How To Stop Food Aggression In Puppies - The 3 Step Solution

Almost two decades ago, I argued against testing dogs for “food aggression” (what is now called “resource-” or “food-guarding”) because doing so was setting dogs up to fail. I argued that there were too many false positives, every dog — from the 120 lb. rottie to the 10 lb. chihuahua — had a little bit of the wolf in him, and shelters were notoriously unreliable venues to predict behavior in a home. Moreover, as an animal control director, I did not kill dogs for "resource guarding" their food b