Lsaha aggressive when fed.

[Ted Peercy]

My daughter, son-in-law and grandson (18 months) have a 6 year old Lsaha Apso. They raised her from a pup and she is a house dog. She is very loving, except when food is involved. She will growl at the two adults and has snapped at my grandson. They have tried spanking, putting her in her crate, etc. and nothing has helped. Anyone ever run into anything like this? Any advice would be appreciated. Ted

[show dog]

Feed the dog in her crate and keep the child away. Give her her space when meals are around. Probably won't be easy to change the behaviour so change the environment. Spanking, putting in crate as punishment etc. won't do any good except get someone bitten. The dog may learn over time that there is no competition for food if she is fed exclusively in crate and voices/attitude kept happy while going to crate. The 18 month old may be encroaching on her space. Carolyn

[PREACHERS KENNEL]

yes if it growled at my grandsons it would get a bullet!

[rodawg]

AMEN preacher

[Ted Peercy]

Glad they don't put a gun to your head everytime you growl, Preacher!!

[PREACHERS KENNEL]

me growl.. i am sweet and innocent!lord bless u ted..

[SuperCooper]

Put her outside when you go feed her. That way you have no danger of her biting anyone from the house and when she is finished she can go to the yard and do her business But I don't see her changing much. Hard to teach an old dog new tricks.

[Greg H]

A few years ago we agreed to take a Jack Russel off the hands of some rich people cause they couldn't handle him. This dog is out of a littermate to the Jack that plays Eddie on the Frazer t.v.show. He was 2 1/2 at the time. Anyway when we got him he was real aggressive towards people, wouldn't listen and if got loose outside the fence it tooks hours to catch him. He would snap at the kids if they got close to him when he was sleeping. One day he made the cruciel mistake of snapping at me when I was scolding him for snapping at one of the kids. Now I am a patient man, but that day I was out to kill him with a rolled up newspaper and my bare hands. He ended up escaping out the doggy door and hid in the bushes all that night and most of the next day. For the next 3 months when I came into a room he left, but the agressive behavior was over. Later that fall my wife and kids went to florida so it was just him and I for a week. The second night, he was sleeping in bed with me. Have not had a problem since. That was 3 years ago and he is now a valued family pet. Some dogs just need to find out who the pack leader is and their place in the pack. You have got to become the omni dog as far as this lhasa is concerned. Its never to late to turn one around.

[Briarhoppers]

Ted,

I have not ever had an inside dog but, had a beagle that was aggressive regarding food and not sharing their dog house. One day I got fed up w/ it and I grabbed him up, flipped him on his back, held him down and yelled in his face for about 10 sec. That pretty much cured him from being mean. Now keep in mind that this dog was aggressive only towards other dogs and not towards me or other people.

I'd say this little dog doesn't understand his position in the pack and "putting him in his place" may be in order. You said they spanked him, but I'd try that flipping them on their back trick - then they are humbled and vulnerable and understand they are not in control.

As the father of a 4 mo. old, I can tell you that this dog would be on a 1 strike and your out policy w/ me. I'd not keep a dog that snapped at a child.

-Pete

[kybeagle]

I have a Jack Russell whos about 7 months old and he acted that when I first got him. When he gets fed now I feed him in my bathroom and keep the feed down all the time. So when he wants to eat he goes by himself and eats and hes always got food down and nobody is taking it from him.

I also wouldn't have a dog that snapped or acted agressive to my kid/grandkid or whatever. I liked the idea of flipping him over on his back and show him whos in charge. I'd never heard of that.

[warddog]

Having owned a Lsaha Apso for 11 years we found through researching them that they are NOT good around children. We inherited the little guy from my sister and brother-in-law who could not keep him due to their small boys. This dog hated children but was the most loving dog to any adult we ever owned. We just lost him due to intestinal cancer about 6 months ago. I can tell you he hated kids with a passion and we had to keep a keen eye on him around any small children.

[Ted Peercy]

We lost our Lsaha of 12 years, 3 months ago. He did not like children either, but was of a completely different attitude than this Lsaha(no relation to ours). This is entirely a food thing. She is fine at any other time. She was this way around food before the baby came, for 4 and 1/2 years.
Anyway, I appreciate the good suggestions. Yours too Preacher. I'll pass them on to my family. Thanks. Ted

[daustin]

The best thing two things I've found is when he growls flip him over and hold him down until he stops moving. The other way I've broke dogs of food aggression is to reach for the food and when they growl or snap hit em across the head and send them spinning across the room, as soon as they come back to the food reach for it again and if they growl repeat. It won't take to many flights for them to get the idea.

Dane