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« on: September 14, 2005, 09:55:21 am »
So, every time Wilson eats I try to make it a point to touch him or pet him sometimes I even put my hand right in his bowl, and I've been doing this since we first got him, always with good results. He'd either back off until I was done messing with him or just eat around me. This morning, he growled at me and even snapped. I know, if you put your hand in a dogs bowl enough times, you're just asking to get bit but I won't tolerate food aggression, with kids and cats and everything else in the house you never know what accidentally winds up in the bowl. Anyway, needless to say it scared the heck out of me, since he'll be 6 months old on the 27th and already weighs 67 pounds. Do you think it's just his age? I have an appointment to get him neutered Oct 5, that's the soonest I could get him in, but he hasn't really shown any signs of aggression or maturity at all yet? Anyone elses Pyrs go through this? Oh yeah- I probably didn't react well when he snapped at me, I grabbed him by the collar and put him in his crate for a time out. Thanks for reading!