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Food Aggressive

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Dexter

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Barked: Wed Jan 23, '13 4:09pm PST


	I have a 6 month old Australian Sheperd. He growls at me if I touch him while he is eating a meal from him bowl or if I give him a bully stick he will growl if I touch him when eating it. He has even snapped at me for trying to take away his bully stick. He is not like this with any other treats tho. Does he do this because he does not trust me and thinks I will take his food? How do I fix this? I don't want him to be aggressive! ( side note, I always make him sit and wait while I fill his bowl and tell him 'okay' befor he goes over to eat it )