I have a young blue dog that when i try to move its bowl, pet it anything like that it will growl at me. I have been taking its food away and giving it a smack when it does it and its helping. Is that right or is there a better way? I have a little beagle that runs around and it sometimes gets in his food and trys to start stuff with him should i keep it away when he is eating and tie it up?

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get u a shocking coller and just do everything he normally growls at u for and when he growls give him a little zap not bad just a small one not much at all if he is young and he may even be too young to shock


how old is the dog exactly

i use to have a pair of redbones that were this away ... if its a puppy ... my papaw use to light them up either with an e collar or he would grab them by the nap of the neck really fast and pull them about 5 foot off the ground and yell something in a deep voice like "NO NO" and put them down and act like nothing happen... the one pup i think tried it again ... he did the same thing... a few follow ups i swear you could stick your hand in the food bowl and the dog would pull his face back and let you pick up the food ...

he is 9 months old

Most aggression starts at a young age.It has to be stopped as soon as possible..With real young pups..What I do is grab the back of the pups neck and pick them up...I look them right in the eye and yell stop..It works on most dogs..BUT pups keept together toooo long.Can become aggressive just over feed..I like to split mine up as young as possible...A must if they get growly at all..One pup can ruin a whole litter.Just by making them aggressive also..Or making them un- aggressive ..With older pups a shocking collar is needed....You have to shock them whenever they show aggression....Dogs that are not broke.Can become face barkers or just flat out mean...Nobody likes hunting with dogs like that..........

use a switch on him keep doing it intil he stops he will get the point

Pick the dog up off the ground (to remove him from his element) then put him down and roll him over on his back and hold him down until he becomes calm submissive. You have to show them who is the pack leader is,and that is always you.

I agree with Chet and Mt. Man ..... For one this behavior must be put to a stop as quickly as possible. I in my own opinion don't believe a shock collar would be nessisary in this situation........ One thing that I see that you are doing wrong is taking his food dish. Yes .. you are right in smacking him and correcting him. However don't take his food ..... that is the whole reason he growled at you in the first place "Because he was afraid you were going to take his food" .. and then you did .. proving him right!! So my suggestion is .. DO NOT Take his food ... Instead follow this method. ..... As Chet said you need to grab the loose skin on the sides of his head firmly,giving you full control of the hounds body. Then as Mt. man said take the dog out of his element! While you have ahold of the loose skin on the sides of his head quickly and forcefully put that hound over on his back and get right in his face and YELL "NO" and hold him there .... What this is doing is showing this hound that you mean business and you ARE his boss "Pack Leader" ...... I will now explain this method. Have you ever seen an aggressive dog jump on a timid dog? The timid dog will roll over on his back "belly up" ... what he is doing is submitting to the agressive dog. .... When you roll your hound over and get in his face ... you have just forced him to submit to you "His pack leader" Hope it works for you .. good luck