flycow Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 (edited) Hello, I need some help. My pup has started to grab things and run. I don't usually give chase as I know she might learn to demand attention that way. But lately she grabbed things that are impossible to ignore, like certain food which are harmful to her. I can be preparing something on the bench and it dropped, she'd jumped at the chance and ran! Sometimes the pest of a neighbour's kids threw funny foodstuff over the fence and she will eat it. Not very often but it happens. For food, she will eat while running, you guys should know how impossible to catch a determined dog. Other items she will chew while running, thus damaging it. What should I do when I finally get hold of her, reprimand? Time-out in crate? It has come to a stage where I feel like leashing her to me when I cannot give her my full supervision. Like to hear your thoughts. Thanks. Edited October 2, 2006 by flycow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TessaBella Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 Perhaps leashing the pup to you would help. Especially if you can't keep her out of the food preparation area (kitchen?) whilst doing so. Leashing her to you will mean that she is always near you and you can watch what she can get to. Also, you can make sure that anything that you don't want her to get, is put up or in a cupboard away from her. It is your responsibility to make sure she can't get these things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flycow Posted October 2, 2006 Author Share Posted October 2, 2006 I know it's my responsibility that's why she almost never get a chance to get the things at home. I don't make those mistakes, everything is tucked away high up or locked away. It's just those occasions out of my control, like the neighbours throwing things over the fence for example. I just wonder how to handle situations like these. sigh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peibe Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 Teach her drop it, I can yell at my dogs "Drop it" from 200metres away and they will drop it Shar pei like to grab and run too and this is the only way I could get things back off them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellz Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 Teach your neighbours not to throw stuff over the fence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p_stampy Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 haha this morning i left the grapes too close to the edge o the bench, half an hour later i come out to find her happily chewing on the grape stalky part. grapes are expensive!!! luckily i'd aready eaten most of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peibe Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 Grapes are also poisonous to dogs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flycow Posted October 3, 2006 Author Share Posted October 3, 2006 Teach your neighbours not to throw stuff over the fence. cheeky, heh. My neighbours are ok, the kids (fairly young things) don't throw things over much, I think sometimes they play with each other and threw some over by accident. Kids will be kids. It's more important that I teach my pup not to eat anything unless I said ok. This is really tough.... for a lab... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flycow Posted October 3, 2006 Author Share Posted October 3, 2006 Teach her drop it, I can yell at my dogs "Drop it" from 200metres away and they will drop it I've managed to teach her to drop some toys, but some items are so desired that it's almost impossible, rewarding with the highest valued treat (chicken sausage) is still not good enough, i need more ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsfevr Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 Its not a case of teaching not to eat unless told but just teaching general manners around food.Whilst she may steal the food the dog has to be there waiting to start with & thats when the training starts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p_stampy Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 Grapes are also poisonous to dogs well she seems ok so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavmad Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 Our boy does exactly the same thing but with leaves and sticks. He loves grabbing them, showing me he has them in his mouth and then running madly. He also loves to grab cleaning cloths and socks. We racked our brains as to how to get the stuff off him and not give chase. Eventually we worked it out. He knew the 'stay' command and was very obedient at staying when and where he was told. Over the last couple of days we have told him to 'stay'whenever he has something in his mouth. He usually obliges which gives us enough time to calmly and slowly walk over and get whatever he has in his mouth, out. We give loads of praise for staying and he seems unaffected.This really seems to be working for us at the moment. I'm sure it's only a matter of time before he's onto us. It's probably not the right thing but itseems to be working for us. Good Luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flycow Posted October 3, 2006 Author Share Posted October 3, 2006 Its not a case of teaching not to eat unless told but just teaching general manners around food.Whilst she may steal the food the dog has to be there waiting to start with & thats when the training starts Thanks Showdog. For meal, bones and treats, Diva doesn't eat it until I gave the Ok, the food can be right in front of her for some time, she doesn't touch it. So she knows those I gave her, she can't touch until I said so. But those I didn't give her, she thoughts she can do anything she wants with it, any suggestions? ------------------------ Cavmad, how old is your dog? My dog doesn't know a command for stay but her Sit and Drop comes with stay, means she will sit or drop when told and until I give a release word, then she is free to go. I tried to get her to sit during chase but that doesn't work. I know her training is not good enough, I'm going to use the Triangle of temptation from tonight onwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flycow Posted October 3, 2006 Author Share Posted October 3, 2006 Grapes are also poisonous to dogs well she seems ok so far I have wondered about this too because stupidly I have been giving grapes(minus the seeds) to my maltese for many years now and he's ok with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavmad Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 Our boy is nine months old. He knows 'sit' 'drop' and 'stay' as separate commands. Hmmmmmmm, what else can you try? What's the triangle of temptation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAX Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 You could teach her to bring the stolen things to you. My dogs do this, it's amazing the things that they get a hold of. I always reward them for bringing it to me no matter what it is. One day my dog bought me my OH's Shimano fishing knife that he left laying in the yard, I nearly had a heart attack. My girl thinks that continually bringing me a tea towell when I'm in the kitchen is very useful. Being a Lab it shouldn't be to hard to teach her this game by swapping for something yummy. I think it will be pretty hard to train her not to eat food that kids have thrown over the fence. Maybe easier to talk to the kids in a nice way if they are old enough to understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAX Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 Forgot to say, Go to the Training forum and pinned at the top is a trick section. In there, there is a list of tricks one is 'How to teach your dog to retrieve'. You should teach a retrieve first then you can get her to bring you all sorts of things after she learns the basic concept. Good Luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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