Take Away Food, Then Give It Back

[Dogsfevr]

In our household all are left when eating,we dont train them because they respect that what we do is for a reason & no need to fear ,protect or eat faster.

Gulpers always become worse when you interfear.If you have a gulper stick a tennis ball in,soak the food.

Bloat is caused by many reasons & the stress of eating there meal faster due to a hand being there is more likley to be bloat stresser.

In our house mealtime is that ,bowls are placed all dogs eat ,all finished in 5secs bowls picked up,good dogs.

If you have kids then put yourself out & feed in an appropriate safe zone or when children are sleeping.

Giving treats can be the best teaching tool & there taught to do a job.Our showdogs will free bait for ages because the reward will come & they dont fear what where doing.

teaching them to do tricks for food or waiting will be more benefical than harrassing them at major meal times & creating a bigger problem

[percyk]

we have always trained all of our dogs

to sit before a meal

we then progress to them waiting til we say 'ok' then they may eat

we always train our dogs to give up what theyre eating

some give up easily others will put up a fight but we still persist

now we can bones away from any of them even when there are dogs around

we simply say the dogs name...give the command 'give' and take it away ...

this saved my birds life once..im convinced

bird got out of the cage...dog grabbed it...and jumped down into the garden bed below...

no way was i ever expecting the bird to be alive

i went down after the dog...said 'give' and to my mind numbing disbelief and relief the dog gave up the bird

bird was not harmed ...

bird did bite me hard tho lol

so yep;...u have to be boss...they have to know that no matter how precious the food/ object is to them they must give it up to the alpha of the pack...every human in the family

could save their life...could be a cooked bone..or goodness knows what they pick up next time

of course u never tease the dog...but even the snarliest can be taught to give it up...for everyones sake