re: Dog just snapped at daughter

My pup had the same issue when she was about 3.5 months old. My kid went to pet her while she was eating, growled a little. Before I could tell my kid to back up, she spun her head around with her mouth open.….then I snapped. Was a combination of me holding her 40 lb arse down and told my kid to hold the bowl in front of her face and play with the food. This went on for a few minutes. Fortunately this was the only instance, but if it hadn’t have worked, she’d be digging holes in someone else’s yard right now.

Now, my kid can take the food out of her mouth if she wanted.

She was trying to be dominant at that point because I wasn’t being too hard on her, discipline wise. She learned who the alpha was real quick, and it wasn’t her.