Carle is a 4 year old Sharpei/pitbull mix who resides with his family in Golden’s Bridge NY.
Carle is what we call a resource guarder which is when a dog shows aggression when he/she has something of high value such as food, toys, bones, etc. This type of behavior is very serious and should be treated by a professional. Carle also barked aggressively at people and was not very good on a leash. His family opted to send him to our 5 week dream dog e-collar program.
The first step in addressing Carle’s guarding was building a relationship and teaching obedience. Once we have that foundation and are able to communicate, we started working on his guarding. Carle was taught a leave it and an out command. You want to be able to ask your dog to leave something alone without growling and if he already had an item, he was also taught to drop it with the out command.
This is still a very serious behavioral issue so whoever is handling him must be patient and careful! The trend for all training is consistently working each day to overcome any issues and to build better habits and an overall better and trusting relationship!
Carle’s owner is extremely happy with their new boy; “Carle has been doing a great job on the leash, he is very popular on walks and he is doing a great job with “out”. Now he doesn’t even growl! I say “Carle out”, and he looks at me like “what is my tasty treat alternative?” As soon as I return with a treat, he abandons his contraband happily”!