Food Aggression - A Real Solution from Maddie’s Fund
We have always free-fed our pets at our Shelter. Our Shelter Director, Sharon Felkins, has always believed it almost eliminates food aggression problems. She should know, she performs the temperament tests on all the dogs and it is not a big issue at our Shelter.
Maddie’s Fund’s recent Newsletter highlighted the results of a study on Food Bowl Aggression by Emily Weiss, PhD, Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist and ASPCA Senior Director of Shelter Behavior Programs. Maddie’s Fund has created a Training Protocol for Food Aggressive dogs that has been proven to be 90% successful. The training starts with free-feeding. Dogs that know that they will not go hungry are less likely to guard their bowl. The Training motivates dogs to step away from the bowl when you approach; rather than protect.
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