So my puppy had been struggling recently with multiple different things, some I have seen improvement and some we have yet to find a solution. I just want to explain them here and ask for advice on this, as for some of these issues im just so lost on what to do. To start the things he does really with are potty training, friendly with other dogs, crate training, still listens to commands pretty consistently, and has seen major improvement with leash walking. Now the bad stuff:
Counter surfing:
My mom and me made a grave mistake when we first got our puppy, she would occasionally feed him our food from the table (our first dog, i should’ve told her not to its mostly on me) and since then we have had massive problems with him counter surfing. The second he sees our food on the table he just goes crazy. If unleashed he will just dive headfirst into our plates, and eat the food. This is one of the only times he will fully ignore commands and not listen at all. It has gotten to the point we just have to leash/crate him in another room while we eat. We have tried multiple times to train him not to eat our food and he just ignores all if it:
Resource guarding:
This one is weird, and I honestly have no clue about this one and how it started, maybe a behavior before we adopted him. He has a really bad habit of grabbing random objects like hats, shoes, or even stealing our food. Once he takes it he becomes extremely possessive and if you try to take it from him, he will growl and snap. This is the most serious problem and the main reason I am on here, because of this behavior i am scared to bring him around younger family members :/
Any advice will be greatly appreciated. Again this is my first dog ever and I know I’m probably not great at it, but I’m just trying to raise him right and give him a happy life. Thank you!
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