Is your dog in your face for grub?

Some dogs are possessive over people, toys, and food. Possessiveness can lead to aggressive behaviour like snapping at other dogs or showing teeth to a toddler because they came too close to their dinner... these types of behaviours are problematic, so how do we train for them?  

Over the next 5 days we are going to post some training tips so your dog becomes cool as a cucumber when it comes to feeding time and treats!

The first training trick is to be mindful when feeding treats from your hand. Puppies learn very quickly where the food comes from. Usually, it comes from their owners hands (obviously!). So what does this mean?

This means your dog, from a very young age, will start to associate hands with food. Let’s change this, and the naughty behaviours that come from it, by feeding your dog from his or her bowl or the ground.

Next time you give your dog a cookie, hold it in your fist and let let them lick and sniff you all over, once they stop and wait for the cookie put it and the ground and say “OKAY”!

Your dog will start to understand that the cookie comes out of your hand once they are waiting patiently and they only get it once you say so!