Cross Breeds

why is our pitbull puppy staring at our other dogs when begging?

whenever food is present and all 3 of our dogs are begging our pitbull puppy that is about 5 months old, will randomly stare right in the face of the other dogs and if not caught and we tell her no ( until the next time) they get into it. everytime we see it happening we stop it but then a few minutes later shes at it again. what can we do to stop it?

Public Comments

1. Watch this situation carefully. We can't see body language but in my opinion that could be a case where the dog does go for another over food.
2. She's becoming food aggressive. This is very common in terriers. Search some Cesar Milan techniques. This is a serious problem and it will evolve into full on dog aggression if not brought out right now. It depends on how you stop it. Just telling her no isn't going to work. She needs to be brought out of that mentality completely.
3. What? Why don't you TRAIN them not to beg? Problem solved!
4. One time out of the day get food and train your dog put her on her leash and if she starts to stair tug on her leash to break her attention and tell her no! when she does the right thing give her a treat and if your other dogs are sitting give them one to.... you don't want this going on when she is full grown because you might not be able to stop her.
5. i would feed your puppy last of the 3, this will show her she has no control on food, i also start to make her sit before you let her have her food, you need to gain control and show her you are there leader and boss before she becomes the boss, all dogs live as a pack and all look for a leader of the pack, so you have to be the one they look too good luck