Hello!!

I've written a few newbie forums about my caucasian ovcharka puppy and he has grown into a handsome young adult. He turns one next month. He's been eating raw food essentially his entire life, but since he's become sexually mature he has been acting crazy. I know it's because it is so high value, because he does not bat an eye over giving toys and kibble. He will let me get close to him when he's eating, but if I actually reached for the food he snarls. I try to trade up with him, but as long as it's raw meat it's pretty much all of the same crazy value to him. His eyes are glazed over and he's not learning. I can get him to sit for different raw meat but his eyes still dart to what he was eating and he would still freak out if I tried to take it. He doesn't even seem to recognize me (he kind of does, because his reaction is MUCH worse to strangers. He starts snarling if they're withing 15 feet of him.) but he is definitely not himself and he's not listening. In the same vein, he freaks out when people are around while I'm preparing the food. If my family is in the living room while I'm preparing his meal, he will jump at them if they start walking around while his food is out. He's also on edge for a little while after he's done eating. If their COMPLETELY non-aggressive dog walks towards where he was eating after he's done, he will snap at her.

It's gotten pretty serious, because my roommate took the wrappings from raw chicken from him and he snapped at her and scraped her leg. Obviously he could have done much worse, but that is totally unacceptable.

Does anyone have any ideas?