A little about Otto: I found him running the streets about a year ago, and I know nothing about his past before I found him. I believe that he is about 2 years old or so, and he looks like a miniature pincher dachshund mix. He's not neutered yet, please don't yell at me about that. He has no known health issues, but he does have some other aggression issues that we are working on, and he is much improving.
The issue I don't know how to deal with: Otto is food aggressive toward other animals. If we're eating dinner (I do *not* feed him table scraps, though I suspect my fiance does when I'm not around. I know he used to, I've yelled at him several times, I doubt he's stopped... *sigh*). Anyways. If we're eating dinner, and the cat comes over to the table, Otto will start growling at the cat, and chase him out of the room. Hes growls at the cat if he comes anywhere near his food bowl. He is not free fed, he gets two meals a day, cleans his bowl on command, and the bowl gets picked up when he's done. He's only ever shown food aggression to me once, about a week after I found him, he stole a steak bone out of the trash, and snapped at me when I tried to take it away, but I worked with him, and although he *still* doesn't drop things on command, he doesn't growl or try to bite me if I need to take away his food. He's never shown a problem with me picking up his kibble, if was just high value things, like the steak bone, or the pork necks or hotdogs he gets as treats, but like I said, I've worked with him, and now he's fine with me taking anything. But, he can't stand any other animals around food, his or not, high value, kibble, or even water sometimes. And I have no idea how to train this out of him.
Sorry if that was a bit long, rambling, etc... I've had a long day and I'm very tired, lol.
The issue I don't know how to deal with: Otto is food aggressive toward other animals. If we're eating dinner (I do *not* feed him table scraps, though I suspect my fiance does when I'm not around. I know he used to, I've yelled at him several times, I doubt he's stopped... *sigh*). Anyways. If we're eating dinner, and the cat comes over to the table, Otto will start growling at the cat, and chase him out of the room. Hes growls at the cat if he comes anywhere near his food bowl. He is not free fed, he gets two meals a day, cleans his bowl on command, and the bowl gets picked up when he's done. He's only ever shown food aggression to me once, about a week after I found him, he stole a steak bone out of the trash, and snapped at me when I tried to take it away, but I worked with him, and although he *still* doesn't drop things on command, he doesn't growl or try to bite me if I need to take away his food. He's never shown a problem with me picking up his kibble, if was just high value things, like the steak bone, or the pork necks or hotdogs he gets as treats, but like I said, I've worked with him, and now he's fine with me taking anything. But, he can't stand any other animals around food, his or not, high value, kibble, or even water sometimes. And I have no idea how to train this out of him.
Sorry if that was a bit long, rambling, etc... I've had a long day and I'm very tired, lol.