sjdavenport
Well-Known Member
So as disgusting as it is, Rhaegar is a vomit guarder. He's always had resource guarding tendencies, more so with other animals than us, but it's an issue that we've always worked to improve. The only thing he consistently guards with Kerry and me is vomit. Dog vomit, cat vomit, he loves it all. Even in obedience class, if he heard another dog gag from pulling, he would instantly alert and want to rush over to see if there was any tasty puke for him. Granted, these incidents usually happen in the bedroom in the middle of the night when I don't have my contacts in and I am pretty much completely blind and have to go off of the gagging noise and then the noise of a dog nom nomming on it and just try to grab his collar and put him out of the room. Of course that doesn't go well and there's lots of growling. Well this morning Mazey threw up her breakfast (she probably needs a lower dose of her herbal mixture), and Rhaegar and I heard it happening in the other room at the same time. Of course he beat me to it and was chowing down. When I got there, I didn't have to even say "out" which is a command we use during his meal time, and he just automatically stopped eating it and sat down and looked at me. I told him to go to his crate (which means only delicious tasty things to him), and he immediately complied. And that was even with ground turkey and pasta in the vomit to make it extra enticing, lol. I'm so glad our work with him is paying off! I know the strangest things make me happy, lol. But I count it as a big win!
And sorry for the gross factor of this post! Just had a proud mommy moment, haha.
And sorry for the gross factor of this post! Just had a proud mommy moment, haha.