How to train Labrador to protect food

Many dog breeds have the habit of food guarding, which may be what they are born with, or it may be the result of too much spoiling by pet owners later in life, and Labrador is no exception. So what about the Labrador’s food guarding? How to train the Labrador to make it change the bad habit of food protection? The following I will share with you the method of training Labrador not to protect food. One: often feed it by hand first of all, we must often put the food in the hand, feeding Labrador by hand, do not worry about Labrador will bite your hand, you have to trust each other, generally Labrador will lick the food away from your hands. Once the Labrador is used to you feeding it with your hand, then you can try to take the food bowl into your hand and let the Labrador eat. When you are feeding it, put your hand on it and stroke it, so that it feels that you are not malicious and will not grab its food, and slowly let it adapt to having people around it when eating. Third: friends to assist when the Labrador adapt to eat around someone, you can ask friends to assist in training, ask friends to feed the Labrador, the owner of the Labrador food to friends, so that the Labrador see food from the owner’s hands to your friends, so the Labrador will trust your friends, and slowly the Labrador will get used to eating when there are strangers around. If you find that he is grimacing or making threatening noises, issue the command “NO, no” and take the food bowl away. After he is stable, give him food to eat and pet him to praise him. After the above four training steps, I believe that Labrador will not have such bad behavior habits of food protection, after reading hope that it will help you.