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[quote=Anonymous]Is he growling and baring his teeth? While you're working out the details of rehoming, you absolutely MUST NOT let that continue. The first and only time my puppy tried this, he was a teen like yours, and I yelled at him in the strongest voice I could muster, hauled him about by the scruff of his neck and kept shouting at him for at least a minute, which is a lot. You need to physically impress upon him that he cannot do that, ever. Then I purposefully had him sit and wait before getting to his filled dish. I purposefully took toys out of his mouth, or kibble out of his dish, and gave them back to him, as an exercise to prevent resource guarding.

Of course, if your dog has been doing this for weeks, you have more uphill work to do, because he now thinks he's allowed to resource guard. Start by having him sit and wait before eating. Hand him his food, but before he eats it, take it away again and have him sit again. Etc. Same before you hand him a toy. If you're afraid he's going to bite, lure him with a treat to prise to toy away or the food dish away.  Always give everything back with lavish praise. You want to work up to him letting you take anything away at any time.

Do you brush his teeth? Its a good way to get him used to you doing stuff in and around his mouth. Groom him yourself with a comb or brush, clip or dremel his nails, bathe him, etc... so he gets used to handling. It's a large part of accepting a human's right to manage his body, food and possessions.

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