Food Aggression Prevention. - Page 7

Susie, I didn't mention bonding, but did say the pup needs to trust the owner won't take his food away .
Agree, that singleton pups have a problem with sharing.

double post. 

Reliya:"Bosco is a German shepherd puppy. Pedigree is here.   

 

 

http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/german_shepherd_dog/dog.html?id=2463563-bosco-von-der-drachenkehle  "
 

I went through your dog's pedigree in moderate detail. The dog has all dogs in 3rd generation in 2nd or 4th male bloodline and the one in 5th male blood line over Lord - Ingo -Ex which is a  part of the 5th line which compliment 2nd and 4th in it's

bad-assness. (all bad ass dogs) . If I would want to breed over the top bad ass dominant - type 1 dogs this is what I would do. Not all would probably turn that way but the chance is that most of them would .

Who ever bred this dog knew what he was doing and used line breeding in male blood lines in order to produce super hard  dominant dogs  or was somehow lucky - which I do not think so. It is like  to throw dice 8 x and get only 2th  and 4th and one 5. All these lines are very dominant line and even handler hard. I am not saying that that is how your pup will turn since nothing is cast in stone. But my guess is that this dog is going to be major dominant bad ass. I would take this   pup in a heart beat and pay good money for it, that is an official offer, and I would train him for LE. I would implore you to take my posts to your heart.

 Prager Hans 

I assure you that his nipping at you as you describe it when you touch him when he eats and his food protectiveness is genetic. Most pups will not nip at you and growl at you at 4 mo!!!! when you get to their food. Joanro and some of Susie's and Hundmutter's post make some sense. The rest is touthchy feely crap which will get you into trouble with dog like this. I do not knwo Susie or Hundmutter but I know that Joanro is an old hand with dogs and knows more about living around tough dogs then most and even so she may not target her formal training to it her presence and general demeanor will subconsciously and just by experience do the right thing at the right time> That helps her to establish leadership position over such dogs.
I mean well for you and for what ever it is worth I am quite familiar with these dogs and I do not think anyone can deny that. I have almost 50 years of experience with them and I imported the first ones into USA about 30+ years ago. I am not saying this to impress anyone I am saying this to accentuate what I am saying. Do not listen to what you want to hear about socialization tricks around food of the dog. You IMO need to approach the training hard and seriously with +/- training as I have described it here n former posts. If I am wrong not harm done but if the touchy feely of positive social interaction without +/- training is wrong then there may be very serious consequences. You can and should do both + is good but do not use + only type training in à la PetSmart .
I guess I have said all I want to.
Prager Hans

Hans, I really do appreciate the offer and the advice. Anze, the breeder of my puppy, would most likely really love your compliment on his breeding as well. However, I do not wish to part ways with Bosco. I'm really looking forward to my future with him.

Glad to read that Bosco will be staying in the right hands! 🙂 His future with you, Reilya sure looks bright!

Thanks, Beetree. :)

I remember that pup...good looking. I'd treat him with respect and have him do obedience for his food, as in 'nothing in life is free'.
Love his expression.

Yes. Every time he eats, we do obedience, and then I get him to stay while I put his bowl down before he can have it.

Food training?  I hope at least some got what I am saying. Komu neni rady tomu neni pomoci.

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuWJx2qZR8g