Hans is a 2 1/2 year old GSD. He is highly food motivated, and really likes his treats. Left to his only devices, he aggressively goes after an offered treat and is perfectly happy to take a few fingers with it. So we have taught him to be "gentle".
This results in him carefully taking the treat from our hands or fingers. However, when he does so, sometimes he reaches forward enough so that he can use his tongue, inside his mouth, which results in the fingers getting scraped. Usually not painfully. How can I teach him to consistently take the treat by grasping it between his front teeth. Sometimes he does this, but not always.
Push the treat into his mouth as he takes it. It makes it a lot more diffucult for him to snatch at it and you;ll condition him over time not to grab it and your fingers.
I understand. But that's not the behavior I'm trying to fix. He very gently comes forward to take the treat. Sometimes he grasps it with his front teeth, which is what I always want him to do. Other times he keeps going forward so he can take it with his tongue. When that happens the teeth scrapes the fingers. I want him to always go just far enough to grasp the treat with his front teeth.
Don't give it to him when he gets his teeth on you.
How fast does he take the treat? If he is slow enough, or if you are fast enough, push your hand farther into his mouth when he is toothy. It will be unpleasant enough that he won't want to repeat it.
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