Rule one is never to feed at the table, and don't allow guests to do this either. Push away, and say no, or shake a can full of coins. They will learn, but you must be consistent. If he can have a piece of what we are eating, I go to the kitchen with it to feed him, never from the table.
Rule two is always eat at the table. Lol, Joey's great when I'm at the table, but I confess, I've given in if I've eaten somewhere else, and now he's relentless, so I just always eat at the table. Really you can say no 40 times, but if you say yes just once, it's like you've never said no, and all he hears is YES!
Joey was the same way with bottled water, they want whatever you find interesting. |