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Originally Posted by deonk1  So I'm working on this making him wait for his food. I don't think he's figured it out 100%. it's slow. I've been trying to only give him enough food in his dish to last him an hour or so, and then I go back when it's empty and start the whole process. Obviously I can't do this when I'm going to work, but I figure if I start doing this at least 3 times a day, we may get somewhere with it....Now here's the problem. If I use the kibble to lure him into a sit, he drops it if I hand feed. but the dish isn't working as a lure to get him in the position I want. I can get him to stay until the second the dish hits the ground... but I can't get him to stay longer, is that just something that will come with time. Also should I put something more tastey in my hand, to lure him into the position I want, and then just put it in the dish when I give him the release command? I hope that makes sense... |
For only training, for when you are giving him his food, can you use a teaspoon of wet food? Wet food really has a bad rap for some reason when it's actually better for dogs than dry. Anyway, what I do with my puppy is tell her to sit, and start putting the food on the floor. If the but comes up, the food comes up. I don't take my hand off the food until I can put it down and release her. At first, I put it down and released simultaneously, then started increasing the time. She's is getting it.