Our girls have gotten used to life with us and while they have improved in many areas food has continued to be an issue. I wouldn't say that they had horrible food aggression there was no lunging at people or serious growling, it was more the go tense, hover, freeze and stop eating if you got too close. The weird thing is that this took a few months to happen at first they were fine, I think it was when the routine of feeding became set for them they weren't so worried about scarfing food as about protecting it. Early on we did have a few doggy fights revolve around food, but that was quickly resolved, the human resentment has taken a bit longer.
Well, this week I had major break throughs with both
Ruby was the first, what I have been doing is giving them their food, going back to the one who was fed first and massaging her back while she stands frozen over her food bowl, as soon as she would lick her chops, yawn, or break her visual stare at the wall I would walk away to the next one. I knew I was making progress, because when I started this Lego would be long done with her food before Ruby had even thought about relaxing and more recently she would lick her chops as soon as I put my hand on her. Well last week I up'd the ante, and didn't stop her back massage when she looked at me, then she got a very guilty look on her face, lowered her head and picked up a kibble...I walked away, wanting to jump with excitement, but not wanting to freak her out. Lego feeds so much off of Ruby and showed the same behavior 2 days later. Well last night and this morning Ruby didn't even stop eating as I approached her and reached down to massage, she even let me touch her head with no notice except a friendly glance of 'I love you' and a tail-less butt wiggle.I am just so tickled for these girls, it gives me hope that if they live to get out of the court system and go up for adoption that they will actually be able to intergrate into a normal family home. Thanks for reading
