How do you stop dog growling when he is feeding?

Answer 1

Wolves are wild animals, not pets. Any animal that may be even part wild is a danger to other animals an people. Wolves as pets and even half-wolves are very unpredictable creatures and may display hostile behavior without warning. They should be kept away from other animals and also children. Pets that are or may be part wild or feral should also be monitered closely for extremely dangerous behavior. Extreme care should be taken with a "pet" such as this. Dogs are pets because they have lived with humans as such for generations upon generations. Wolves and other wild animals do not have this sort of conditioning and therefore do not make safe pets. Extra caution should be taken when attempting to keep such an animal as a pet.

Answer 2

In most cases the dog is probably protecting their food, afraid you may take it away.

Answer

This can often happen when there is a change of circumstance (new baby, new relationship, new puppy/kitten) or just through a lack of communication. The dog has no discipline in it's life, it does not know it's place in the pack. You must enforce your higher position and the dog's position. It is your dog, you are not it's person.

Take the food away and give it later. Always feed the dog after you have eaten. Never give scraps while you are eating. If you drop food (e.g. at a barbecue) either pick it up or keep the dog off it until you decide it can take the food. That is pack behavior; the higher in the pecking order you are, the sooner you eat. It also follows that someone higher in the pack order should be able to take food/bones/toys from one lower down, without argument. This is different from a play situation. The dog must learn to recognize the difference between the two.

Answer 3

If your dog is growling in circumstances where you want to encourage this behaviour, such as if your pet has heard a strange noise, or sees a stranger coming close to your home, simply tell your dog it is good and maybe give it a pat. In the case of a stranger coming to your door or mailbox, should the dog continue growling, just reassure it that 'it's okay', in a calm and friendly voice, and with another pat.

If your dog then continues to growl, get down to its level and, stroking it, repeat that it's okay; do this until your dog is calm and then praise it and stand up again. Repeat this if it begins to growl again.

If it still continues to growl after being reassured, tell it, 'no' in a firm voice. If it still growls, take the dog physically away from whatever's causing it to growl.

Do this whenever your dog growls when a stranger approaches it (or you) if you've made it clear you don't feel threatened, or whenever it growls at any human or other animal simply because it's nervous or worried or aggressive.

Remember, your dog is doing its job by alerting you to possible danger and warning away that danger or threat to its and your territory. Growling or barking is your dog's way of doing this.

Also remember you must not allow your dog to growl beyond its first warning and that if reassurance doesn't work it's essential to physically remove your dog from what's making it uneasy. You might need to briefly shut it away or tie it up if there is something you really must attend to.

If you handle this correctly right from the start, your dog will very quickly learn good manners around humans and other animals. Never forget, good manners is what animal training is all about, and that means good manners on both sides!

When your dog is in training and still young, it's best never to allow it to be alone with others, human or animal, for the safety of all concerned.

Apart from other considerations, some people have no idea how to properly treat a dog, and without meaning to can do a lot of damage to your training program and even to your dog's confidence.

I once turned in time to catch a friend's son about to kick one of my dogs. Asked why, he said it was 'looking at' him. If I hadn't turned at that instant and the kick had landed I could've ended up with a dog which was untrustworthy or nervous around people or, far worse, if the dog had reacted and defended itself, even attacked the boy, the consequences would've been unthinkable for the boy, for the dog, and for me.

Take care at all times and never shout or use violence against your dog; train gently and you'll have a friend who'll give you joy always and, as good, show you constantly what joy you are giving to them.

Answer 4

You'd be best to leave him to feed by himself but if you'd like to permanently end the growling, you must add your touch to his food. What I mean by this is hand feed your dog. A dog's source of food has a connection to him or her. So if you are the source of the foood and you show that by hand-feeding, then slowly not hand feeding, your dog will not feel threatened. This was 100% successful with my own jack russell. Is this dog around any other pets?

Answer 5

eat it

Answer 6

bit it