I have the misfortune of living in a large city. I have a large house ( by city standards ) and I live by myself. I have 3 dogs which I expect to kind of keep an eye out for anyone who is trying to jump the fence into my garden. There are a lot of seedy characters who try to make friends with my dogs by making kissy noises etc at them ( not sure if that will help them make friends ) , but I strictly avoid all contact.. But I am scared that they might throw a piece of food over the fence or god forbid poision them.(not being a schiezo, just trying to protect myself and my dogs).
What is the procedure to
1) Make a dog not eat food thrown in over the fence
2) Bark and alert aggressively if they see some one do that.
Currently my dogs do bark at people who linger near my fence too long. Which is something I want.
How do I do the training to do the above two things?
Anne Jones Webboard User Reg: 04-29-2004
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Be careful what you teach your dog. I would be sure that I have another person that my dogs would accept food from before I taught this. I don't believe that most dogs will actually starve themselves in the long run...but I can see where a softer tempermented dog might really take this training to heart. There are times that deliberate poisoning is an issue & then you might really need to do this, then the dog needs to know that he is fed in a certain place ALL the time & nowhere else.
When food refusal is trained in the ring sport venues or that type of setting, most of the dogs understand 'the game' & know that this is just another obedience exercise in the realm of this training & not part of their every day life. My dog sure know the difference between the real thing & when we are playing the game. I believe that most can make that distinction. JMO
Be careful what you teach your dog. I would be sure that I have another person that my dogs would accept food from before I taught this. I don't believe that most dogs will actually starve themselves in the long run...but I can see where a softer tempermented dog might really take this training to heart. There are times that deliberate poisoning is an issue & then you might really need to do this, then the dog needs to know that he is fed in a certain place ALL the time & nowhere else.
When food refusal is trained in the ring sport venues or that type of setting, most of the dogs understand 'the game' & know that this is just another obedience exercise in the realm of this training & not part of their every day life. My dog sure know the difference between the real thing & when we are playing the game. I believe that most can make that distinction. JMO
Very good points. I could see a softer dog developing some major eating issues with training gone awry in this critical area. My in-laws have a neurotic little mutt that must have been attacked a time or two at the food dish. Getting her to eat has become quite an ordeal (but a good project for my 85 year old father in law).
A dog has alot of friends because he wags his tail instead of his mouth.
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