Goodness me.
If you haven't seen this, where HAVE you been? All the updates are here:
http://coldwetnose.blogspot.com/
I am not an expert, never claimed to be, but for goodness sake, if you have a dog that guards its food please, please do NOT follow this person's techniques. It is a surefire way to get some teethmarks and to really, really confuse your dog. It won't teach them anything - except that they might just stop warning you to get off their food, and go straight for the bite instead.
Instead, please find a good local behaviourist or a trainer using modern, positive methods and enlist their help.
Resource guarding is a relatively common, and solveable problem - but Mr Shelley most certainly does not have the answer.
Shame on the BBC for promoting this.
My immediate concern when I watched this man with the JRT and her feeding bowl was that this is how feeding issues can start. The owners have obviously never properly trained their dog and she feels in charge. With the front door issues she was protected her home and owners (which is instinct) - no way does she feel she "owns " the door as Jordan Shelley implied. Very worrying
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