It is easy to understand how aggression can be an outcome if dogs are deprived of food or have had to fight to get enough food. But for some reason even well fed and well nurtured dogs become food aggressive to the point of fighting with their pack members. Some food aggressive dogs may even nip at their owner. Of course this is not a good sign if your dog is threatening you, the pack leader, with exposed teeth and growls no matter what they are protecting.
This is behavior that need to be addressed as soon as possible regardless of the dog may be protecting their food. It can lead to dangerous situations down the road if anyone tried to come between the dog and food.
One way to address the issue is to place multiple bowls of food out. You don't want to put more food out but just divide it up into several bowls if you have 2 or more dogs. This will often relieve some of the tension from the dogs knowing that their are more places to eat. This is the best way to start because it is a very simple solution. If this doesn't work then we go on to plan B but I think this will solve the problem most of the time.
I have 2 dogs and them fighting over food has become a problem. They are both well fed (both overweight) and they were always fine before. They are both fine with each other until it comes to food. Then they both totally change. They turn into stray starved dogs skulking round at the table like theyve never been fed.they seem to compete with each other to beg human food.at their meal times they are terrible trying to get each others food. This has been getting progressively worse. Feeding them in separate rooms has stopped the fights over dog food,but they are like starving strays round the table and kids.
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