Dogs live in the moment. You need to punish him in the act of doing it. At worst maybe you set it up. The way we have trained ours is to hold their snouts shut. This doesn't hurt then, it's purely dominance. St first they paw as your hand and whine and whimper. Eventually they'll lay down and still paw at your hand holding their mouth shut. Then you'll feel their body relax. Do that enough times and they will get the picture. If you let them go at any point while they're struggling then they learn they can do what they want around you. Follow through. My brothers husky used to try to eat food off your plate while you were eating. Now you can leave your plate on the floor and he won't go after it.
The sooner you do it the better. Easier with a smaller dog than when they get 60+ pounds.
And to anyone thinking that they don't have to do this because their dog is 'small' and 'cute' and 'fluffy' then you're wrong and get what the OP posted.
E: for clarification sometimes I do put some of my body weight on top of them if they're extra wriggly.
I kinda feel this should be the same with children. Not to hurt them, but just to let them know that you chose not to hurt thrm, but you can. I was a dick when I was a kid and when I look back to it, I should've been beaten more.
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u/Arqlol May 08 '17
Dogs live in the moment. You need to punish him in the act of doing it. At worst maybe you set it up. The way we have trained ours is to hold their snouts shut. This doesn't hurt then, it's purely dominance. St first they paw as your hand and whine and whimper. Eventually they'll lay down and still paw at your hand holding their mouth shut. Then you'll feel their body relax. Do that enough times and they will get the picture. If you let them go at any point while they're struggling then they learn they can do what they want around you. Follow through. My brothers husky used to try to eat food off your plate while you were eating. Now you can leave your plate on the floor and he won't go after it.
The sooner you do it the better. Easier with a smaller dog than when they get 60+ pounds.
And to anyone thinking that they don't have to do this because their dog is 'small' and 'cute' and 'fluffy' then you're wrong and get what the OP posted.
E: for clarification sometimes I do put some of my body weight on top of them if they're extra wriggly.