Resource guarding isn’t just about food bowls. It shows up around counters, shoes, sleeping people—even someone else’s poop. Real cases from the Pet Harmony team show how guarding is contextual, often worsened by pain and stress, and always fixable with the right force-free approach. Guarding can appear with one person but not another, in one room but not another—which is why “he’s fine when I take things away” doesn’t rule it out. The dog doesn’t need to learn guarding is bad; they need to feel safe enough not to guard at all.
