I got into a shoutfest with my sister when she popped my dog in the face for not taking a treat nicely. I don't like my dog being hit--especially in the face--unless she does something serious like trying to take out a kid or something. I do realize that I should train my dog, who gets carried away when it comes to food, to take treats gently if only to keep my nutcase sister from slapping her. What would be a good way to teach my dog to calmly and gently take her treats? (Or should I be training her to take out my sister instead?) <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
I did tell my sister that if she doesn't like the way my dog takes treats to stop giving her any but that didn't fly. I guess I will have to shut my dog up in my room whenever my sister comes around. (thank dog she has none of her own--or children) As for waiting for my dog to stop trying to get the treat, does that mean giving up all interest in my hand or just stop trying to nose her way to the treat?
And yes, you have to take control. This is your dog, and it's your responsibility to protect her. Your sister doesn't know anything about dogs, don't let her tell you how to handle yours. In the meantime, you should check out some books and videos, or go to obedience class, to learn more about handling your dog.
Any idea about how to get a dog to NOT accept a treat? I just caught the meter reader giving mine a treat and she took it.I didn't manage to catch him before he left but the power company just received a nasty gram..and the dog got a serious finger pointing and a NO NO!!
Why don't you want the meter reader giving your dog a treat? Meter readers are in a very high risk category for dog bites, and giving them a treat is a lot better than macing them (which is what happened to our family dog when I was young; after that, she was fear aggressive toward anyone in a uniform). If you don't want the meter reader to have access to your dog while in the process of lawfully performing their job duties, then keep your dog confined when it's meter reading day. The meter reader has the legal right to be on your property, and you are liable if your dog bites them.
There are ways to teach food refusal, but a serious finger pointing and NO NO after the fact are pointless exercises in futility. The dog had no idea what you were so upset about, and didn't learn a thing.
While it is true that he has the right to be on the property,the dog is confined on a cable tied to the front porch,(16').he had to walk 10 yards and around a corner to toss the treat to her.Her job around here is to alert us to any visitors.We live 20 miles from the nearest residence and I thought that for him to litterally go "out of his way" to give her the treat was unacceptable.I knew better than to post. Sorry.
I am curious about teaching food refusal as well. I used to live in an area where poisoning animals was a common way to get back at neighbors, and still worry about it sometimes. What might you recommend? (My mom is always preaching that I should teach my dog to eat only the things I give it-- but that seems darn near impossible. Maybe it's not? Maybe there is something reasonable that they can learn?)
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