Hi all,
My wife and I have had our greyhound, Minerva, for about 5 years now. She has always been very food driven, but generally well behaved except for some minor counter surfing the first week we brought her home. We worked hard to address this issue, mostly with a spray water bottle to deter her from jumping on the counter, which resolved the issue.
Since adopting Minerva, we have welcomed a baby girl, who is now 18 months old. Minerva is generally not interested in the baby, except when the baby is eating. For example, our daughter likes to snack on goldfish. Minerva will take them right out of our daughter's hand whenever she has the chance. Minerva does this (or tries to do this) with nearly all our baby's food, and we're having a really hard time preventing or addressing her behavior. It's gotten so bad that she now believes all food is up for grabs - including ours, if we're not careful to make sure it's out of reach. This morning, my wife made herself lunch and put it in her work bag. She went to grab a cup of coffee, and in the 30 seconds it took for her to get her coffee, Minerva tore open the bag and ate my wife's sandwich. She has never done anything like this, and we're getting really frustrated (which is maybe feeding into the problem).
She is not responding at all to stern talking, pointing, the water bottle - it's like she's in a complete trance when she's around human food now. Any advice would be very appreciated. Thanks!