How would you punish your dog when mistaken? - Page 2

I put my dogs in their crates for feeding and leave them there for about a half hour or so after they are done. this gives them security that their food will not be stolen and time for the food to settle..... they do not get a chance to play the dominance game........and gives me time to tidy up the house a bit...

I have 4 adult females living in harmony in my home! 

Regardless you should still be able to feed all dogs who run as a pack, together.  I feed all of mine together, no one challenges anyone for food and they can eat literally 6 inches apart.  And that goes to say that, if they did try to steal another dogs food, yes it would be a fight, they don't get along by magic.   I'm feeding a few un neutered males and un spayed females together.  Typically, we go running, come back, they play, they relax, and then they all eat and then I put them in their crate for about 30 minutes. They do everything together.

I would not permit resource guarding, PERIOD!!  What next? Maybe he'll fly at the other dog over a favourite toy?

My dogs each have their own corner for eating, and I've never had a problem with this. My male checks out everyone's bowl to make sure every last crumb is gone, once the others have finished eating, and the other two are okay with that. If he comes near them while they are eating, though, they will warn him away with a soft growl and he backs off.

I think you should correct your dog for this. He's still young, and may be trying to assert his dominance. Better safe than sorry!

Yes, you can try crating them at mealtime, but what happens if a door is left unlatched, or someone else is feeding them, and they don't follow the routine. Mistakes DO happen!

And I don 't believe you need to choke your dog for him to get the message, though having him on a leash is an excellent idea, so you can correct him immediately.  My GSD used to go after my cat when I first got him. All it took was verbal corrections every time he even LOOKED at the cat. Soon they were the best of friends.

This issue is a double edged sword for me.  Drake became food aggressive when he lived with two terriers who would gulp their food and then stand just far enough away to make him guard.  We never had an all-out war, but it became a game to all of them.  He'd walk away and dare them to go near his bowl.  It also didn't help when the x2b would supplement his food because he didn't feel he was eating enough, made him picky.  Since leaving them behind, he doesn't have the same motivation to eat.  He's gotten much better, but it's been a PITA to get him to eat a full meal all at once.  I put his dish down and he'll eat half of it, slowly.  If I put his dish up, be bugs me and then I'll put it down again and he'll finish it.  This is the reason I stopped feeding him raw, he'd let it sit and I can't afford to waste food.  I just don't have the patience to play games when it comes to feeding.  I know he'll go after a dog that comes near his food but he has no issues with people.  Anyone could go take a handful of his food while he's eating and he doesn't care.  I'm watching my daughter's dogs right now and feeding time is, well... I put him in another room that's gated and feed them in the kitchen.  One of them is 14 so I just don't want to take any chances, I know it could get ugly.

Why would you feed your dogs together.  Its so much easier  to feed apart and avoid all problems. I will not tolerate a dog being aggressive to me over food, but I could care less about with other animals as my dogs never eat in a pack setting. My dogs are very aggressive eaters(i will not own a dog who doesn't eat aggressively) I don't mean aggression to something or someone I mean fast and furious.
Its a trait that an animal needs for survival in the wild, your are trying to change something that has been genetically inbreed in dogs for thousands of years,  its just Survival. The strongest first and when they are finished the rest eat.

Again I see no earthly reason not to feed dogs one at a time away from each other, Just no problems arise when feeding this way

Who said I feed them together, it was clear I said one was eating the other was passing by. I never feed them together.

Unclemick Growling at another dog is normal behavior growling at the owner after four and half years is not normal its indicative. Guarding food is hard wired into animals that have the same number of chromasomes as a wolf. Some dogs are more predisposed to the behavior I have some that could care less and others who are greedy pigs common sense and proper managment are the keys

Bob did not hurt Milo,
he could have if that was his intent.

If I saw malice or harm I would correct it by removing the aggressor from the area, 
or use a form of restraint until the other had finished its meal.
Calmly after a firm NO.  
A harsh correction would send the wrong signal.

I have a dominant female who expresses her dominance at will. 
It is part of the make up of my dogs lives, call it a pack thing if you like.
No real harm is ever done
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They learn how to get along with each other on their own terms.
I let them because I cannot always be there to baby sit.
If there was a real problem I would feed them apart or restrained.

I respect my females dominance and would not change her for the world, she is the alpha in her domain.
In the house, or on a lead in my presence I am the alpha.

As long as I have had dogs together I have learned to trust this thinking that they must work it out.
And the only cure for me if one dog was harming another would be to remove the offender.
There must be trust when I am not around.  
I would wear myself out trying to interfere with their pack make up.

You must decide if they can be safe when you are not around.

Moons.

Moons- Thanks Moalem ill always bear this in mind. However you are right, I fully agree with you, if BOB wanted to hurt Milo he could have done it so easily but he just wanted to warn him do not pass by when I am eating.

I had a similar thing happen, Tarek. I instantly jumped the obnoxious dog and pinned her to the floor so fast it scared the living wits out of her. I was doing a lot of yelling at the same time. But she got the message that she wasn't running things. Luckily she had enough character not to become wimpy after that. I only do things like that if a dog is acting like she thinks she's the queen and has to be taken down a peg.