What's your dog like around food?

[MilliesMom]

Obsessed, annoying and in your face. Especially when he knows someone will feed him (um KEN). Ken taught him all of his horrible awful manners. I guess at this point Im just happy he stays of of the table (for the most part).

After spending some time at my parents house his default is to put his head down. If I'm eating on the couch and tell him to "get off" he will put his head down and plead pitifully.

He looks something like this:

Awwww, that face? I'd be sharing my steak.

Rig would lick your plate clean if you let him. He's the reason we got rid of our kitchen table and got a bigger tabletop for the island. He's tall enough to rest his head on a table, and he did. Now he just sits in the doorway hoping somebody will drop something.

 

[SpringerLover]

For those of you who have dogs with horrifying table manners, what do you do about it when you have company or roommates? Would you be mad if someone retaliated when they tried to steal food?

I don't allow them the opportunity around others. I definitely worked on it, but obviously didn't care enough to really put in the effort for Buzz. I was just happy when he didn't steal food from my plate anymore.

 

[*blackrose]

Abrams will steal food off your plate as you are eating...if you let him. When he knows you aren't going to let him get away with it, he can literally lay on your lap and ignore the food you are eating. If you leave food on the counter, though...it's fair game. He's bad. Very bad.

Cynder will sit and stare at you if she thinks she may get food. Otherwise, she's an angel. Doesn't raid plates, or counters, and doesn't get in your face begging. And if you tell her to get, she leaves you alone and lays down.

I think part of Abrams' problem is he has no meaning of the words personal space. You can physically beat him off your plate or put as much physical pressure on him through body language/voice that you want and he'll only back up two centimeters. I *really* need to teach him a "back" command.

 

[PWCorgi]

For those of you who have dogs with horrifying table manners, what do you do about it when you have company or roommates? Would you be mad if someone retaliated when they tried to steal food?

Both of mine get crated when eating occurs, even if it is just me at home.

And as for retaliation, it would depend on the retaliation. If they punched my dog? Uh yeah, I'd kindly show them the door and ask them never to come back.

Once Frodo grabbed (because I neglected to be responsible and kennel him) an oreo cheesecake cookie off of a plate of them that was sitting on the coffee table. One of our good friends was over and had his hand down Frodo's throat and grabbed the cookie in quite an impressive amount of time. That didn't bother me, at all. In fact, I almost died laughing. And fortunately Frodo thinks this guy is the awesome, and therefore didn't bite him.

Another time Megan's boyfriend was sitting on the couch eating a jalapeno cheddar brawt and apparently Frodo jumped on the couch and took it right out of his hand. I wasn't home, so I blame those who were for not crating him before eating. They all know better, so I don't feel all that bad.

And really, the only people who come over on a regular basis are people who know that Frodo and Siri get kenneled when we eat.

If they are people who don't regularly visit my apartment, then Frodo is probably in the kennel for the duration of their stay anyway.

 

[Eselpee]

My dogs basically pass out during human meals, but my new kitten is totally food crazy. He was a stray and only about 3-months old, but he charged, all stiff-legged, any dog that came near him (radius of 15 ft = near) and had particular enmity for the pitbull. However, he's been a love bug with humans.

He could not resist a morsel of food and somehow could worm his way into anything I was trying eat. But we've had him a couple of weeks now and he is beginning to mellow, all except his loving ways

Are we allowed to talk cats here?

 

[Oko]

Wesley gets put in a different room while eating anyhow, and Feist is leashed so she doesn't attack visitors with love. And yeah I would be pissed if someone hit my dogs or 'taught them a lesson' or whatever, but that scenario wouldn't happen, because Wesley is managed and Feist could care less. That being said I have had similar experiences of reaching down throats to grab bad stuff , and that I approve of lol.

 

[Babyblue5290]

I can't stand dogs in my face when I'm eating. Art is probably the most respectful, he may beg or stare at you but he does it from a distance I choose and isn't pushy about it at all. He will not touch anything I tell him not to.

Talon, He's getting much better. He's all about food and use to steal food, but he's learning patience. Half of the time he can sit next to me without even looking at me, and I reward that since it's the behavior I want. Other half of the time he is on the floor staring longingly but not pushy. I don't trust him 100% not to steal food if left alone though.

 

[SpringerLover]

Another time Megan's boyfriend was sitting on the couch eating a jalapeno cheddar brawt and apparently Frodo jumped on the couch and took it right out of his hand. I wasn't home, so I blame those who were for not crating him before eating. They all know better, so I don't feel all that bad.

Uh. Tim totally deserved to lose his brat. He INVITED FRODO onto the couch while he was eating. Ryan and I both tried to override but Frodo was like "IT's RAINING BRATS! YAHOO!" Or something like that.

I have no sympathy for Tim. He knows better.

 

[teacuptiger]

My dog's good around food. She goes and lays in the living room (we have an open floor plan), only comes to pick up fall outs if invited (99% of the time anyways. she's not a robot lol), and isn't all up in anyone's face. It's something I worked towards the second she was brought home... mainly because my last dog was a monster, lol. I blame it on the Beagle eyes.

Retaliation... well, if you're at my house as a guest, you probably know me well enough to not undermine my training. There should never be an time where I'm not there to correct my dog in an instant anyways- Roxie follows me everywhere, so it's not like guests would be left alone with her if I had to go to the bathroom or something.

 

[PWCorgi]

Uh. Tim totally deserved to lose his brat. He INVITED FRODO onto the couch while he was eating. Ryan and I both tried to override but Frodo was like "IT's RAINING BRATS! YAHOO!" Or something like that.

I have no sympathy for Tim. He knows better.

:rofl1::rofl1::rofl1:

Yeah, anybody who sees Frodo multiple times per week...should know better.

 

[Whisper]

Millie sits like 6 feet away, technically being a good girl, but she stares holes into your head with her puppy face.

Fable. . .I have to tell her to get out of my space, but that's my fault. She loves cheetos so much that I share with her when I've got them.

 

[Catsi]

Both are really good at the dinner table. I can't stand pleading eyes, so by some miracle they managed to form at least that good habit.

There are exceptions though. Grace will come and sit next to me when I eat a mandarin. And I'll happily give her a quarter or half depending on how hungry I am.

Abby will come and sit beside me if I have a tub of yoghurt and I'll happily oblige and let her lick the lid and the container when I'm done.

A friend of mind will feed them from the dinner table. *cringe* I let him. It's like an uncontrollable impulse for him. He always has the good manners to ask me - 'can I feed your dogs?' even though he knows the answer is yes by now. They sit under his feet and plead when he comes over, especially Abby. They still don't do it to me or anyone else.

I have told my friend that I never want to hear him complain about their behaviour in regards to food because I will just laugh. He hasn't yet.

 

[Elrohwen]

Hmm, thought I replied to this, but apparently not.

Watson is good with food that he knows he can't have, and terrible with food he thinks he might be able to have. While I eat dinner he'll sleep next to me on the couch or on my feet under the table without even begging. If there is food on the counter and I'm not paying attention, he will counter surf like it's his job. He also begs when I'm cooking sometimes because I'll give him meat or cheese if he sits on his mat.

 

[Ozfozz]

Before the addition of the terror dog, our house was in relative harmony when it came to food.

NO counter surfing. Ever.
Just never came up - even the food obsessed stray dog Rigby has never so much as jumped up for a sniff.

In fact when we were living in the apartment with just Cobain and Rigby, we inadvertently ended up leaving food on the low (under dog snout height) coffee table. Right out there in the open, and went to work. I came home first around 3 hours later and the food was still there. I was beyond shocked.

If we're eating at the dinner table, the dogs knew they were not to be in the kitchen. They may sit and stare pitifully on the kitchen hallway border. That's fine as long as their at that 15 or so feet away border line.

Since I have moved back home, couch begging has become an issue again, because *someone* feeds the dogs from his chair. Because of this my father now gets Rigby and sometimes the rest of them, standing 2 inches away drooling on him. And I think he's actually become annoyed with the behaviour (go figure) and has stopped feeding them there.

I don't like staring into my soul or the 3 inch long line of slobber hanging from their faces. So that behaviour I wont tolerate, however, they've learned that I will allow them to "cuddle" with me on the couch when I'm eating if they can refrain from those behaviours.


Then...the terrier moved in. Pre-programmed for ample counter-surfing, begging, and not respecting that holy boundary between the kitchen and hallway *gasps*
The other dogs had no idea what to do with this - though they are always happy to clean up what ever she knocks off the counter.
She's getting much better with training of course, but it was quite a system shock for us

 

[Toller_08]

At home, with me? They're all good. They just sleep or lay far away and don't really mooch. Well, except Journey, but even she isn't rude. She just lays at a closer distance and stares hopefully.

With anyone else? I don't trust any of them haha. They all know to go lay down when people are eating, but they also love to take advantage of people. Keira has taken things directly out of peoples' hands before and stolen off of tables and counters if I am not around. But she'd never dream of doing it if I was there.

 

[*blackrose]

Abrams when I'm eating:

He gets as close as he can while studiously ignoring the food. LOL