How do i stop my Puppy from eating garabage from the park?

Question

I live in Pakistan. People throw things every where. Some are like Harmfull things to dog. When i go to the park. To play with my puppy. Instead of playing my puppy go to the garabage (Containing Choclate, Tea Bags etc) And eat them i try to stop her. But she eats them. It makes her sick.

Answer 1

Muzzle her when u take her out for a walk.

Or take her elsewhere.

You must. She could get various fatal diseases otherwise.

Answer 2

For now, you're simply going to have to do whatever you can to physically prevent her from eating the yucky stuff. It would be sad to have to muzzle her, but that is one option to keep her safe -- use a basket-type muzzle that allows her to open her mouth because she MUST pant when she is playing.

For the longer term, it is pretty easy to teach a Leave It command, but it will take some time for it to be super reliable in an exciting location like the park.

The short version of this is to hold a treat in your closed fist. She's likely to try to lick or chew at your hand to get the treat. Say "Leave it" or "Off" *one time* and then ignore her. The instant that she backs off or looks somewhere else, say "Yes!" and hand her the treat. Repeat. As she starts to get really good at this, start to open your fist just a tiny bit, but still make sure she can't get the treat. Give your Off or Leave It cue ONE time, and wait until she backs off or looks elsewhere. Say "Yes!" and give the treat. Very gradually, probably over days, you will make it progressively harder by holding the treat on your open palm, then placing the open palm on the floor, then leaving the treat alone on the floor. Just make sure that you go very slowly and never, ever give her a chance to snatch the treat before you do or else she learns a very different lesson! When she gets really super good at it (do NOT expect this to happen right away) you can even try rolling the treat in front of her while you give your Leave It cue.

Once you've got all that going well, make sure to bring treats when you're at the park. Do not start giving the Leave It cue at the park until you're pretty sure she's going to comply... again, if you use the cue when you don't really think she'll listen, you're teaching her a different kind of lesson. Definitely don't wait until she's already got something in her mouth to try this. When you're at the point where you think she'll listen, give the Leave It cue at the park, and then give her a "Yes!" and a treat the very second she looks away from the thing she was going to eat.

If you practice this for a couple of minutes (that's all) every day and consistently reward her when she ignores yucky stuff, you will raise a puppy that will ignore ANYTHING you tell her to. This could save her live someday.

Answer 3

One way is to keep her on a leash and correct her when she tries to go for garbage. However, I once read of an old way to train police dogs not to eat stuff they found on the ground, and what they would do is take meat or other tasty things and plant it (with gloves so they didnt leave their own scent on it) for the dog to find. They would put hot pepper or other really hot sauce or powder or bitter apple (a product which tastes bad which is made to keep dogs from chewing things) in the meat and other things that were put in places other than the dog's own dish, and let the dog "find" these things. They would only feed the dog things that the dog was allowed to eat, from the dog's own dish. Even if they wanted to share scraps, the scraps went into the dog's dish. After awhile the dog learned that everything he found that wasn't in his dish, might taste bad.
Another possibility is to use the Halti head collar on the dog and keep him on a short leash until you get him into an area where you can let him go on a longer leash without being able to get into garbage. The Flexi retractable leashes are nice for this kind of situation, where you can keep the dog close or let him go further from you while still on the leash. Obedience training is a must for all dogs, and obedience training will help you control the dog's behavior too. A dog cannot be looking for garbage when he is heeling and watching you!

Answer 4

I teach the "leave it" command.
When they are young the will put anything into thier mouths.
When I walk on leash if the poick up something I use a fairly firm voice and tell them Leave It and remove the object from thier mouths.
I always use the same command for anything I want them to drop. LEAVE IT
With time and practice your pup will learn that if you say leave it they drop it or you will forceabley take it from them.
It works.
My weimaraner found a dead pheasant out hunting and picked it up. It was a hen and you are not to shoot the hens. I told her to leave it and she dropped it and left it alone. She wnet right back to hunting for the very same type of bird.
Good luck.

Answer 5

Keep your puppy on the leash until you find an area that she can play without getting in trouble. Be firm and tell her no everytime she tries to eat something that is not good for her. They will learn as long as you are firm with them.

Answer 6

I haven't tought my dog that and he is 13 years old and still finding stuff to bite and chew and eat in the park.

Answer 7

well put some dog food out In the park ad see if she stops eating trash.

Answer 8

Yuck, that's terrible...stop taking your dog to the park if that's what waiting for you. Surely there is somewhere else you can go.

Answer 9

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