Attack!!

[coyrobert]

tonight we had ribs for diner, well we always give the dogs a bone to chew on, all the other dogs are fine not aggresive with food, but my pit which is 5 months 2 week old doesnt feal the same way as the other dogs, she wants every bone for her self and will fight for it, she was on one side of the kitchen and my moms dog was on the other side (lapdog) i was in the middle puttin some dishis in the wash, when my pit lunges and attacks my moms dog, she never does this she respects this dog, this dog will growl at her when she trys to love my mom and my dog walks away, and she doesnt do this with dry food only treats, also humans can come up and take her treats and she does nothing what is going on with her?? my mom is threatin to put her out back with a chain, what can i do to take this aggression away when she gets treats??

[El Mexicano]

well i would have the food agressive dog seperated from the other dogs,and do u feed them cooked bones

[idgie]

coyrobert, you are lucky it wasn't worse. you have to keep those dogs separate. this isn't unusual behavior at all, it is likely to get worse as your dog gets older, and not just around food. you need to be a responsible owner and not blame the dog for it. and 5 months is too young for a chain IMO, although you could get started with a few minutes a day.

[El Mexicano]

and do not feed cooked bones

[pitbulllvr25]

Feed them seperately!

[Big Papa]

yes seperately is best

[Chyna]

and do not feed cooked bonesWhy no cooked bones?

[DryCreek]

Cooked bones are brittle and tend to splinter into sharp shards that damage the digestive tract. Raw bones are okay though.

[Rocky H. Balboa]

The pup may be beginning to assert dominance. Furthermore, if the dog was game-bred, the best training will do little in the long haul. At 5 months, there is very little chance of it having turned on. Conversely, it is the time when play starts becoming practice.

[RIVES PITS]

it's in their blood seperate at food time

[Bubba]

coyrobert, you are lucky it wasn't worse. you have to keep those dogs separate. this isn't unusual behavior at all, it is likely to get worse as your dog gets older, and not just around food. you need to be a responsible owner and not blame the dog for it. and 5 months is too young for a chain IMO, although you could get started with a few minutes a day. A 5 month old dog is NOT too young for a chain. Too young for a BIG HUGE chain that people put on dogs for no reason, but not too young for a light chain. From the sound of it, he lives with his mother, and needs to take responsibility for his dog and get it outside on the chain before his dog hurts his mothers dog.
AND STOP FEEDING THEM COOKED BONES BEFORE YOU END UP WITH A WHOLE NEW PROBLEM ON YOUR HANDS...
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[Rocky H. Balboa]

Bubba, does the cook bone/bad idea part include all types of bones (i.e. ribs, chicken, stake bone, pork chop, etc). Whenever I cook spare ribs and chicken, all the bones are given to my dog.

[SouthernDixie]

A friend of our family gave her dog leftover rib bones and spent thousands of dollars with surgery to get the dog's insides back to normal.

[SFK]

No Cooked Bones Ever! Not Beef Not CHicken Not Pork. 5 months is not to young for a bulldog to start acting like a bulldog. Put your dog on a chain. Did you even realize what you where getting into by owning this breed?

[Chyna]

My last 2 dogs lived 13 and 14years .Only thing I didn't feed them was chicken bones. They ate everything else cooked and raw. No problem what so ever.

[Bubba]

COOKED BONES are a NO NO. Of any kind. Your dog may not ever have any problems from them, but, what IF they did?? It can happen. Just avoid the problem all together and you'll be better off. Raw bones, are ok.
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[RHI]

I agree, No cooked bones, they can splinter and cause all kinds of problems.....

wanted to add, I also agree your dog should go on a proper secure chain setup, you can't have your dog terrorizing or worse your moms dog........

[Diesel]

SIDE NOTE... NO PORK BONES.. COOKED OR NOT. Pork bones splinter regardless. I had a very expensive surgery with a rottie in the past to prove that one. Chicken and Beef... your dog will thank you. and raw is better for them anyway. cooking a bone dissapates a lot of the nutrients that are in the marrow.

[SouthernDixie]

Uncooked chicken bones are alright. They don't splinter and they clean the dogs' teeth

[RHI]

The ONLY bones we give are dogs are uncooked large knuckle / soup bones supervised... the differance between cooked and uncooked, uncooked is odviously softer and not hard and brittle so "less" chance of problems, either ways a risk, just less chance if uncooked......

[Diesel]

uncooked chicked quarters are a regular part of my dogs diets... after a really good workout or on a special occasion I throw in the beef ribs and such. I also think that ground beef mixed with dry foor is an excellent source of protein. I have found that my dogs keep a much more chisled appearence when they are on a partial meat diet. I would never completely switch becuase there is a lot of work that goes into a good dry food, its a balanced and "almost" complete meal.. it just needs a little help in certain areas.

[Emma]

As it was said, cooked bones are dangerous. Raw bones are OK.

You have to know that when the quality of the food increase, the dogs will become more agressive when they are fed. This is probably why your dog fight with bones and is ok with kibbles. My dogs are raw fed and they are more agressive with food than they were when they were fed kibbles.

Anyway, kibble or raw, you should feed them separately. This is important not to put them in situations in which they could fight.

[SouthernDixie]

As it was said, cooked bones are dangerous. Raw bones are OK.

You have to know that when the quality of the food increase, the dogs will become more agressive when they are fed. This is probably why your dog fight with bones and is ok with kibbles. My dogs are raw fed and they are more agressive with food than they were when they were fed kibbles.

Anyway, kibble or raw, you should feed them separately. This is important not to put them in situations in which they could fight.
My dogs are fed kibble but when they do get treats or special food, we see all sorts of pretty white teeth that are obviously not smiling!

[Diesel]

Good Point Emma..

[RHI]

people have to do what they feel comfortable with, I had no choice but to feed one of our males raw hamburger for a week as it was the only thing he would eat when we had a Bitch in heat....so have done it, just worry sometimes about bacterias , but odviously could also get it from raw soup bones, just not feeding nearly as often, but still a chance, same with worrying about some types of bones....as I've mentioned, our dogs get chicken on their food every night, ocassionally, turkey, fish etc. funny, when dogs get used to something, some will act as if it's no differant then kibble...I agree, dogs need to be feed seperatly so their not put in a situation and people just need to do what works for them, still would NEVER feed cooked bones.....

[Diesel]

Dogs are not like us they hae a relatively short intestinal tract, so they are MUCH less suceptible to those types of bacteria. thats why they can eat rotting trash and in the wild scavenge off of a rotting carcass and still live. The bacteria on a rotting piece of meat would hospitalize if not kill a person, yet a dog is fine.

[RHI]

Dogs are not like us they hae a relatively short intestinal tract, so they are MUCH less suceptible to those types of bacteria. thats why they can eat rotting trash and in the wild scavenge off of a rotting carcass and still live. The bacteria on a rotting piece of meat would hospitalize if not kill a person, yet a dog is fine.
I agree with what your saying, however anythings possible so we just choose not to feed raw as a main diet.....theres lots of differant opinions on it, we just feed what works for us....also, if feeding fresh raw, over alittle older meat, your chances are reduced from getting bacterias etc.

[Bubba]

Fall/Winter/Spring, we feed primarily ONLY the raw diet, and love it. Have never had a dog get sick from it. Been doing this for quite sometime now as well. To each is own, and I know everyone has a personal opinion on it.
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[Diesel]

definately...

[Rocky H. Balboa]

Thank you Bubba. Learn something today. Prior, I thought it was just a myth or true for small dogs only. I will stop giving my dog all the left over dinner bones. Rocky will not be happy about this.

Again, thank you all for confirming.
COOKED BONES are a NO NO. Of any kind. Your dog may not ever have any problems from them, but, what IF they did?? It can happen. Just avoid the problem all together and you'll be better off. Raw bones, are ok.
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[CRD]

It's normal to fight over a bone...

[coyrobert]

thanks to everyone, NO more bones at all for my girl, unless they are dog treats from the store, which i got her today and she got in it with my grown pit mix, he was the boss of the yard, yet when she goes out back she owns the backyard, its crazy to see a puppy take over 4 other dogs turf

[Bubba]

Why do people insist on allowing there dogs an oppurtunity to "get into it" wrecklessly??
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[coyrobert]

i did this hopeing the other dog would show her that she aint the boss, but he didnt

[TopDog]

Seperate them when you feed them and seperate them when she acts in this manner

[Bubba]

i did this hopeing the other dog would show her that she aint the boss, but he didnt I would call you FAR from a responsible owner then. You say she is a pup, what if that dog had hurt her, because you wanted him to show her HE was the boss. You have alot to learn, and I hope you learn before you ruin or harm that pup or any other dog in the process.
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[Zoe]

The only "boss" should be you. If you don't realize certain things are triggers to dogs, like bones, toys, food, etc... you are probably best to separate them permanently. IMO

[PitbullLover]

I haven't had any problems with my boys and feeding time, but I still keep them separate. Why give them a chance to have problems?