There is an allusion in China called starving to death without eating the food that comes from eating, which is used to describe a person with backbone. Dogs are not as complicated as people, and they will not eat when they encounter delicious food. Don't give up. You may think that food refusal training is only a skill that police and military dogs need to learn to face bad guys and gangsters. Pet dogs also need to learn to refuse to eat, good dogs do not eat the food that comes from the street.

Dogs have a very simple mind. They never understand or believe that someone will deliberately feed them poisonous food. Appetite is a strong instinctive desire of dogs. Therefore, food refusal training is difficult. It will not be done overnight, and it requires the owner's patience to complete it.

The training of refusal to eat can be divided into two parts, one is that dogs are not allowed to pick up and eat things, and the other is that dogs are not allowed to eat food fed by strangers. We will introduce the training methods to you respectively.

Do not allow dogs to pick up food anywhere

Dogs are lively and curious. Even more do not eat white do not eat. This condition is extremely common in pet dogs.

It is very dangerous to pick up food scattered on the street. First of all, even clean and non-toxic food will become dirty when dropped on the street, full of bacteria and viruses. In addition, many foods have been spoiled, Dogs will get sick if they eat them.

The original non-toxic food is still like this, not to mention the poisonous food itself. The rat bait scattered on the streets and the poisonous dog food thrown by bad people are all serious threats to the life of the dog. killer.

Training methods

Say No to picking up food

When taking a dog for a walk, if the dog is picking up food, the owner should immediately Strictly criticize it: No, you can't! At the same time, you can slam the dog on the leash, and you can tap the dog's mouth with your fingers to stop the dog's behavior in time. If the dog can appear to ignore the food, the owner should encourage the dog in time, praise it in a soft tone, and pet it affectionately.

Attention to the owner:

When the dog picks up food, the owner should stop it in time, and the tone of criticism should be short and strong. You are encouraging it. Pulling the dog leash requires attention. For dogs with strong appetite reflexes, you can use a little force. In addition, praising the dog must be timely.

Another point worthy of the owner's attention is that the anti-feeding training should start from the usual. When the owner feeds the dog food, don't let the dog eat the food on the ground, and don't let the dog develop the habit of picking up food from the ground.

For dogs with good basic obedience training, a few times of this training will be effective. But the dog's appetite is a very strong desire. For dogs with strong appetite reflexes and dogs with poor obedience training, the owner can use a special sugar-coated cannonball method while training with the above method.

Sugar-coated cannonballs

In order to ensure undisturbed training, first choose a field with fewer pedestrians and less interference. The dog owner asked a friend to place some pieces of meat soaked in chili oil, or pieces of meat with chili peppers on the ground. When the owner takes the dog through, the dog will definitely be very spicy after eating the chili meat, so that the dog who is greedy will have a long memory.

Note to owners:

Dip the peppers in broth to cover up the smell of peppers, otherwise, dogs won't be fooled by the smell of peppers.

Reject gifts from strangers

People will love to see a lively and cute puppy, and it is also common to feed it some snacks by the way, but for the sake of hygiene For safety reasons, it is still necessary for dogs to refuse food from strangers.

Training methods

Be a good boy who refuses to corrode and never sticks

The owner invites friends to help first, feed the dog food, when the dog wants to eat When the dog stops eating, the owner uses the above method to stop the dog, and the dog will be encouraged in time to stop eating.

If the dog is able to refuse food from strangers in the presence of the owner, then further training of refusal can be carried out. The owner hides so that the dog can't see him, and at the same time ties the dog with a long leash, and then asks friends to feed the dog. If the dog wants to eat, the owner yells No, no! At the same time, the dog is yanked on the leash to stop the dog.

Attention to the owner:

The refusal training in the absence of the owner should be trained 2-3 times in a row. Come out and praise the dog.

The owner can choose a few more friends to help with training. If one friend is always asked to help, the dog will think that the person's food cannot be eaten, which will not have the effect of refusing to eat.

Federing is a difficult exercise that takes a long time to consolidate. At the same time, the training effect of anti-feeding has a lot to do with the quality of the dog. For some dogs with strong appetite reflex, the training of anti-feeding often takes longer, and the owner needs to spend more energy, but for the health of the dog , you still have to keep training, as long as you work hard and grind the pestle into a needle