How to Train Your Dog Not to Beg at Dinner
Teach your dog from the very beginning that begging isn't allowed. It's much easier to prevent the habit from ever starting than to end it. Here's what you need to know.
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Instructions
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Avoid feeding your dog at the table.
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Train your dog to perform a long "down, stay."
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Ignore your pup completely while you eat to discourage begging behavior. That means no eye contact, no talking and no reprimanding throughout the training phase.
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Give your dog a Buster cube - a rolling toy filled with food that drops out as the dog plays - while you eat. Use a training treat ball for smaller dogs.
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Reward your dog with plenty of praise, affection and a treat (away from the table) after you're done with your meal.
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Be consistent in your training. Giving in now and then will only confuse your dog.
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Tips & Warnings
Keep in mind that if you're ending the begging habit, your dog will get worse before getting better.
If you can't resist giving your dog table scraps, keep him in the other room while you eat and give him the scraps later in his food bowl.
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my boyfriend and I got into an argument about him teaching my new pup to beg. I can now email him this web page and he can see that I'm not crazy lol I really do know what I'm talking about :)
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xxspudsmomxx
Jun 04, 2009
My three pups love meal time. I had a chihuahua (now deceased) that begged loudly at our feet for table food. He did this for 14 years and we could never stop the behavior. The dogs we have now sit under the table and if we don't give them food they run to the door barking like they are protecting the house and want a food reward of our meal for looking out for the family. LOL -
Arky
Dec 04, 2008
Well, once again I have to post! I have a yorkie & a maltese..My Yorkie especially will come in the kitchen whenever he hears the ice box open or knows I am cooking, and constantly stares! I try to run him out,he is a daddy's dog and that's the only time he wants anything to do with me is when food is involved! When we eat he will only stare at me, drives me nuts and I scream at him to quit staring at me, he doesn't stare at Bob..In any case I get so ticked that I can't eat and give my food to both of them..they eat better than I do! But I have tried to break him from it, My maltese will lay down when I tell her too, But not Booger the Yorker, he just keeps it up! It get's on my last nerve!
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Arky
Dec 04, 2008
Well, once again I have to post! I have a yorkie & a maltese..My Yorkie especially will come in the kitchen whenever he hears the ice box open or knows I am cooking, and constantly stares! I try to run him out,he is a daddy's dog and that's the only time he wants anything to do with me is when food is involved! When we eat he will only stare at me, drives me nuts and I scream at him to quit staring at me, he doesn't stare at Bob..In any case I get so ticked that I can't eat and give my food to both of them..they eat better than I do! But I have tried to break him from it, My maltese will lay down when I tell her too, But not Booger the Yorker, he just keeps it up! It get's on my last nerve!
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Petea33
Jul 06, 2007
I tried this on my wife and it worked for her too!
