I also highly recommend staying away from Cesar Milan’s methods.
Was the puppy really only one month old when you got him? That’s Way to young to be away from Mom & siblings. He missed many social & behavioral lessons if that’s the case.
Please hire a trainer who only uses positive reinforcement methods ASAP or you are probably going to end up with many more issues on your hands and probably a “bad dog” as you labeled him. Resource guarding is not something you are going to solve by watching some videos or getting message board answers. (I’ve been a trainer for 15 years).
In the meantime, no meals should be fed in a bowl. As long as you are comfortable handing him food, you should be hand feeding, so you control the food, he has nothing to guard and your presence means he gets yummy food (not him afraid you’ll take his bowl away). Measure out his portion and put a few kibbles in your palm at a time for him to eat. Repeat until gone. In between hand feeding, you can also buy a treat ball that he can eat out of. Put food in it and he has to roll it around to get food out of it.
Where did he come from? Did they let him pee/poop in a cage or was he living in a cage?
Was the puppy really only one month old when you got him? That’s Way to young to be away from Mom & siblings. He missed many social & behavioral lessons if that’s the case.
Please hire a trainer who only uses positive reinforcement methods ASAP or you are probably going to end up with many more issues on your hands and probably a “bad dog” as you labeled him. Resource guarding is not something you are going to solve by watching some videos or getting message board answers. (I’ve been a trainer for 15 years).
In the meantime, no meals should be fed in a bowl. As long as you are comfortable handing him food, you should be hand feeding, so you control the food, he has nothing to guard and your presence means he gets yummy food (not him afraid you’ll take his bowl away). Measure out his portion and put a few kibbles in your palm at a time for him to eat. Repeat until gone. In between hand feeding, you can also buy a treat ball that he can eat out of. Put food in it and he has to roll it around to get food out of it.
Where did he come from? Did they let him pee/poop in a cage or was he living in a cage?
