Originally posted by Dartsgirl420
There is probably no such thing as a bad dog........But we just got a new dog......and he acts very insecure......hes two years old!!!!! He is an american eskimo.........He lets no one near his food dish...........or~he *tries* to attack them.......~he scares me to death......do you have any advice...........?Please feel free to e~mail me...........with your response.........? email me @ [email protected]
The problem is you not the dog.
Dogs need training and education an if they had that behaviour with dish food (the basic) it seems to me that the owners had never well trained the dog.
With 2 years he still is a "juvenile" (but almost mature) and the best to do is to look for a professional help with a good dog trainer!

Most people forget the basic of having a dog: teach them who is the boss; and starts to make the dog understand that he can't be possessive with food!
Make a search by "dog behaviour" at the net and I’m sure this people will find valuable information would help you! But you must take an action very fast!

Best regards!


PS: You could try this, before put the dish with food to the dog pretend that you are eating the food (act just like you are really eating, noise) but keep stand in two legs, act calmly and slowly put the dish down.

PS2: some sites:
http://www.inch.com/~dogs/
http://www.peteducation.com/
http://www.apbc.org.uk/books.htm