[Muckdogs]

Having read only your original post and not the follow up comments, here's my suggestion which worked for me and some others I know.

Hand feed every other day and then on the off days, hold the bowl on your lap and allow your dog to eat from the bowl. SLOWLY, exert a little control vis-a-vis making the dog sit/down/stay before giving more food.

You have got to make the dog understand that YOU and you CHILDREN are the only reason that it gets fed in the first place and that eating is not a right, it is a privilege. Behave, eat, behave, eat.

I for one, put up with a little food guarding because we don't have any children, he eats alone and there is no reason to screw with him during mealtime, he has worked and earned his right to a peacful meal. But, that doesn't apply to your situation. Start exerting some control and ranking.

As far as the treats, those are a privilege as well, not a right. Maybe, for your girl, treats should be a crate only thing. Hard to say. Maybe she jsut ahs some bad manners right now. What I don't agree with, if any of the other posters have said this, is that you shold continually interfere with treat time. If the dog earns it, let it have it in peace, uninterrupted. I, for one, don't get a rush out of knowing that I dominate my dog at any time and take away something he has duly earned.