Is there a dog trainer out there? Need advice please!?

With the food, keep the two dogs separated when you feed them. While the bloodhound is eating, occasionally walk over and drop (from high above!) something tasty in the bowl, like a piece of chicken. If that's going well, you can try putting your hand near the food dish. If that's going well you can try taking the food away for a second and then putting the bowl back down.

The snout grabbing is a really bad idea, as you found out! There's no need to manhandle the dog, and it's a really bad idea with an aggressive dog. The fact that you even tried that makes me think you need some professional help with training before these problems get worse.

Until you do that, introduce him to people outside your home on a leash.

feed him in his crate, and feed your female away from him- in a different area or room if possible, so he can't see her.

when they're both done, pick up the female's dish first, then let the male out of the crate, and remove his dish after he exits the crate.

food aggression and guarding are normal survival instincts, and should be curbed with TRAINING as well as avoiding the situation entirely. his aggression has nothing to do with his being or not being neutered, but rather what you have tolerated in the past.

when people come over you must put a nylon slip collar on him.

when you see the people tell him to sit, and give him a cookie. keep giving him cookies as they approach, so long as he's quiet and polite. people coming to the house must be a good experience for him. if he starts to get aggressive, either posturing to them or growling, you tell him NO. you tell him SIT, or some other thing like that, you need to train an alternate behavior.

if he listens, you reward him richly, patting and giving him cookies. if he doesn't comply, you issue a strong correction, and repeat the command.

a dog will do what gets him rewarded. if he learns that sitting by your side as people enter gets him treats, he will learn to do that. the key is CONSISTENCY and PRACTICE. you might have to ask friends to randomly stop by and stage "visits" more often so you can practice this. don't correct the dog unless he knows what you want him to do.

so you have to make sure he knows SIT... or whatever it is you want to teach him. you can't correct a dog for not complying to a command he knows.

your largest problem here is that the dog is not properly trained.

a properly trained dog will listen to you no matter how he feels about your visitors.... or you walking by his food. he has no respect for you.

consider taking a professional training class with him to improve this.

you can also look up NILIF online, following some simple day-to-day habits will reinforce your alpha status with him.

you also need to remember that he's a hound- it's in his nature to be competitive, territorial, and loud. so mold and train him the way you want him to be.

and start giving him meat again- it's got nothing to do with his training problems.

I would consult a professional trainer that can handle problem solving and don't let them tell you it's the food you're feeding. The idea that raw or cooked meat makes dogs aggressive is a myth. You can check out www.sitmeanssit.com. They are a great group of trainers that are great with problem solving which is where a lot of trainers fall short. If they are not in your area start shopping for a trainer and interview them like you would any other contractor ask what methods they would use for your particular situation and ask to observe one of the private or group lessons to see how they handle other dogs. Don't pay without meeting them and don't just go by what their dog can do cause you don't know if they trained that dog or it was trained for them. Sorry I don't have any specific advice on how to handle this but I believe it is a behavior a trainer needs to see for himself and address it from there. But with the right trainer this can be fixed....don't give up. Hope this help.

For now, you should feed them separately. It is not fair for your lab to have to eat around another dog who is out to hurt him.

Before you feed your dogs, have them sit and stay first. You have to show the hound that you are in control of the food. I've heard that gradually feeding the dog food off of your hands usually helps too.

If your dog is acting vicious towards guests, my guess is that you are lacking leadership. Dogs who have leadership know when they should and should not be wary and vicious towards people. You may need to start establish rules and boundaries for your dogs..if you don't make changes, your dog may some day seriously attack you or another person. Other people will not be as forgiving.

first off it has nothing to do with meat or canned food. he matured and that is why you started seeing this behavior.

feed the 2 dogs in seperate rooms and feed on schedule! do not free feed if you are.

u can try hand feeding instead of using the bowl. bit by bit so he understands that food is coming from you and you control it.

Remove the dog food bowl after your dog finishes eating. Allowing a dog access to eat anytime he chooses is unhealthy and fosters a sense of possessiveness in some dogs. Optimally, the dog should eat to his fill 3 times a day and his bowl picked up after each feeding.

Where do you live? Tucson???? If you do there is a obedience training class called Paw Prints, the ladies name is Sasha here is her number 520- 571-7877 or cell 520-907-5048

Aggression issues should be addressed with a professional trainer who can observe your dog in person.