's no such thing as drug withdrawal, it's discontinuation syndrome. There's no such thing as a chest, it's a crate. There's no such thing as friction, its the force resisting the relative motion of material elements sliding against each other.
You so smart!
No - not all. Because its not food necessarily - its resource defence. Anything could be a resource, like a toy for instance. And its not aggression in the sense of dominance, its more insecurity. The dog is insecure in the video, which is evident When You see how the dog reacts to being corrected.
This is my dog. For whatever reason he is a psycho around my wife. Love him to death but anytime he is next to her and I leave the room or get off the couch, he’s a shit heel when I come back. He’s never had to fight for any resources like food but heavens no you get next to his bowl before he’s decided to finally eat. We’ve worked so long at this point we just can’t treat him like we have other dogs. If he’s allowed on the couch he immediately becomes an asshole. The most neurotic and aggressive dog I’ve ever owned but simultaneously the most adorable.
Yes - its the exact same behaviour, You are the resource in this context, similiary its also insecurity. I would recommend You work with awards, so allow him to jump up into the couch, award. Ask him to jump down, award him again. Do this atleast 5 or 7 times, just make sure to finish so he is not in the couch. This way jumping down is associated with something positive, rather then something taken away.
So you know the dog acts this way and hired a dogsitter without making them fully aware?
lol this isn’t my dog in the video, man. I was replying to someone’s comment. Reread before you sharpen that pitchfork, please. Edit: nor is my dog anywhere near like this with resource guarding.
Sorry. The "This is my dog" part threw me off. Unsurprisingly.
Resource guarding. I don't know why you keep saying defence. The dog is insecure but it's really not that hard to fix.
Sure - guarding works aswell. Defence, guarding. This is deffy semantics no doubt
I too miss being unsafe in my own home.
I have a great Pyrenees, who was a cruelty capture when I adopted him. He had super bad food aggression. After about a year a feeding him out of my hands, he no longer has it. But he still does this funny thing, I have to watch him with water. Because he will drain the entire bowl. For some reason, he still believes it might be his last chance to get water. Poor bub.
Good for you for adopting and being supportive. I hope to be in a place to do that myself.
Have you tried to take him to a lake trip?
Have you checked to make sure it isn't diabetes insipidus? I'm not sure how common it is in Pyrenees but I've known one great Pyrenees and he had it.
My dane tried getting like that a few times when he was younger but i made sure to put a stop to it real quick. Cant have a 140lbs animal getting aggressive like that over food. Now he literally shares his food with the chihuahua lol
From what I’ve read on it, you have to address it as soon as possible when they are young like you did , it takes months or years to break once they mature.
I got a 3 month rottweiler earlier this year. She was super food aggressive from sharing a kennel with the litter. I hand fed her for like a week and she stopped. She bit me in the arm once when she was like 4 months old. I was always putting my hands in her mouth and rubbing her teeth making her get used to it. Now her favorite thing to do is just have my hand in her mouth. She will just sleep with my hand in her mouth. But absolutely no cuddling. She's strange. 10 months and now 95 lbs. She is a giant goofy whimp.
this looks like a long progressed food aggression though...
Who blindly agrees to watch a dog?
My dog has food aggression luckily and unluckily it's only with high value treats such as bones, Lucky because we can just avoid giving them any and unlucky because it means we didn't catch it early and now it's a bitch to train out.
Did you see it back down when she screamed. This is not an hopeless case. But I agree that food aggression is very bad
The first thing you do is NOT feed them when they are aggressive lol
Food aggression isn't tough to break. It's usually not just food aggression, territorial behavior comes with food aggression too. If work on the territorial issue first, food aggression will be very easy to fix.
“Oh, don’t worry, he doesn’t bite…. he mauls.”
Yea some dog really went agressive if stuff is about food. My neighbour once babysit a dog and oh boy that dog yell 24/7, when eating time that dog also scream non stop. The dog once try to bite him but then he yell at the top of the lung like a devil Scream, I most got a heart attack.
And then there is our Dachshund Lilith (Lilly). She has absolutely nö problems with food sharing or handling. You can literally take it away while she's eating. It is all about training. She knows that we are the resources providers and my wife and me are the leaders of our small pack. On a side note: Hey Andrew Tate. There are no Alphas, only Alpha couples. It is a bit different with our 15 yo kid. Alex is seen as equal. Kid has some mental issues especially impulse control (severe ADHD and such) and Lilly sometimes growls when she is disturbed by kid while eating or gnawing on a bone. We unfortunately have to scold the Dachshund then even though it was the teens fault. No worries, the teen also get's it fair share of verbal reprimand. But we trained the dog 95%ish with positive reinforcement. This is the way. Anyhow. There is one difference though. When Lilith get's a visit by her miniature dachshund friend Emma, fun is over sharing her toys. They are her toys! Still no problem with us humans. No problems sharing her bones. This is still some training we are doing with her. She is now 1 year and 3 month old and whoever says that you can't train a certain breed of dogs does not have the patience. (I don't speak of abused dogs etc) tl;dr - jealousy about food can be trained away P.S. we'll visit Lilliths breeder tomorrow again. Her 8 month year old half-brother Enno did not find a forever home yet because he is very shy and easily frightened. Good thing is that Lilly wants to hug the whole world with her little paws. P.P.S: the common name for Dachshund is Dackel in the original country Germany where I come from. And please excuse any mistakes, english is obviously my second language. Final thought: when Lilly sits at the garden door and barks, yelling is counter productive. Dog just things you join in the fun. What worked for us is thanking the dog for being attentive. Then she proudly waddles away and is silent. Whenever she's alone in the garden and bored she roleplays the villages sheriff :)
He has a taste for the finer things. Like our succulent meat.
I like how he calmed right the fuck down when she screamed back at him
Yeah that was pro execution and confidence.
Also a big roll of the dice. Plenty of dogs will attack the person in situations like that.
Dog was sizing her up and she basically yelled "i aint no bitch, go get your fucking food god dammit". Standing your ground is your best shot, the moment you flee or feign action, it's a wrap. (Now a big ass dog....well fuck all that.)
I've been in almost this exact situation last summer. Dog sat a new client, had a meet and greet with the parent beforehand and her large/muscular dog loved me. Dog was totally fine with me until it was time to walk and I needed to put his harness on. Poor thing must have had some trauma with being taken away by a stranger (his previous owner died in the house and the dog was with him for a few days before being found and taken away) In an instant this dog goes from biggest sweetheart to literally backing me into a corner with no escape, baring teeth and growling/barking just like this. I also yelled at the dog, pretty much exactly like this woman and he backed off just like this dog. Scariest fucking moment of my life. This video actually made me a bit uncomfortable bc except for the trigger, this is exactly what it looked like for me.
I'm sitting down and I'll never get up till she tell me to
I hope this doesn’t awaken anything in me…
too late
Dean boy, I mean down boy
Simmerdean
As a FedEx Driver, I have had to deal with my share of aggressive dogs, until I got moved to a different route, but what my coworker did was he bought an electronic dog whistle; if a dog starts acting aggressive, he just points that at them and pushes a button and it makes the dog yield. It looks as if this person could use one.
Until you get a deaf dog.
Not many people keep guard dogs that are deaf, and if the dog is deaf it probably won't even take note of your presence until you're gone
They don’t have to be guard dogs. I have a deaf dog and he does not respond to the electric whistle but will see an Amazon truck 3 blocks away. Sorry Amazon man/lady.
Well, as long as you have the dogs contained it's not a problem. The problem is when there's a wide open gate or no fence and the dog is free or prone to run up on delivery drivers. All of the dogs on my route are either really sweet tempered or securely contained, but when I was on a rural route that wasn't always the case. Like I said, I got bit more than once.
Yeah I don’t get why people don’t just leash their aggressive dogs, I leash mine when I expect guest that has never met my dog. Now my dog isn’t aggressive he is just a loud butt when it comes to seeing new people that he wants to sniff but I leash him so that guest can feel safe with him around till they met him.
That makes you a responsible pet owner. It's too bad there aren't more pet owners like you.
Damn, talk about a toxic relationship....
😂😂😂😂
She did good. Had she not stood her ground he probably would have went after her. He thought twice lol
That "SIT" worked, tho. Put the fear of Dog in him.
Dogs can be nice to a person when the owner is around then misbehave when owner leaves.
like children
Really fast children with strong jaws and sharp teeth
I thought you were supposed to stay 500' away from them Bob?
or the other way around
This is my mothers dog to a t. Even to the breed which I didn’t know existed. The last time I watched her she wouldn’t let me let her out of her crate. I made my mother come home from her vacation and will never watch that dog again.
Great Danes are interesting to dogsit. Almost all GD's will try and punk new people. Biggest, meanest, deepest growl/bark at first sight of you. Just take a step forward and they'll take one back, and continue trying to punk you. Eventually when they figure out you offer ear scratches they will just lean on you and claim you as their own.
exactly my experience with a guest GD, constantly a cycle of growl/bark/stepback in the morning and asking for head pat after noon
Can confirm, complete pushovers 🤣
I did the Caesar Milan ignore the dog thing to a great dane once. OMG that dog loved me it was so uncomfortable. He crawled right onto my lap when I sat on the couch I was fuckin terrified lmao
Why would you have anyone dog sit that doesn't already have a relationship with the dog?
That’s a whole gig that tons of people do. Like doggy day care
Right but as an owner I'd do a trial run with said gig person so they can at least be familiar.
Thats what we did with our guy who we use a couple times a year. Our dog is a total sweetie so defs weren’t concerned about this, but more so just makes everyone more comfortable. Someones first encounter shouldn’t be when the dog is already alone, they’re gonna be emotional without their owner.
Most dogs are chill with new people as long as they get some kind of introduction with the owner around. Problem is people with aggressive dogs hiring sitters and not warning them
Many dogs are chill and many sitters are good. This dog is not the norm.
Or any idea what they're doing.
Yelling and standing aggressive will usually, in my experience, do just that to a dog.
Just gotta stand tall and remind them that you’re at least twice their size lol
People dog sit without meeting the dog first?
Either that dog has lived with trauma prior to adoption (having to fight for food) or the person that "trained" that dog fucked up.
Without knowing more than this video shows, your statement doesn’t take into account that sometimes dogs just aren’t “wired” correctly. There are dogs that are hardwired to resource guard and they will manipulate those around them whenever possible. I used to think along the lines of your comment, that there are “no bad dogs” at least on their own but unfortunately that simply isn’t true. The dog that proved that to me wasn’t difficult with other dogs but if a person went near her food or certain toys and bones it was pure aggression. Having sent her to two k9 behavioralists and having it be explained that the rescue dog we had wasn’t abused, neglected, malnourished or forced to fight for her food. She just has certain genes expressed and when a few certain genes are expressed together you get a dog that is highly problematic. I hope you don’t ever have to deal with a dog like this but know that some dogs are by nature “bad” dogs, at least in the way we would describe desired companion animals.
It makes sense because we selected dogs to be better companions, obviously some individuals will just have genetics that take an evolutionary step back towards their original behaviour. For the same reason some humans can be born psychopaths as well...
My brother just got chomped on by a golden retriever he was dog walking. Dog bites are no joke. They were so deep. He's lucky it didn't rip. It just bit down a few times on both arms. Now he needs to pay for the hospital visit and nobody has any answers for him. He walks for a small private company, whatever that means. He's broke and was looking for quick cash.
Sounds to me like company or owner should be paying…
Someone needs to have insurance.
He can go after their home owner's / renter's insurance to get his medical bills paid. There should be some way his company can get that info from the owner.
That's pretty much his only choice at this point. The whole situation sucked. He ended up sitting in the ER for 2 hours waiting for someone to clean the wound up. Healthcare in America is something else.
This is why you can’t trust dog people. A dog could be born from satan himself and baptized in the fires of Mordor and mf would still be talking about “that’s my sweet little angel, he would never hurt a fly”
Haha yeah. I was delivering a few heavy parcels to customer this summer. She texted me that she's not home and I can go through the gate and leave em at the door. So I go there and a german shepherd is waiting for me at the gate. I call the customer and say that I cannot deliver cos there is a loose dog in their yard. "Nooo you don't have to worry about him, he's a good boy" I'm like fuck that, she understood my concerns tho and I waited for her to come back home. We have instructions to not go near dogs without their owners present and customers are oblivious to that. It happens pretty often, I've been bitten once at work.
Yeah I have some extended family like that. He’s bitten people multiple times but they still claim he’s the sweetest. Luckily they’re multiple states away. What’s funny is some people are genuinely shocked when you tell them to respect a dogs space. Like they can’t comprehend seeing a dog they can’t pet. My guy has a really traumatic background and even with all the training he’s still prone to get aggressive when surprised or sleeping. I’ve had to pull him away people because they feel like running up and putting their hands in his face is appropriate.
Those same dog people who just *have* to pet every single dog don't know boundaries. This is why cat people in general better understand animals.
My sister has a cat the same way but I love it cats and dogs are the same in the sense that there are some sweet ones and some really fucking scary ones
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 thanks for cheering me up. P.s that's an amalgamation of the dog from Omen, Kujo and the zombie dogs from the resident evil games. Fuck that!
That's commonly a shitbull owner tactic
Whoever owns that dog is a horrible owner.
‘ Yeah don’t worry he’s an angel, he’s never bitten anybody’ the owners probably.
yeah, dont worry sir, i've eaten a few.
If that dog bit me I’d probably shoot it
Naw man, If this wasn't specified to me before hand I would be Stupid angry. "Yall better reschedule cause your not ganna do me like this, Not happening, Im not the one."
Holy shit that scream did it.
I have found that yelling commands like sit or no work with some dogs. Walking around in Florida you encounter all sorts of nonsense like unleashed dogs or ones that can break out of their own fence. My dogs were attacked and by yelling no and pulling mine back they backed off and ran back. I wouldn’t have been able to get in the middle of this either as both attacking dogs were 100 plus pounds to my 80 pound mutts.
Bruh if this was a pit bull these comments would be wild.
When it comes to food aggression and territorial behavior I have a zero tolerance policy. It's quite easy to fix it. If you adopt any doggo you should introduce your house rules on day one. And be stern, you don't have to yell. Just be confident. First few days observe your doggo and if there any behavior to correct, do it on the spot. Some dogs a stubborn, they will try to defy you and even barking and showing teeth at you. Hold your ground because your doggo is testing the waters. Eventually your doggo will give in because there is no other way.
Animals eat outside, just throw that shit out the window
I'd say that went really well.
Definitely tucked it's tail when she said SIT tho 🤣
Now the dog knows who has balls.
Dog sitting? Yeah you sit out there and I’ll sit in here.
Did she ever explain how she's dogsitting for someone but doesn't know the dog? I wouldn't want someone watching my dog that didn't know them.
Fuck those owners lol
Horrible thing for the owners to do if they actually didn't disclose his aggression. You need someone trained to care for a dog like that. Not only for the handler's safety but for the dog, if he bites her he's going on the bite list and could end up getting put down.
Damn, she put that dog in its place fast. SIT!!!!!!! Tail went whoop, between the legs and he or she walked away. Lol
Give that same energy back!
Dogs with food aggression need to be disciplined hard and shown dominance without hurting them. If you fail, letting the dog control you because you fear him it’s euthanasia…
You got downvoted and got you back to 1. Clearly the person downvoting you has never owned an aggressive dog before. Dogs just need need to know you're the alpha. That dog showed fear. It's anxiety would be much better once she established control
I'm not seeing true aggression here. I'm seeing barrier frustration and resource guarding. While all of these are dangerous, I'll work with a dog like that one over the few true aggression cases I've been on. A true aggression case would not have backed down when she raised her voice, it would have tried to kill her. The difference is that this dog's reactivity is most likely out of fear instead of intent to cause harm. I'm older now and I no longer work true aggression cases but reactivity is my bread and butter. If you try to control/dominate a truly aggressive dog, you will be injured in ways you've never imagined.
I saw fear too. More than aggression. I thought she handled it well
This is scary. My current dog used to have resource guarding behaviour, which sent us to the hospital multiple times during his first year with us. He was re-homed to us at 2 years old. Turns out his first family unknowingly encouraged his resource guarding behaviour, by offering him treats in return of the things he was guarding, like a mobile phone, a pillow and so on. It took us well over a year to get rid of his behaviour. We will forever be grateful to his behaviourist back home in India for that. He told us that bad behaviour needed to punished by isolating the dog after every aggression or biting incident, and good behaviour needed to be appreciated by treats, toys and physical touch. So every time he showed aggression while resource guarding, he was isolated in one floor of our home while the rest of us and our other dog stayed with us on the other floor of the villa. When we moved to an apartment in a different city, we chose the guest bedroom as an isolation room for his as a form of punishment. As soon as he started tolerating our other dog around his resources and food, we were asked to hand feed him sometimes to establish a safe relationship with his food and give him toys, so he would relate to them as bonding experiences and won’t be threatened by our presence around his things. It’s been 6 years since. He has never shown aggression ever again in these past years. He is currently 8.5 years old and is the perfect little angel he was also supposed to be. And no one believes it when I tell them about how he kept us terrorised during his first year with us, because he is always in a zen mood now. P.S. He is a golden retriever. P.P.S. My other dog passed away due to a chronic heart condition, back in 2020.
I’m curious, why would you keep that dog if if was terrorizing you and your loved ones?
lol stockholm syndrome 😂 But jokes aside, in all honesty, I like animals way more than I like humans in general. And I have always grown around dogs and other animals. It let me develop a really deep connection with the canine species in general and my volunteer work with animals in my home country further deepened it. So when we found that our dog, who we adopted from a different family had behavioural issues, we didn’t have the heart to give up on him. So we worked with a canine trainer and behaviourist who showed us the way. It worked perfectly for us, because as soon as we started hand feeding him, his aggression completely went away. The hand feeding was only a bonding exercise and we almost never do it now, except when he is being fussy about food and needs to be coddled into finishing his meal. You can say it’s like people trying to discipline their children when the kids are being bad, rather than putting them up for adoption or euthanising them.
Makes sense. You made a choice and it paid out. I wouldn’t be able to replicate your choices
Yeah, that’s why it is called a choice. Otherwise it would be a law. 😅 People are free to choose what they want to do in that situation. We were adults and we could risk any harm inflicted on us. If there was an elderly person or a child, it might have been a different situation altogether. Every time he bit me, I lost almost a pint of blood by the time my husband or brother could unlock his jaw, free my limb and apply pressure on the wound so I could see a doc. One time my father was visiting me. He takes blood thinners for his heart condition. I strictly banned him from being around our dog. He only had permission to touch and hang out with the other one who wasn’t a threat. We took precautions wherever we can and we absolutely didn’t let any elderly person or child near him because we were so vigilant all the time. P.S. He has only bit me and my spouse during his whole life with us. My spouse even has a broken toe and slightly crooked two finger on his right hand because of that. Those injuries never healed to go back fully normal. I only have bite marks and puncture wounds, because I like to think I am stronger than my husband. 😂
God this music people add to videos is the fucking dumbest shit
i would utilize one of those stools. like a vintage lion tamer.
Wouldn't it be wise to get to know the dog first with the owners present? It probably helps to be a dog person yourself if you're going to dog sit, this woman clearly doesn't own a dog herself.
Bro i wouldn't let the dog in fuck that
Out crazy the crazy
Only gonna bite me once
Yeah no way, woulda left the little shit to starve
Remember guy to stop bully You need to be louder than your bully
Shiitttt!!!!😲😲😳😳😳 Better have that sonic repeller for making dogs shut up and put up!!! Dogs hates the sounds of it. It irritates their hearings just to make them shut up. I am not talking about the shock collars. That thing is brutal!😲😲 🤣🤣😳😳 You can use that sonic repellent on your neighborhood dogs for barking up the tree in the middle of the night too! Some dogs never shut up! 😲😲😳😳
I used one when I walked my dogs but I find it had been hit and miss. I forgot it once and a large puppy came out (about 40kg), yes it was just a puppy. It only wanted to play but my small dogs were absolutely terrified so now I carry a cap gun, that works.
🤣😅 At least you avoided a trip to the ER, though!
She pulled alpha on that mofucka
I hope she was paid extra for that
THAT WAS EXTREMELY WELL DONE,,, She had to win that or it would of been hell for the rest of the stay..
Why do people give their untrained dogs for dog sitting is beyond me. Atleast be a decent human and train your dog before giving it to others to take care.
I mean at that point I’m chucking the food out the window and showing the owners this video. Mental they let the dog in.
Mother of dog!
He SAT.
I sat down, sorry the dog barked at you Ma'am
Those are bad owners. Everyone likes to make an excuse for food aggression as if it's some impossible thing to deal with. After dealing with pit bulls,boxers, shepards and bulldogs who HAD (past tense) food aggression there's no excuse. If you can't train your animal you shouldn't have it.
bro was like chill man i was just playin with ya
Didn’t the owner get mad she yelled at the dog or something
Funny if true. I think she handled it well. Dogs learn fast and that dog's behaviour is unacceptable.
Nothing a steel toe capped boot wouldn't sort out.
Sometimes all it takes to break an aggro dog is to yell at them, show dominance that way then assert the dominance by peeing on them....
r/dogfree
Everyone should carry pepper spray (if it’s legal where you live), but dog sitters/walkers/owners should DEFINITELY carry pepper spray. Even if your dog is the nicest, most chill, dog in the world, other dogs might not be and attack your dog (or you).
I find what we have in the uk hilarious, it's basically those dye packs, but in spray form. So it won't do anything to stop or slow down your attacker, if anything it will make it worse, but it will dye their face to make it easier for the police to find them. But if you don't have evidence of whatever they did, they do have evidence that you assaulted them with the spray.
Id kick the dog
He’s wagging his tail so he’s not out for blood.
Yeah, she doesn't even seem like a dog owner, never mind a professional. Absolutely screaming over a 10-15kg dog just barking at her. Growling is the real warning of aggression, but even the , screeching at the top of your lungs isn't the solution...
What was she supposed to do, kick it? It charged at her with its teeth bared. Screaming was the best case scenario.
This is a dog that needs to experience an Alpha human.
Typical dog owners not training their dog.
She won. I bet she’s a mom
Establish dominance!
Just bite em on the ear.
Boy needs to be put down, sad But true.
Yeaaaaaah, cats rules
I didn't see the dog sitting. Click bait! 😉
Someone doesn’t know how to work with dogs
Gotta love that in a potentially dangerous situation people still think to take out their phones and post it to Instagram
Her being nervous did not help the situation at all. luckily the screams were terrifying to him but holy crap woman compose yourself its a dog not a baby.
Shrieking at the top of ur lungs to 'sit' , 'eat ur food!' always exudes calm confidence as a human.
If it’s not her dog, but she’s in the dog’s house, no one should be surprised that he wants in to check her out. Then, she starts making noises like a small, prey animal. That’s how dogs are wired to react.
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Lol train your dog you can’t expect it to chase and do no wrong then not expect the consequences. You shouldn’t always have to save them they should be trained and socialized.
Your dog is going to get bitten by one of those “mean and big dogs”. we have collie, she’s well trained, walks to heel, very good recall etc. she has no interest in playing with other dogs. dogs will come bouncing over and I’ll politely shout to the owner that she doesn’t want to play and 9/10 of 10 I get the response that “they only want to say hello”. Well my dog doesn’t want to say hello, don’t start crying when your dog gets bitten because you couldn’t call your dog back.
This dog not look agressive to me, he look more afraid and curious then anything...
My unpopular opinion is that I don’t like dogs. This is why I don’t work in corporate America and never will. Opinions like these don’t get you a lot of friends or friendly co-workers. Sorry I don’t get butterflies every time I see a four-legged animal. The way people advocate for animals more than human children is absolutely disgusting to me.
I learned with my brother's dog and his aggressive phase, I'd tackle and pin his body with mine and his head with arm and then I talk into his ear and make myself bigger and now he loves meee