Food aggression

Hi all, our Tilly is just under 5 months old and we encountered a little problem which needs to be dealt with.
I / we recently gave her a pork bone and got very aggressive when we went near her. Growling very loud to a bark with me, my fiancée did it at first but i took over because how bad she got.
This has now moved on to her normal food routine and we have a 1.5 year old son who could get bitten and we obviously do not want that.
Here's when she does/doesn't do it.
If we feed her out of our hand, no problem at all.
If we hold the bowl and to her mouth, no problem at all.
If we put the bowl on the floor with my hand still holding the bowl, she eats with no problem, until I move ( if I keep my hand still no problem at all)
As soon as I let go she then will start to get aggressive with it, with both me and my fiancée, we both feel her and have never taken food away from her (apart from the bone with she also brought back up, we will not be giving her one again) even stroking her sets her off
We now feed her with out us holding the bowl and crouch or kneel next to her to try and get her to trust us and realise that we are not going to take her food away or do anything bad

Any info would be good or if anyone knows of any guides

Thanks

treats to be distracting her whilst feeding , make he wait for her food until you give the go ahead. You should be abler to interrupt her feeding at any time and if she lets you than reward her , obviously take great care to separate your son and her whilst feeding until this is mastered but you will get there. I have to say this is advice from others I am passing over as I have never experienced this

She sits and waits for it, and then jumps around when its on the floor, but does wait till we say so,
Il try the treats thing though, what's good?
I feel that treats from shops etc can't be very good for them.
Would cooked chicken pieces or similar be good or better?

Chicken would work or anything she likes better than her normal food.

I'd put her bowl down with no food in it, and then gradually drop bits of food into the bowl, letting her eat each bit before adding some more. Once she's happy with that, put the food, bit by bit, in the bowl, but keep your hand just inside for a few seconds. Then try putting the food in bit by bit, but as you take your hand away gently brush past her mouth.

The trick is to do it all very slowly & very gradually. If at any time she fails, don't shout at her, just go back to the previous stage that she was happy with.

The trick is to let her know that you don't intend to take her food away, and even if you do take it away, she'll get it back again.

As a matter of interest, did you give her a cooked or raw bone?

Thanks caryll, I'm pretty sure it was cooked, from pets at home, don't have the other one so can't check.
Will give that ago tonight thanks

possle wrote:Thanks caryll, I'm pretty sure it was cooked, from pets at home, don't have the other one so can't check.
Will give that ago tonight thanks

Please don't give cooked bones (the PAH ones are all cooked), only raw. Cooked bones can splinter and cause tremendous damage to a dog's insides, and they are less digestible which could cause a blockage.

you think grabbing your pup and expect her to a be a good dog no wonder she/he is Food aggression

Ive you have checked out my post on another thread It's been 4 months since we have done that and she shows no signs of agression/anxiousness/not scared, anywhere apart from this, this happened since giving her a bone. That was literally in the first couple of weeks in getting her.
If you have nothing useful to add to this keep your opinions to yourself, I know that has nothing to do with it.

possle wrote:Thanks caryll, I'm pretty sure it was cooked, from pets at home, don't have the other one so can't check.
Will give that ago tonight thanks

How are things going?

Well this morning was good, little growling, not to fussed with treats whilst eating, but we've been training today and I've put the treats in my hand whilst in the bowl, she then rummages round my hand no probs.
Will be putting food in her bowl as she looks at us and brush her when we move her hand as you said

Let us know how you get on. Don't forget, if she 'fails' & growls go back to where she felt comfortable & try again. It just takes time.