Some dog owners feel that puppies are in no way far more adorable than when they raise up their front paws and beg for food. And yes, which will be cute now and then. The dilemma is that as soon as your puppy dog figures out that this not just meets along with your approval but results in the reward of food, she won't limit that behavior to the "now and then" when it amuses you. Soon her begging will turn out to be a constant factor at just about every meal, regardless of whether or not you are in the mood for it (and whether or not you have guests). It may become more insistent, and consist of nonstop barking or even physically pawing or jumping on the human she hitting up for table scraps.
For a small number of young puppy owners who live alone and whose lives are largely centered on attending to their pet's wants, this still may well be acceptable. But that probably does not describe you. Not just is such behavior from your canine annoying in and of itself, it can affect how you train her to do anything, because it sends the message that the method to get anything she wants is to pester you for it.
So how do you get your puppy to unlearn the begging behavior you yourself may possibly have taught her by previously rewarding her with food for such actions? Step one is straightforward. When your doggy begs, merely deliver a stern (not angry) "No!" and do not give her any food. Depending on how ingrained the habit, your doggie may continue to beg for some time.
No matter how plaintive that becomes and how guilty it may possibly make you really feel, you have to not give in ever once more. In case you do, the puppy dog will take away the even worse lesson that to get what she wants she should beg much more, not much less. Stand firm and the puppy dog will eventually accept that the days of begging are over forever and she will quit attempting.
At the very same time strengthen the good consuming habits that you simply wish to take the place of begging. Feed her often and reliably at some distance from where you and your family eat, but ideally at the very same time so she is concentrating on her own dinner when she formerly would have been begging for yours. And finally, feed her only food specifically created for puppies, even once you are giving her treats for very good behavior. If she loses her taste for human food entirely, she will also lose her whole reason for begging in thevery first place.
For a small number of young puppy owners who live alone and whose lives are largely centered on attending to their pet's wants, this still may well be acceptable. But that probably does not describe you. Not just is such behavior from your canine annoying in and of itself, it can affect how you train her to do anything, because it sends the message that the method to get anything she wants is to pester you for it.
So how do you get your puppy to unlearn the begging behavior you yourself may possibly have taught her by previously rewarding her with food for such actions? Step one is straightforward. When your doggy begs, merely deliver a stern (not angry) "No!" and do not give her any food. Depending on how ingrained the habit, your doggie may continue to beg for some time.
No matter how plaintive that becomes and how guilty it may possibly make you really feel, you have to not give in ever once more. In case you do, the puppy dog will take away the even worse lesson that to get what she wants she should beg much more, not much less. Stand firm and the puppy dog will eventually accept that the days of begging are over forever and she will quit attempting.
At the very same time strengthen the good consuming habits that you simply wish to take the place of begging. Feed her often and reliably at some distance from where you and your family eat, but ideally at the very same time so she is concentrating on her own dinner when she formerly would have been begging for yours. And finally, feed her only food specifically created for puppies, even once you are giving her treats for very good behavior. If she loses her taste for human food entirely, she will also lose her whole reason for begging in thevery first place.
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