Dog Health Questions: Dog training help he is an angry eater!?

my dog is a bichon frise he is not a puppy, he is actually about 15 years old. he was recently diagnosed with diabetes so we have to feed him certain food at a certain time. when it comes time to feed him though he goes nuts! i put the bowl down and make him wait, he tries to obey but cannot take it and goes for it. if i take his food away he growls and once bit me. also he eats sooo fast! help

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You can get him a break-fast bowl from dogasaur.com and other sites to slow down his eating. Also, to minimize food aggression, try feeding him from your hand, one piece at a time, and, by stirring his food with your hands before you feed him. This keeps your scent on his food.

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• OH food aggression is very very bad!!!!
  
  make him wait like you are trying to do and if he goes for the food before you tell him too just slowly walk to the bowl dont use your hands if he bites claim the food make him back away from it by standing over it he might nip your feet but your shoes will protect you from the attack.
  
  if he does not back away you need to but him in a submissive position straight away until her calms down (make sure he is always completely calm before you even put the food down this could take a while) if you watch the dog whisper you will see how this is done it doesn't hurt the animal at all but it does let him know who is the Boss.
  
  this will take a lot off patience!! i hope your ready for it. oh when he has backed away from the food pick the bowl up straight up dont pull the food away!!! just lift the bowl straight up cause if you pull it back he will automatically go for the bowl again.


• At 15 years of age, I wouldn't worry about it either. He is too old to retrain and basically too old to change- which means stop trying to force new eating habits on him. Most likely he is very hungry, afraid of starving, and feeling very bad. So just put his food down and let him go for it. Because Jesus, he maybe only has 2 years left to live. He is OLD. Let him be who he is.Who is he hurting with his food obsession?
  As the saying goes- cant teach an old dog new tricks


• Maybe you could try hand-feeding him little bits at a time, or maybe just try sitting next to him while he eats so he gets used to you being around while he eats.
  I don't know if this will help, but it worked when my dog started getting a bit food aggressive.


• Make him sit and wait before you put it down. I do know in humans, diabetes does deteriorate the mental capacity, and that may be going on here. Feed him a little bit at a time.


• At fifteen years old why are you trying to train him ?
  He's old and ill, just give him his food and let him eat it in peace.