Guest Anonymous Posted September 4, 2003 Posted September 4, 2003 Zoey is soooo bad about begging for food. Cody will just lay at you feet happy if he gets anything Zoey will sit THISCLOSE too you and stare at you and try to eat off your plate, and out of yuor hand. AI'm really starting to really piss me off.. it makes me soo mad that i want to strangle her.. gesh. guys please help me... Quote
Aonir Posted September 4, 2003 Posted September 4, 2003 Rule #1, don't give her ANY of your food for any reason. Always eat before she does (to show dominance). And have her go lay somewhere until your done eating... Quote
Rosebud Posted September 4, 2003 Posted September 4, 2003 :wink: This works with Sally & Rocket. They get begging relapse, so I will tell them to get somewhere and lay down, I will take them to their beds and tell them to stay, if they get up and beg I don't give them any table-scraps, if they stay I make a big deal out of how good they were and give them scraps. Once your dogs learn what the action and consequence you'll be ok :angel: Quote
Bentleythewonderdog Posted September 4, 2003 Posted September 4, 2003 Bentley has a problem with begging. I started out firm about this and then my little grandkids would either drop food or give him food and now I have a problem. He has become a pest about it. Quote
DogPaddle Posted September 4, 2003 Posted September 4, 2003 With all the people who come and go in my house the rules for the dogs sometimes get neglected so the boys do beg, Zaphod more than Kavik. To sort it out I have been trying this. Their large crate is right below where I generally eat, in fact my knees brush the crate. I sit down and start to eat and tell them go lie down - if they lie down in the crate (which is fairly likely because it is so close) I slip them something and finish eating, if they have stayed in the crate I slip them another treat. As this is reinforced I plan to move the crate further and further from where I eat and eventually eliminate the first treat. Already if I walk through the house with a plate Zaphod skitters for the crate although currently he runs into it and then runs right back out unless I tell him to go back but still its an improvement. (My greatest challenge is making sure everyone else in the house doesn't "untrain" the dogs. Makes me so mad, my brother is the worst for this and is the one that always complains about the dogs not being as well behaved as he would like . . . ACK! :evil: ) I'll let you know if it works or backfires on me. Quote
courtnek Posted September 5, 2003 Posted September 5, 2003 YOu can also try putting choosing a place out of the eating area as "down time" when you're eating - to enforce it, put up a baby gate and block the entrance to the eating area. Then if they dont beg, reward themn with table scraps in their dinner, if not, no scraps. Big praise too. They have to stay laying down the whole time you're eating, or no reward. I use "down time" to get them to lay down and "no scraps" when they dont conform. If they do conform, then when I'm done eating I yell SCRAPS real loud so they know they've been good. once trained, you can let them back into the eating area, and hopefully "down time" will make them lay down and leave you alone while you're eating. :D Quote
Peng1zrule Posted September 5, 2003 Posted September 5, 2003 Some dogs are slow on the uptake...Buddy and Sandy know to stay in a down if the hope of food is ever to be realized. The others get a mist of water in the face, so that they back off. After ONE time, all I have to do is lay a finger on the bottle, and they all back up ten paces. Quote
courtnek Posted September 6, 2003 Posted September 6, 2003 Water spritzing wont work with Freebee - she's a Lab - she LOVES water in every and all forms. You spritz her, she thinks it's a game and comes back for more.... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Quote
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