Hi there, I hope the advice which Todd and Mary has given helped. We had a Collie pup with a food agression problem. He would never growl at me or my wife, but always did with our children. We moved his bowl from the hallway and placed it in the centre of the kitchen. We started with getting the older child to feed the dog and she then walked slowly around the dog the whole time the collie was eating, walking in large circles to start with and getting closer and closer until she could pet the dog. Once the collie stopped growling at our eldest, we started with the middle child doing the same thing over a period of 10 days or so. In addition, each child not only took it in turns to feed the dog, they also made the dog sit and 'no touch' until he was told he could take the food, reinforcing the alpha position.
It took approximately three weeks to accomplish but we never had any problems afterwards.
Let us know how you are getting on
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