Barking, Growling, Snarling and Snapping...

[M.C. O'Connor]

So at the suggestion of my Veterinarian, I gave my four month old Labradoodle a knuckle bone from the butcher yesterday.  The Vet said the bones are good for the puppy's teeth.  Well...  Mulligan took that bone right to his dog bed and went to work on it.  Forget about getting close to him... he barked, growled, snarled and snapped if I even looked at him.  When the bone got small and it was time to take it away I had to coax him with some food in his bowl.  Even then he was hesitant to leave the thing in his bed.  He looked for that bone for ten minutes after it was gone.  Do you think he liked it?  Ha!

 

But...  should this behavior be tolerated and encouraged with giving him more knuckle bones in the future?  I figure... at least I know what I could give him when I want to keep him quiet by himself for an hour or so.  I don't think he'll get knuckle bones often but he sure does LOVE them.

 

Do you give your Doodles real bones from the butcher?

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Kimberly Keenan]

I think you got some great advise so I will not add anything o thr guarding issue.

I give Bindi an uncooked beef bone. She really enjoys them and they last forever.

[Kaytlin and Cooper]

oh what a handsome doodle!

 

Cooper will growl sometimes when she has a bone (usually at the cats but when the cat actually gets to the bone Cooper sits there all sad waiting for her turn). Each time she growls (at the cat, at us, or for "no reason") we take her bone away, then give it back after a minute or two

[Michael Gurley]

My mom's dachshund does this. I was about 6 years old when we got her as a puppy. I tried to take a bone away from her once and she bit my hand really hard, drawing blood!

 

Luckily, Sunny, my 1-year old mini labradoodle knows that everything she has is mine, she's just using it. I can take anything from her. We started at a very young age- I gave her a toy or something, then after a while I took it away from her (no tug games either, unless I start them). Then I gave her bones or rawhides and took them away after a few minutes. She learned!