Resource Guarding

I found this article while doing a little research on resource guarding and really liked how they explained it and gave some helpful tips on how to 1) prevent it from happening and 2) things you can do to work through it once it appears. This is something I still struggle with with my own dog but with lots of work and lots of patience, I am seeing it start to diminish.

I think our biggest mistake when dealing with a dog that guards is that we instinctively react and want to punish our dogs for having wants and desires and that’s what this really is. Our dog wants or desires to have something whether its a toy or a sock and we told them NO and took it away and never replaced it with a more appropriate item. While I opted to go the Natural Dog Training route to help my dog, there are many other ways to go about helping your dog work through this and hopefully you catch it before it becomes a serious problem and rehoming or euthanasia look to be your only solution. If you happen to notice any of these signs in your dog, please reach out and do not brush it off or push it out to a later date. Your dog’s life just might depend on you recognizing that there is a problem brewing.