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hello guys, i ran into some problem with sky .. yesterday some one was minding sky for me at home. she gave her lots of table scrap like chicken legs etc. sky now seats beside the table begging for table scraps, she wont even go near her usual dry food any more. what should i do.
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Just ignore her, she'll eat her kibble when she's hungry enough.
Yes Honeyec is right.....ignore her!!!!! If you give in and offer her table food she will continue to beg for it.... Act as if she is not even sitting there by the table.

The old saying is.... give them a bite of meat and they will want a hot dog, give them a hot dog and they will want you to cook them a steak... :D
sharonL\";p=\"16068 said:
Yes Honeyec is right.....ignore her!!!!! If you give in and offer her table food she will continue to beg for it.... Act as if she is not even sitting there by the table.

The old saying is.... give them a bite of meat and they will want a hot dog, give them a hot dog and they will want you to cook them a steak... :D
lol , i been ignoring her all morning, she hasn't touched her food yet  :? she is asleep now  :?
When she gets hungry enuf, she'll go eat her food.You may want to put her in a time out when you have meals, take her away from the table. I've seen people train their dogs to go lay down in another room or something...Samson was awful about that, but it was my fault, so we had to un do that damage and it takes time, so don't give in!!!
ok i didn't give in, she stopped begging on the table but she stopped eating completely  :?  her beloved food is left there ,its been 6 hours since she had berly any thing , she is still hyper and wants to play around  :? if she dosent eat any thing for a lil bit more time i might have to cook her a stake..
Dont just ignore them.  This is one of those things that, if you ignore it...it can get worse...  Crate her during your meals or teach her to down in a certain spot away from the table.  DO NOT allow begging.  Everyone else is right...your pup will eat when she is hungry enough.

Another thing...FLIP OUT ON WHOEVER FED YOUR DOG THAT CRAP!!!  (my humble opinion)

Liz and Lilly
lillyzmomma\";p=\"16137 said:
Dont just ignore them.  This is one of those things that, if you ignore it...it can get worse...  Crate her during your meals or teach her to down in a certain spot away from the table.  DO NOT allow begging.  Everyone else is right...your pup will eat when she is hungry enough.

Another thing...FLIP OUT ON WHOEVER FED YOUR DOG THAT CRAP!!!  (my humble opinion)

Liz and Lilly
lol she stoped begging alright, but she wont eat her own food any more  :roll: its now just sniff sniff and walk away. maybe am too much of a nice guy lol, i will flip out next time  :evil:
lol!!!  Add a lil boiled chicken to her feed tonight.  That should "encourage" her to eat her own food.  Dogs can go three days without food, so she'll be fine.

Liz and Lilly
Ive always heard dogs wont starve themselves lol Roxy use to do this so I just put her in the room while we ate ect now she can be out there with us!! Sometimes I catch her hovering over my daughter and I just simply have to tell her eh eh and she goes and lays in the room!!

Except the other day she counter surfed for the first time and stole my sandwich!! Boy was I mad I just told myself she needs the extra food lol Shes eating for ................8?!?! LMAO
hah , is it possible that dogs might be full after Munchy sticks ? i found bits of her munchy stick under table . i think thats why she didnt want any food . lol
Very possible...she may have some hiding places for her treats and is eating them when you are not looking :)
ttsky\";p=\"16065 said:
hello guys, i ran into some problem with sky .. yesterday some one was minding sky for me at home. she gave her lots of table scrap like chicken legs etc. sky now seats beside the table begging for table scraps, she wont even go near her usual dry food any more. what should i do.
Macy did the same thing. That's why she is banned from eating our scraps, not to mention it's not good for them anyways. But every time we ate we wouldn't allow her to be in the same area. She had to stay in the living room. After about 2 weeks she went back to eating her food regularly and isn't begging anymore.
Sometimes I give Jessie bread.  But I never give it to her if I am eating it.  I always break little pieces off and put it in her bowl!
JessiesMom\";p=\"16172 said:
Sometimes I give Jessie bread. But I never give it to her if I am eating it. I always break little pieces off and put it in her bowl!
That's a good idea, I won't give them anything without putting it in their bowl otherwise they will beg for hours.
uridiscence\";p=\"16176 said:
[quote="JessiesMom\";p=\"16172":20cfkch1]
Sometimes I give Jessie bread. But I never give it to her if I am eating it. I always break little pieces off and put it in her bowl!
That's a good idea, I won't give them anything without putting it in their bowl otherwise they will beg for hours.[/quote:20cfkch1]

exactly!
I give Rocky table food "scraps"..Rocky gets the meat and I'AM THE ONE STUCK WITH THE BONE...but anyways...what I do is when he gets it, its placed in his bowl...so even though he throws his little head on my leg, he knows that its going in his dish..thats what and where he eats besides treats.

Also what you can do is do something different to the dry food. I can speak for Rocky, is he gets bored of the same thing REAL quick...so I swtich it up every couple of days like adding very hot water to the dry food. Let it soak for about 1 minute...drain..and serve...he loves it! Then I go back to the plain dry only. Can dogs have A.D.D. ???? Cause he has it ! (Dont mean to offend anybody that does have A.D.D., I had it as a kid...still have it cause it took me 15 minutes to type this! lol)
Yeap just ignore her and when she is really hungry she will eat her own food. Or you can throw some of that dog gravy stuff into there food every once in a while. ive done that before and it worked out.
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