Dogs can be quite possessive over things like food, treats, and toys. It’s an instinctive behavior that comes from the wild, when dogs would have to compete with other animals for valuable resources.
When it comes to pet dogs, however, resource guarding isn’t a desirable trait, and can even be dangerous. There are things you can do to work with your pup on resource guarding, but what can you do in the meantime if you need to take something off your dog? Perhaps they’ve got something valuable, fragile, or sentimental, or simply something that could be dangerous for them.
