how do i stop my dog from eating cat food?

Question

my dogs food is in my room and the cats food is in the kitchen. i always catch him in the kitchen eating kitty food. how do i stop him? thanks =]

Answer 1

Start feeding the cat where the dog can't get to the food. A word of caution. Cat food is not good for a dog. It has way too much protien and can cause kidney problems.

Answer 2

move the cat food up to where the cat can get it but the dog cannot. you can't get simpler than that. if there's no good reason for the dog to be in the kitchen then put up a baby gate to keep the dog out and let the cat in. petstores sell special gates with kitty sized openings if your dog is not small enough to fit through.

Answer 3

we have two dogs and 4 cats : ) it's very unhealthy for a dog to gorge himself on cat food, so we keep the cat food in a laundry room that is inaccessible to the dog, as opposed to the kitchen. the cats get in through a kitty door.

Answer 4

Put the cat food it your room and the dog food in the kitchen, and keep your door closed.

Answer 5

Cat food is oiler and smellier than dog food, therefore especially yummy to dogs (also gives them the runs and gas).
There's no way to make him stop eating it besides putting it where he can't reach.
I feed my dogs in the kitchen and the cats outside, sometimes I feed one cat on top of the washing machine. When I do that my taller dog will wait til the cat is done and I'm not looking, sneak in, carefully lift the bowl of leftovers off the top of the washer, carry it to her 'hiding spot' in the corner under the kitchen table and finish it off. I've caught her in the act a few times, it's pretty funny to watch her carry the bowl trying to to spill it.

Answer 6

Put it where he cannot reach it. I've seen people keep their cat food on a shelf that the cat can jump to but the dog can't reach for this problem. Another guy had an old guinea pig cage that he put the catfood in. The cat could get in the door but the dog couldn't.

Answer 7

As others have suggested, simply place your cat's food out of reach of your dog but still accessible to your cat. My sister's daschound was notorious for wolfing down the cat food when it was on the floor (and her little waistline sure wasn't getting any smaller by doing this). What my sister did was purchase a small table and set the cat's bowl on top. It didn't take long for the cats to learn to jump up when they were hungry.

Answer 8

The easiest thing I have found is to put the kitty food up higher where the dog is unable to reach it. I keep mine on top of my dryer - kitties can reach it easily (not a big jump!) but the dogs can't.

Answer 9

Pick up the kitty food after the kitty is done. This makes temptation disappear and puppy will eat his assigned food.

Answer 10

A dog should be trained on how to eat, walk with you, not to bark, potty training and sleep on its place etc. You can teach anything to your puppy, dogs get trained easily with some good instructions. If you want some good training tips visit https://tr.im/epOKw

If properly trained, they should also understand whistle and gesture equivalents for all the relevant commands, e.g. short whistle or finger raised sit, long whistle or flat hand lay down, and so on.

It's important that they also get gestures and whistles as voice may not be sufficient over long distances and under certain circumstances.