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Post by sugar on Feb 15, 2012 10:18:12 GMT -5
So Chubby has a very bad habit of racing over to you if anything was dropped while cooking/prepping. I call it his 'snap-trap' because he springs into action like a mousetrap and just as fast.
Problem becomes if you drop anything he has raced over, grabbed it and swallowed it before you can even react. The only time he doesn't do this is with dropped chunks of limes/lemons. He will race and grab but then quickly spits it out.
Now I've been thinking of "accidentally" dropping chunks of limes in hopes that it will teach him that just because something dropped doesn't mean you actually want it.
I've tried keeping him busy while I cook but he just runs over and gobbles it up before you know what hit you.
Is this mean? Is there another way to teach him that he doesn't have the right to grab whatever he wants?
ps: another issue becomes if you both reach or something at the same time he doesn't realize your fingers are either in the way or not food. Its not like he is trying to purposely bite you, its more like he doesn't realize your fingers are holding the food.
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Post by catstina on Feb 15, 2012 10:31:06 GMT -5
I think it sounds like a pretty good idea. Hopefully someone else will better know the answer to your problem!
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Post by loverocksalot on Feb 15, 2012 11:37:40 GMT -5
Stuff I have been reading up on and there is a way. Takes time of course. Be good for him to learn to go to his spot a good distance so if you drop something you have time to cover it get it. teach him the leave it as well.
Put treat on floor and cover with your hand he might paw or sniff the instant he pulls his nose away uncover the treat. As soon as he goes for the treat cover it up again after repeating this over and over he will have to wait a minute. If he hesitates for a minute and does not go toward treat when showing it praise and give treat. repeat this several times.
now after repeating this several times you can add the word "leave it" put treat on ground with your hand on top of it and then uncover and treat and reward him for not running forward to grab treat. Progress to uncovering treat and him waiting longer periods of time. two seconds, then 3 seconds and so on. once he can leave it for like 10 seconds add distance and say leave it and drop it on floor if he goes for it cover it up. if he hesitates reward him by picking up the treat you dropped and giving it to him. progress until you can drop the treat with yourself in a standing position. next increase distance between you and him say leave it drop it step away return and praise say leave it drop again move two steps away return and so on.
Hints
Do not release dog and allow to go get the treat for self. Pick up treat and give it. This helps when you accident drop food on kitchen floor. will become habit can not touch until given to me.
I found a video after I typed all this
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Post by loverocksalot on Feb 15, 2012 11:39:47 GMT -5
Except in the video he tosses the treat to the dog on the floor I would not do that. as I already said as a tip
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Post by melonie on Feb 15, 2012 20:32:55 GMT -5
Maybe a weeks worth of limes will get through his big head  |
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Post by sugar on Feb 16, 2012 8:56:14 GMT -5
Maybe a weeks worth of limes will get through his big head There go my mojitos! |
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Post by adoptapitbull on Feb 16, 2012 9:16:27 GMT -5
He spits the lime out, right?
Call them "Chubby Mojitos" and don't tell anyone the secret ingredient!
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Post by sugar on Feb 16, 2012 9:52:19 GMT -5
He immediately spit them out and looks at me very confused, lol. If i try to pick it up he makes for it one last time and then promptly spit it out again. Still looking confused as to what the hell this sour thing is? lol
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Post by perfectpit on Feb 17, 2012 20:05:58 GMT -5
If that was Beastley or FA they would simply eat it. They love lemons and limes, like their momma.
I taught mine the "leave it" command. It works wonders. The only difference is I never gave him the treat I hid under my hand. I had treats in my pocket and gave him one of those to reward him. It works for anything you want them to leave alone, my problem was socks not food.
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Post by loverocksalot on Feb 17, 2012 20:07:29 GMT -5
Yeah did you try what I recommended he should get it quickly was wondering how he responded to it.
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Post by sugar on Feb 21, 2012 11:01:11 GMT -5
He is showing some signs of improvement. Although twice when I covered the dropped food with my foot he sat down, looked at me and then placed his paw on my foot, lol. Dropped a lemon half last night (making salsa so it was actually an accident this time). He rushed over, stopped about five inches away and just looked at it, and then looked at me. Gave him a treat  |
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Post by suziriot on Feb 21, 2012 13:43:15 GMT -5
He is showing some signs of improvement. Although twice when I covered the dropped food with my foot he sat down, looked at me and then placed his paw on my foot, lol. LMAO!! Lebowski did that at first too. |
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Post by loverocksalot on Feb 21, 2012 13:44:27 GMT -5
Good Job. Teaching the leave it works. I had to work it hard for Rocky to do Therapy test. He still rushes in an tries to get food that hits the floor but if I say leave it he will stop in his tracks. He will forever attempt to try to win that game im sure. However I have noticed over the years that he does not come running every time a spec hits the floor like he use too. I also stopped tossing treats to him on the floor years ago. Of course I did do that when he was learning new behaviors but now that he pretty much has everything and I wanted him to pass the therapy test if I dropped treats and want to give it to him I usually pick it up and give it. Or toss it right to him where he is. Glad to hear things are improving.
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Post by tank on Feb 22, 2012 8:27:34 GMT -5
Lucy does this. It annoys the crap outa me. I put up a gate and she wasn't allowed to go in the kitchen while I cooked. When I was done I let her in there to clean up the safe droppings. Once she sort of got used to not going in there while I was cooking and knowing she will eventually get to scout it out when I was done, I could leave the gate open. We no longer even have the gate up and she doesn't go in there till I leave the kitchen and sit down.
I am a big fan of getting dogs out of habbits by removing the situation until they get into a better habbit naturally. It doesn't always work but conventional training methods have some limitaions as well.
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