Dog trainers say the hardest part about training / altering a dog's
behavior isn't always the dog, butt the owners.

To many people think obedience school or a special trainer will be the
magic bullet and presto chango the dog will behave. haaha.

Nope.

Guess what. We the owners have to carry on the training the way the
trainer does. Whether it be with bribes (treats) and/or simply
assertive calm.

A funny here is this: Some guy writes into a pet advice forum
complaining he spent 1k (!!!) to have his dog trained not to take food
off the table. It didn't work.

Now I'm going to hazard a guess here, not having seen any follow up.

How much ya wanna bet the guy continued to feed the dog from the table
thus UNDOING that 1K training?

We are all guilty of feeding our pets from the table. Well if you
don't want them begging or getting up there when you aren't there then
you shouldn't do that. Makes sense doesn't it?

We managed to undo the begging. Never give food from the table and
never even give the dog eye contact while you eat. You're the pack
leader, be one. Abbie likes to lay right under my chair though. hehe.


After eating and you clear the table. If there's scraps like
unseasoned meat or veggies. they can have a bit of that. But never
from the table.

Sometimes it works too: ban the dog from the eating area during meals.

Cind

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