We have had our husky girl for about 3 years now and she has ALWAYS been the sweetest natured dog. Especially when taking treats. We have even felt comfortable in allowing friends children to hand her a treat because she has always been so gentle and ladylike.
Just now we came home from the store with some chicken jerky treats. She is on the porch which is elevated and things drop through the floor of it. I took her some of the jerky treats and gave her the first one. She chewed it and some of it dropped where she can't get to it under the porch. So I took the other one to the end of the porch to give it to her there.
I handed her the whole treat and she retreated back onto the porch where she can lose it again by just a step or two. When she crunched it half fell onto the porch and I reached for it to pick it up and she darted forward and snatched it in a very aggressive manner. I was so shocked!!! This is NOT our girl! I was also very annoyed with her but didn't really know how to respond. I said her name in a very annoyed shocked voice and told her how unhappy I was with her. Her whole response was to go into play bow.
I was just curious as to how you all would deal with this. I want to nip this behavoir in the bud. I think we have been much too permissive with her and spoiled her rotten. I just don't ever want her getting grabby with food for any reason. I should be able to take that food right out of her mouth if need be. We certainly haven't ever deprived her and since we have now had her longer than she was in her abusive home and this is the first time we have seen this I don't think we can blame it on her past.
Perhaps we are just going to have to start being stricter with her.
Denyce
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