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My 6 month old gsd male--
He likes his chair, and food and even water) to be his stuff.. and his stuff ONLY!
We leave food and water down all day. Preston eats on his own about 2 times a day. When his is eating and any of the other dogs walk by him or get to close..he stops eating.. then 'mouths' them(like, not serious biting, kind of like a warning bite) and like does a moan-y wine, Almost like a growl. He wont continue eating until the dogs are away. Same with water, when he is drinking, he doesn't like the other dogs near him.
When he does this I have put his collar and leash on him and pulled him away from it with an AAPP! I have tried it a few times and it has not helped. And he normally catches on very quickly.
Just to put this out there, he doesn't mind at ALL when I put my hands in his food. Or even pet him around his mouth or up his body. I have done it sonce I got him at 10 weeks.
Now I have noticed he is possessive with his toys, and the dog chair/ bed.
We have a leather chair that we have for the big dogs,(Newfoundland, Bullmastiff and him,gsd,), because we dont want them on our nice furniture. When Preston is on the chair, and the other dogs walk near him(or he thinks they want to take the chair from him), he jumps at them and 'mouths' them and wines/moans. I have gave corrections for this but I dont know exactly how to go at it.
I am afraid it will turn into a big problem.
Has anyone had this experience? What did you do to help the situation?
He likes his chair, and food and even water) to be his stuff.. and his stuff ONLY!
We leave food and water down all day. Preston eats on his own about 2 times a day. When his is eating and any of the other dogs walk by him or get to close..he stops eating.. then 'mouths' them(like, not serious biting, kind of like a warning bite) and like does a moan-y wine, Almost like a growl. He wont continue eating until the dogs are away. Same with water, when he is drinking, he doesn't like the other dogs near him.
When he does this I have put his collar and leash on him and pulled him away from it with an AAPP! I have tried it a few times and it has not helped. And he normally catches on very quickly.
Just to put this out there, he doesn't mind at ALL when I put my hands in his food. Or even pet him around his mouth or up his body. I have done it sonce I got him at 10 weeks.
Now I have noticed he is possessive with his toys, and the dog chair/ bed.
We have a leather chair that we have for the big dogs,(Newfoundland, Bullmastiff and him,gsd,), because we dont want them on our nice furniture. When Preston is on the chair, and the other dogs walk near him(or he thinks they want to take the chair from him), he jumps at them and 'mouths' them and wines/moans. I have gave corrections for this but I dont know exactly how to go at it.
I am afraid it will turn into a big problem.
Has anyone had this experience? What did you do to help the situation?