How to Teach Your Dog Self-Control Around Food: VIDEO

By |2024-05-22T08:07:38-04:00December 28, 2015|Training, Tutorials and How-To Guides|

In one of my previous blog posts about self-control versus imposed control for dogs, I explained that I do not teach “leave it” to my dogs. Instead, I train my dogs to wait for permission to take food, objects, or anything else they want.

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Leave It! – Or Don’t? Self Control vs. Imposed Control for Dogs

By |2015-11-25T17:16:00-05:00November 30, 2015|Training|

"Leave it!" Do you need to teach this to your dog? [Photo Credit: Andrew Hyde]  

“No!” “Leave it!” “Off!” These are three cues that are more familiar to some dogs than “sit”, “come”, and “good dog.” Surprisingly, they often work against dog owners and serve to reinforce the very behaviors the owners are trying to punish.

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