Dogs protect food out of instinct

In nature, protecting food is a very normal behavior. Food is scarce, and the protection of this resource is a top priority for individual survival. When dealing with their own food, protecting food resources has become one of their animal instincts. Dogs as pets also inherit this instinct, and their innate food protection instinct will always show up.

Adjust the dog’s mentality

Food is a huge stimulus for dogs. The stimulation of food to dogs will inevitably bring huge positive pressure, and the accumulation of pressure will lead to an imbalance of mentality. In order to survive, it is an instinct to eat the food found as soon as possible and compete for food, which leads to the dog's excited attitude towards food. Without guidance, dogs will remain in an unstable state of mind and emotions when it comes to food in the long run. In this high-pressure state of mind, the introduction of other stimuli is likely to cause the state of mind to break through the pressure range, leading to release, resulting in Consequences of bad behavior. So adjusting your mentality is the first step.

You can use a food guard

It is a good way to let your dog eat in his own food guard. Because the dog will understand that there is no need to protect the food, because it is what the owner gave it. After eating like this for a period of time, add body caressing, touching the food bowl and other steps, little by little.

Doing anti-food training for dogs

You can train dogs to refuse food and cultivate the concept of giving up the current food and getting other food. Allow the dog to let go of its obsession with the current food, so that it can stop eating through commands.