My dog has eaten half a tin of celebrations...

So today just half a tub of butter and some bread from the bin... She has broken the bin. I think I might try the mouse trap. The butter was my fault as I left it on the side when I had my lunch. Two crumpets. By the time I had eaten them the butter had been stolen. TBH I blame myself as I should have locked it back in the fridge. My rescue GSD steals from the table and plates. He is so quick. I think he must have been fed from the table in his previous home. My Mastiff would not consider stealing from my plate and has never been fed from the table for this reason. I am sure it has nothing to do with "she might get seen..and told off..." Hey ho! She seems ok in herself and the anti bs seem to have got the Cystitis under control.
 
Reading these posts I consider myself very fortunate that I don't have dogs who steal food. I have always been able to leave opened bags of dog food at ground level, and can leave butter, milk, ham etc etc etc on worktops or the table and my dogs would never consider helping themselves. I am guessing if I left raw beef or gravy bones (their treat of choice) loose on the floor then they might scoff those :D But seriously, it would drive me mental to have dogs nicking stuff left, right and centre!!
 
I would not recommend using mouse traps to attempt to train a dog - especially one as food driven as your mastiff clearly is as you may end up with a serious injury to your dog's face and a large vet bill!

The biggest problem you have (from your posts) is that you are not consistent every single time in putting everything out of reach or behind locked doors. In your situation, I would most certainly be making sure I did this before I ended up with a very sick dog (or worse).

http://www.clickertraining.com/how-to-put-an-end-to-counter-surfing
 
Totally agree. I have everything in cupboards/up high/locked in the fridge but sometimes I forget to put the butter away or i forget I have a banana in my handbag... or I am in a hurry and forget to lock the fridge. I had a bungee on the fridge but she could get it off with her paws hence the child lock which seems to work most of the time.I can store stuff in the cooker/microwave as she cant open that...yet...Nevertheless I think there is a bigger issue in that she will eat anything. I understand the meat, cheese, cooked food etc but I left a raw cauliflower on the side whilst i went upstairs to get changed before cooking dinner and she ate it. It is obsessive. She raided the fridge one day (when I still had the bungee) and ate the cucumber and tomatoes. Surely that is not normal! I would accept the cheese, butter, bacon etc but the cucumber!!!
The Christmas pudding caught me out. The celebrations was careless of me. I had kept them up high until then but had friends round and forgot to put them away.She had them within 10 minutes. I don't have dark chocolate in the house. I don't have Nurofen in the house. I don't buy grapes. She had never eaten raw potatoes so I had no reason to think she would. But suddenly she did. She didn't eat the whole bag.Now they go straight into the cupboard. She can open the fridge and cupboards and can get the lid off the bin. She has broken the bin and I am yet to find another that will stop her. I thought this one would but she broke it. She can get stuff off the top of the fridge freezer. Hence anything the least bit encouraging goes outside in the dustbin. Personally, I think it is psychological (the cucumber etc.) and linked to me going out.
 
Number 3 definitely isn't a myth! I have 5 Beagles here and a Weimaraner, none of them will steal food and we keep the dog food in our feed room at the stables well within reaching distance for the Weim and the 3 eldest Beagles. Very often make up their bowls and leave them on the side with the door open and everyone running around the yard and they won't step a foot over the threshold into the feed room unless either OH or me are in there. Even then they'll sit and watch or prop themselves up on the back of your legs...Daphne has developed a habit of standing with her front feet on the unit looking from the bowls to me and then back to the bowls again. I get it Daphs, you're always hungry! Youngest pup is still figuring out the rules a little bit but she follows the example the others set which helps.

Only gross thing is my Weim has a tendency to help me muck out by taking bits of poo and eating them. And Daphne won't hesitate to eat anything she hasn't rolled in repeatedly on a walk.

We have a fairly set routine though in terms of when/where/what they get fed and they seem to be happy with that. Several brushes do disappear to be chewed unless I remember to put them back in the box...
 
Chiffy said:
Number 3 is not a myth, I have two Flatcoated retrievers who would not dream of stealing food even if on a table within reach.
They do find some disgusting things to eat out on walks though!!
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I've got a number 3 Labrador - he is very food driven, and will eat anything he can find on a walk, but in the house he is exceptional.

I could leave a plate of roast dinner on the coffee table and be confident he wouldn't touch it even if I was out of sight for long periods.

The terrier on the other hand ......
 
dozzie said:
Totally agree. I have everything in cupboards/up high/locked in the fridge but sometimes I forget to put the butter away or i forget I have a banana in my handbag... or I am in a hurry and forget to lock the fridge. I had a bungee on the fridge but she could get it off with her paws hence the child lock which seems to work most of the time.I can store stuff in the cooker/microwave as she cant open that...yet...Nevertheless I think there is a bigger issue in that she will eat anything. I understand the meat, cheese, cooked food etc but I left a raw cauliflower on the side whilst i went upstairs to get changed before cooking dinner and she ate it. It is obsessive. She raided the fridge one day (when I still had the bungee) and ate the cucumber and tomatoes. Surely that is not normal! I would accept the cheese, butter, bacon etc but the cucumber!!!
The Christmas pudding caught me out. The celebrations was careless of me. I had kept them up high until then but had friends round and forgot to put them away.She had them within 10 minutes. I don't have dark chocolate in the house. I don't have Nurofen in the house. I don't buy grapes. She had never eaten raw potatoes so I had no reason to think she would. But suddenly she did. She didn't eat the whole bag.Now they go straight into the cupboard. She can open the fridge and cupboards and can get the lid off the bin. She has broken the bin and I am yet to find another that will stop her. I thought this one would but she broke it. She can get stuff off the top of the fridge freezer. Hence anything the least bit encouraging goes outside in the dustbin. Personally, I think it is psychological (the cucumber etc.) and linked to me going out.
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Yes that does sound pretty abnormal. I think, in that case, I would agree with the poster who said it might be better to keep her contained away from temptation and the kitchen!
 
She sounds a hoot! I have trouble getting mine to eat their own dinners let alone anyone elses. I dropped a chicken liver on the floor the other day and my bitch (in season so housebound) looked at me as if to say "is that mine or not?". I don't teach 'leave' command with food, I use junk mail, they'd happily eat the postman.

On a serious note; cystitis in humans is linked to psychological problems and memory loss (temporary). Maybe a link here? Or I would scatter some raw marrow bone about to see if it is down to textural difference.
Well done for staying sane :-)
 
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