How do you train your dog not to steal human food from tables, baby toys, pacifers and diapers?
My sister and her 2 kids moved back to state and is staying with me, my mom, and my 2yr old matlipoo. My sister is constantly complaining about my dog getting a hold of diapers and shredding them, getting the kids toys, and stealing food from the kids plates…and of course chewing up and stealing all the pacifers. She is a good dog and plays well but i feel she is just seeing all these things as food and toys. What is a good way to get these bad habits out of my dog?
You need to take your item from the dogs mouth very quietly, calmly and softly. and give the dog its toy instead. the toy has to be of the same texture as the item he stole from you. for example if he stole a plastic bottle, calmly take the bottle away , say NO and replace with the similar plastic toy that belongs to the dog and say GOOD BOY or girl. have a few toys of different textures. so you can replace them quickly for similar one. like if he chews a wooden furniture, give him a wooden stick, if it a wire, give him something long and gummy he will then learn the difference between his things and your things.
you may have to do it 20 times in 1 go but he will give up eventually and then he will appreciate that he has his own things and they are not worse than yours actually