11/02/2026
So these two brothers have never been able to eat their food together. All because the white dog Harley would guard his food and become aggressive to his brother Bentley or any person. As Harley resource guards and has possession aggression, mostly down to Bentley being very excited and anxious to be everywhere at once and never practices a calm nature. Bentley looks just happy to the untrained eye but he’s hyper and that doesn’t always mean happy. The constant excited energy in turn makes Harley become protective over anything he receives as he fears losing it which made him react aggressively towards anyone including their owner, Harley’s bowl couldn’t even be taken away after food had been eaten.
So to rectify this behaviour with both dogs we have to practice a new ritual which is calm submissive behaviour and both dogs had to be treated the same way with trust and respect before they receive their food which is their most valuable source for their survival. What had been happening was Bentley would be excitable and anxious when he would receive his food, which rewarded him for being that way and when Harley received his food he would then guard it and everyone would back away which rewarded that behaviour. These dogs had been fed apart for about a year and half at this point otherwise there would be quite a nasty fight between the two, so they got separated for meal times and they never learnt the correct behaviour which then snowballed into other problems. The key here was to have both dogs practice the same energy at the same time which is submitting calmly to receive their food (basically working for it) once the pups show the correct behaviour they then get paid. The dogs should always be calm submissive before they get their food so the owner can be number one and the source of where their value for survival comes from. If these siblings can do it when aggression is an issue, 99% of dogs can do just the same. The owner is over the moon that she doesn’t have to give her dogs away now which is a win all round!🥳🙌😁
