Hi,
I'm new to the forum and to owning a DDB, having owned a Rhodesian Ridgeback and 2 Boxers in the past I thought I was equipped for anything.
We have a 8 month old DDB who despite being trying (as all pups are) has been very trainable and incredibly affectionate since we collected him from the breeder at 10 wks old.
Last weekend we fed both him and the boxer raw hide - a treat which is reserved for special occasions, we were all sat as a family in the front room, Bear was on the bed and I stood up to move out of the room, he immediately dropped the bone, began salivating and air snapping and moving towards me, he wound himself up so much he pee'd on the floor. He was utterly unresponsive to all commands. The main command we taught him of "calm" which stops any undesirable play went out of the window.
Neither of us have experienced a dog Resource guarding before - the behaviour has come as a shock especially as its completely out of the blue and his character.
We let him outside where he dropped the bone and my wife called him inside with the promise of biscuits.
Literally as soon as the bone was gone he was back to normal (although he had clearly scared himself).
Roll forwards a week and he's now started to growl if you touch or give him a command when he's eating.
Obviously this needs to stop, any help or advice would be much appreciated.
Mark and Bear (the DDB)
I'm new to the forum and to owning a DDB, having owned a Rhodesian Ridgeback and 2 Boxers in the past I thought I was equipped for anything.
We have a 8 month old DDB who despite being trying (as all pups are) has been very trainable and incredibly affectionate since we collected him from the breeder at 10 wks old.
Last weekend we fed both him and the boxer raw hide - a treat which is reserved for special occasions, we were all sat as a family in the front room, Bear was on the bed and I stood up to move out of the room, he immediately dropped the bone, began salivating and air snapping and moving towards me, he wound himself up so much he pee'd on the floor. He was utterly unresponsive to all commands. The main command we taught him of "calm" which stops any undesirable play went out of the window.
Neither of us have experienced a dog Resource guarding before - the behaviour has come as a shock especially as its completely out of the blue and his character.
We let him outside where he dropped the bone and my wife called him inside with the promise of biscuits.
Literally as soon as the bone was gone he was back to normal (although he had clearly scared himself).
Roll forwards a week and he's now started to growl if you touch or give him a command when he's eating.
Obviously this needs to stop, any help or advice would be much appreciated.
Mark and Bear (the DDB)