How do I go about training my rottweiler not to eat food from strangers? Or even to eat food from his bowl only?
He’s 3 months old. I think this is very important for his own security, as well as mine! Thank you all in advance!
Keep him indoors. I’m not sure I see why this is a problem, are people on the street just trying to give him food? Or are you just worried this will happen? (It definitely won’t)
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Keep him indoors. I’m not sure I see why this is a problem, are people on the street just trying to give him food? Or are you just worried this will happen? (It definitely won’t)
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If you can find something that he hates the taste off you could spike something with it and have someone else give it to him, and then he might think that food from others = bad.
Or put it on the ground and only have food in his bowl unchanged.
I’ve never tried to do this though so I’m just having a guess
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Couple of things you can do:
1) Teach the "leave it" and "take it" command. Start with "take it". Just pop some treats to him randomly with the command. Every time you feed, use the command. It won’t take too long as it’s a natural thing for a dog to do.
Move on the "leave it" – put a treat in your hand and make a fist. Don’t say anything and just calmly put your hand to his nose level. He will try to nose your hand and get to it, just ignore the behavior. The minute he steps back or looks away, say "leave it". Praise verbally and offer a treat (with the "take it" command) with the other hand (not the treat you told him to leave.)
Repeat, repeat, repeat. Once he no longer automatically goes for food in your hand, put the treat on the floor with your hand over it. Repeat above step. Eventually you can move on to just dropping the treat and saying the command, then move on to "leave it" with the food bowl. Once he can walk past a high value reward lying on the floor with only a soft "leave it" from you, bring in someone else and re-start the whole process.
They handle the treat, they throw it, etc. Then they handle the food bowl. Only difference is THEY do not give the dog a treat or reward, YOU do. At this point with other people, if he goes for it and/or tries to ignore the command you CAN give a leash correction (swift pop meant to startle him). He KNOWS the command at this point and there is nothing wrong with correcting a dog who deliberately ignores it.
2) Don’t feed the dog anywhere but his food bowl at certain times (meal times) in the same area. He is not to eat from the table, couch, etc. He only gets treats FROM YOU.
3) NEVER leave the dog alone outside. Even a well trained dog can pick something up and eat it if you are not there to give the command.
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the second answer you got might work just fine.
find something he hates wrap it in a peace of meat and get someone to feed it to him he`ll soon learn it may smell and look really good but is really bad and horrible.
i got a ridgeback it worked for her she will only eat food from me.
But come on who is stupid enogh to put there hand out to a young rotty. hahaha
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