He is a 4yr old huskey. I have begun training him the way you showed and he is more attentive and following commands better...thank you. He will bite if he is sleeping and he thinks you are bothering him or if you try to get him into a crate or outside if he doesnt want to go.
Spot on. Screw the "positive only" holier than thou people. Balanced training is where it's at. There need to be consequences for inappropriate behavior. Aggression, running away, and stealing food are not acceptable.
Totally agreed! Positive reinforcement to teach and reward good behavior and some sort of correction to lessen the bad behavior. Thanks for taking the time to drop a comment!
I'll give it a go. My pit lab mix was an angel as a puppy, I could leave my plate sitting on a couch with him next to it and he wouldn't touch it. (food has never fallen from the counter and hit the floor)...so he's constantly giving the 7 month old malinois puppy confused looks as to why she's jumping to counter surf.
This is great! How do we adapt this to get my dog from taking everything from the counter not just food (if you place a remote down, he will steal it, sunglasses, a pen, you name it. whatever you set down he will steal)
We don't really change much when practicing from the floor. We set up the training session in a similar manner with things on the floor and just watch closely and have a plan in place for what to do if they grab it. We start with things that are not dangerous or easy to swallow because there will be a lot of mistakes at first!
Our dogs table surf. As soon as one of my kids get up from the table, the dogs will snatch their food. I've been so frustrated, I've been crating the dogs when we eat. Now that I know there is a way to fix this, I'm going to add this to our other training. Both are still young dogs, 1.5YO and 6mo.
thanks for this, but what do you do to correct their behavior if you come out of a different part of the house and for example, the compost is all over the counter and the floor? what is the correction?
We don't correct if we don't catch them in the act. There is too high of a risk of the dog not understanding why you are unhappy. I would just set up the situation again and find a way to watch them without them knowing.
What would you do if the dog will never steal from the countertop while you're there, but will always raid the counter/pantry when we're not home? It's a foxhound, very food driven like you suggested.
We use cameras to catch them in the act. We will set up a camera and then trick them into thinking we are gone and then we hang out in the garage or somewhere outside of the house and watch the feed. Then we will burst in the house and catch them in the act if they steal something. This works very well and you can make a ton of progress after a few sessions.
We had a rash of poisoning, awhile back, in our neighbourhood, so I trained our dogs to ONLY eat from their dishes (inside the house), our hands, or when we 'okayed' it (vets, groomers, etc.) You could throw a steak into the backyard and the dogs wouldn't touch it ... unless they were starving!! No doubt it frustrated them, but it made us feel a lot better :)
My dog is at the point where she knows she should not be on the counters/ desks so she waits till I am well clear of the room. For example, dog is upstairs. I come upstairs with food, she then she will go downstairs to check the counters. Any advice on how to tackle this? She will jump onto the counter and walk around it just to check.
I would set up a camera in the kitchen and then create the situation when you are ready. Leave food on the counter, walk upstairs and watch the camera. If she jumps on the counter yell "no" and then go down and correct her. She will not understand the camera is what lets you see her and will start to assume she will always get caught. We do this with clients all the time and it works well!
I have a 5 year old Aussie... And a 3 year old kid. The Aussie KNOWS she's not supposed to take food, because she only takes food when we are out of sight, and if I walk in while she's in the act she RUNS out of there, tail between her legs and hides because she knows I'll be mad. It's only gotten worse. I'm just at a total loss. We trained her since she was young, she doesn't take food or even show interest if me or my wife are around, she knows not to take food when it hits the floor and won't do that, she knows "wait" and "leave it" etc.... Extremely good dog otherwise, but this taking food off the counter thing has gotten ridiculous. I'm at. A loss man. I don't know how to change it. My toddler is going to put her half eaten sandwich on the counter, and I can't sit and watch her eat. I don't have the time. But it's almost daily now that my dog steals my 3 year olds food. For the time being, the dog is exiled outside.
Hey Dustin! We are filming an episode of our new podcast on Friday and I will get this added to the list for our Q&A session. We will get you a thorough answer on exactly how to address this.
We came into a 4th dog recently and now all of ours race to get counter and even kids food as they’re walking. Can you train them one at a time or do you need to train all of them in a row? I’m concerned that working one at a time will be ineffective with a competitive atmosphere.
Great question! With multi dog households we start with one dog at a time until they are doing well. Then we try two dogs at a time and then three etc. You will probably find one or two dogs will be a challenge and the rest will probably be pretty easy. Reach out with any questions once you get started!
@@SuburbanK9DogTraining already started last night with 2 (2 yo Doberman and 6 mo English pointer). Still have a basset and bloodhound to work with but the first are making progress!
Okay, now how about a cocker spaniel that is deaf and mostly blind? In-laws younger dog started stealing food from end tables a while back, and my older cocker followed suit. And now we have another younger dog too, and she has also started, and she's super fast and sneaky.
You may want to consider an e collar with your deaf dog. The correction function can be helpful but the biggest advantage is the vibrating pager. It is a great way to get their attention! If you go that route make sure to acclimate the pager as a good thing using lots of praise or treats.
my dog is food aggressive and counter surfs so once he gets something food or other things he doesn't want to give up, you can't get it back without a food bribe. he will bite if you try to take something he claims. what can I do?
Hey! We are filming an episode of our new podcast on Friday and one of the segments will be answering dog training questions. We could cover this one on the podcast. What breed is your dog and what age is it?
We use the heel command as a calming technique when dogs are showing aggression. I would set the situation up while the dog is wearing a leash and when they growl I would heel them off and train until they are calm. What breed is the dog?
