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Hi guys
As ost of you know I have four Border Collies, my problem is with my "middle bitch". Rusty guards mainly food and only towards the other dogs. She has never resource guarded towards me, she might try and run off with a piece of meat, but that's usually meat given to them, not stolen items. Now I've read both the resource guarding sticky on this forum and some other internet advice and I think I understand how to tackle the problem. What I'm unsure of is which dog to use to aproach her with. Her worst problem is with my other (year older than rusty) bitch Xena, second in line is Zorro the male and then to a much lesser degree her daughter Jess.
Tonight it got so bad she blindly stormed Zorro, knocking his bowl of chuncks and chicken stock over. It doesn't matter if I feed her first, last or make her sit for her dinner, as soon as the second bowl hits the ground all hell breaks loose!
So I ask again, who do I use to approch her first? Zorro who defends himself, =Xena who cowers in fear, or Jess towards who she is the most tolerant? Worst part is she's coming into season, so temper is not what it should be anyway. 
As ost of you know I have four Border Collies, my problem is with my "middle bitch". Rusty guards mainly food and only towards the other dogs. She has never resource guarded towards me, she might try and run off with a piece of meat, but that's usually meat given to them, not stolen items. Now I've read both the resource guarding sticky on this forum and some other internet advice and I think I understand how to tackle the problem. What I'm unsure of is which dog to use to aproach her with. Her worst problem is with my other (year older than rusty) bitch Xena, second in line is Zorro the male and then to a much lesser degree her daughter Jess.
Tonight it got so bad she blindly stormed Zorro, knocking his bowl of chuncks and chicken stock over. It doesn't matter if I feed her first, last or make her sit for her dinner, as soon as the second bowl hits the ground all hell breaks loose!