re: Dog just snapped at daughter

It’ s a tough situation you’re in.They can be broken from resource guarding but if your daughter is always going to be fearful around the dog he will sense it and won’t see her as a alpha.

I have a 2 1/2 y o female Redbone house dog and she went through the resource guarding thing,she would get something she wasn’t supposed to have and would growl if the wife or I went to take it away.My first instinct was to beat the hell out of her but I refrained from it and did the trading thing,give her a treat and take what she wasn’t supposed to have.

Last year it hasn’t been a problem,she got over it.

We don’t have any small children,our youngest grandson is 9 y o and she has never shown any aggression towards him.She loves him more than anybody,if he’s here she’s stuck to him like Velcro.

He has strict instructions not to mess with her if she’s eating though.I’ve picked up her food bowl when she’s eating and it doesn’t bother her.I don’t think she would care if he picked up her food bowl but I don’t see any reason to find out.