Roger Nelson -> Jim White wrote:
 RN>  Cindy Haglund -> all wrote:

 CH>> They go into it, the stretch out their hind legs... they are so into
 CH>> it! nothing distracts them. And even the most DOCILE dog will be
 CH>> fiercely protective of that bone too...  you bet!

 JW>> This is incorrect.  The dog is either food aggressive or is not
 RN> accepting
 JW>> his/her owner at the Alpha.  I have 4 dogs and can walk up to ANY
 RN> dog at
 JW>> ANY time and take ANYTHING away from them.  If this is not possible,
 JW>> there is a behavioral problem.

 RN> Not really.  If you had tried that with my German shepherd, you would
 RN> have been bitten.  As the alpha dog of your four dogs, that indicates to
 RN> me you spent a lot of time training them.  Also, you don't state what
 RN> breeds your four dogs are.  That can make a difference.  In any case, I
 RN> do not know of any stranger that can walk up to a dog gnawing on a bone
 RN> and take it away.

Then there was a behavioral issue you chose not to deal with.  I did not
need to spend a LOT of time training them.  It was done when they were
young and chose to accept me and my wife as the Alphas of the house. Lots
of love and kindness can make the task very simple.  My dogs are a 12 year
old Rottweiler, and 11 year old Pit/bulldog mix, and a pair of 5 year old
boxer-rotts.  All would bite you if you tried to take something from them,
but then you are not an accepted Alpha.


 RN> Regards,

 RN> Roger

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