well really, more of a one-sided hair ripping.
I fed the dogs and Roofus didn't eat (not unusual), so I just left his food out (stupid me), even though I normally stand there while everyone eats. He has a really tall feeder, about 24" off the ground, and the only other dog that can eat out of it is Blossom. I let Blossom eat out of it if she wants because she is extremely skinny and doesn't like food. Seriously. She just recently started eating all by her own (six years later, she eats LOL) so I am pretty lenient with the amount she gets. No one else likes it because if they stand on the feeder, it moves.
Popper and Merlin both are aggressive about Roo's food, hence why I usually pick it up. They lie in wait under the kitchen table for a dog to growl at. Well, I guess Blossom was either heading for his food dish or maybe just walking by (former more likely), because all the sudden I hear the beagle screech of annoyance followed by thumping and claws trying to get traction on hardwood. I ran into the kitchen, knocking everything in my path over as I went, and there's Popper growling, snarling and snapping on TOP of Blossom (twice his height), who is scrambling around frantically just trying to get away. I had to physically restrain Popper (which isn't easy considering he's a little dog) so she could leave, and for nearly some time after that as he kept growling at ALL the other dogs (who of course came to see what was happening)..
Blossom had some hair ripped out, was pretty saliva'd up and was shaking badly, but she is okay. A short time later, Popper walked up to Blossom, waggled his tail once or twice, ducked his head, then popped up and licked her on her face. Maybe a doggie apology? Who knows.
I did, btw, pick the food bowl up. Roofus can learn to eat when it's dinnertime.
Popper has become increasingly aggressive about that food bowl... I did start severely limiting his food intake a few months back, and now he's slim and trim, but that's why, I think, he's become a "food jerk." I really wish I could go back to free feeding - I never had any problems with food aggression then. But that's how he bulked up in the first place. I just have to keep that food bowl out of sight, out of mind whenever there's food in it.
Now Popper is trying to suck up to me because he knows he was bad. I think I can ignore him for another fifteen minutes before I have to give him some lovins.
I fed the dogs and Roofus didn't eat (not unusual), so I just left his food out (stupid me), even though I normally stand there while everyone eats. He has a really tall feeder, about 24" off the ground, and the only other dog that can eat out of it is Blossom. I let Blossom eat out of it if she wants because she is extremely skinny and doesn't like food. Seriously. She just recently started eating all by her own (six years later, she eats LOL) so I am pretty lenient with the amount she gets. No one else likes it because if they stand on the feeder, it moves.
Popper and Merlin both are aggressive about Roo's food, hence why I usually pick it up. They lie in wait under the kitchen table for a dog to growl at. Well, I guess Blossom was either heading for his food dish or maybe just walking by (former more likely), because all the sudden I hear the beagle screech of annoyance followed by thumping and claws trying to get traction on hardwood. I ran into the kitchen, knocking everything in my path over as I went, and there's Popper growling, snarling and snapping on TOP of Blossom (twice his height), who is scrambling around frantically just trying to get away. I had to physically restrain Popper (which isn't easy considering he's a little dog) so she could leave, and for nearly some time after that as he kept growling at ALL the other dogs (who of course came to see what was happening)..
Blossom had some hair ripped out, was pretty saliva'd up and was shaking badly, but she is okay. A short time later, Popper walked up to Blossom, waggled his tail once or twice, ducked his head, then popped up and licked her on her face. Maybe a doggie apology? Who knows.
I did, btw, pick the food bowl up. Roofus can learn to eat when it's dinnertime.
Popper has become increasingly aggressive about that food bowl... I did start severely limiting his food intake a few months back, and now he's slim and trim, but that's why, I think, he's become a "food jerk." I really wish I could go back to free feeding - I never had any problems with food aggression then. But that's how he bulked up in the first place. I just have to keep that food bowl out of sight, out of mind whenever there's food in it.
Now Popper is trying to suck up to me because he knows he was bad. I think I can ignore him for another fifteen minutes before I have to give him some lovins.
