how can u teach your dog to take the food gently from your hands without the dog snatching it?

Question

When ever i try to give my dog a treat she snatches it without getting gently

Answer 1

When you are not training her give her treats on a flat palm. Otherwise refuse to let go of the treat until she takes it gently. As long as her teeth touch your hand she can't get the reward. Try also hand feeding her dinner with the same rule. After she is good with you try other family members and friends. As a rule always use the flat palm trick for anyone your dog doesn't know.

Answer 2

Hold the food in your hand with your knuckles facing the dog, almost as if your going to give someone the finger. When your dog goes to snatch it, pull away and say "NO!" assertively, and then make your dog sit.
When she sits go ahead and try it again, if she still tries to snatch it again pull away.
Your dog desperately wants a treat, but she needs to learn that snatching it isn't going to get it for her, so be persistant with this and when she takes the food from your hand gently reward her with great praise.

Answer 3

Put the treat in your fist, if your dog takes it too harshly, pull it back then offer it again. When the dog licks - say "easy" and give the treat. The goal is to teach the dog to lick for the treat rather than bite.

If its happening inside your home, then probably she just needs to learn how to take it more slowly. If its happening outside or around people, it could be that she is nervous - dogs will often bite harder when they are nervous.

Best of luck..
Amy

Answer 4

ive had a few dogs over the years and when im training to take treats or food i always put it in my hand, have the dog sit, offer the food, if the dog grabs, dont let it go, say NO or in my case AHH AHH, repeat this, offer it again and again, never give the food unless the dog takes it gently, when they begin to cop on, then give the food and praise to the heavens.....best dog, good dog....whatever you say in a happy praising tone. you need to set aside a half hour in a quiet area, no distractions, and make sure the dog is hungry so that you have its full attention.

Answer 5

It shouldn't take too long. Start by holding the food a short distance from his nose. If he goes to grab it, pull it back and gently say 'Easy' and do that over and over again. Then just edge it up closer and closer to his nose while you're doing that. He'll get the hint. I had a retired greyhound race dog who was trained NEVER to take food from anyone's hands. She didn't for about a week or two after we got her. Then she started feeling comfortable around us and snuck a pizza crust off the kitchen table. She still wouldn't take it from me though, but she gladly and nicely took it from my daughter who was about 3 yrs. old at the time. They quickly became best friends!

Answer 6

I agree with Maddie- but you might try this also. Have the dog very close to you when you offer the food or treat. Place it right in front of his nose. This way the dog doesn't have to grab for it- it is already right there . Also have the treat in the palm of your hand so there is nothing to easily grab. Fingers are very tempting at times-lol Praise, praise, praise.

Answer 7

If the dog charges for it, close your hand and wait untill a nicer approach and then give them the food, with lots of praise.
If no nice approach, continue feeding, once snatched, don't say anything, maybe a gentle "no", but when taqken nicely, give lots of praise.

Answer 8

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/jlFSp

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.

Answer 9

make a fist around the food make her touch your hand with her nose to get the treat it will teach her patence
put treat in hand and say a word like treat or target or hand anything you want she touches the hand open it slowly and just enough that she has to use her toung to get it
if she tries snatching correct her and she does not recieve the treat try again

Answer 10

Some of the suggestions here are very good. My way is similar, but it deals with respect.

First, your dog has to respect you - view you as the "alpha" who is sharing his food with the others. In a true pack, the alpha gets to eat, then the others do. By you giving some of your food to your dog (even if it's a dog treat), you are, in essence, the alpha allowing the others in the pack to eat. So you have to make sure your dog respects you as the alpha.

But even with this respect, some dogs do nip a bit in their desire to get the food. When my pups do this, I give them a sharp, "OW!" This usually gets their attention. Then I say "gentle" and I slowly hand them the food. I continue to say "gentle" until they take it like, well, gentlemen. ;-) Then I praise them.

You may have to remind your dog of this each time, because the desire to get food is always strong. That is, each time just say "gentle". The trick of using your palm instead of your fingers is also good as that's a nice way to start the "gentle" process.

This will take work, but if she respects you and listens, she will get it. I also advise you to make sure she's sitting before giving her food. That is, she gets nothing for free. She has to sit or beg or give paw before being rewarded. This also helps calm her and helps her realize you are in charge. If she's standing there practically taking the food from your mouth, she thinks she's in charge - not a good sign. That said, some dogs are far less patient than others. My Golden sits like a true gentelman, while my Dal gives me a reminder "whine" letting me know he wants food. But don't give in to those whines, give food when YOU are ready.

Good luck!