I have a one year old golden retriever who is always jumping on my kitchen counters. She eats any food she can find there, and we're scared that one day she'll eat something important or harmful. She loves bottle caps (plastic ones) so one day we put a cap with a few drops of tobasco sauce on it on the counter and she got it, spit it out, then got it again and chewed it up, so tobasco sauce doesn't affect her very well. I need some suggestions on how to make her stop jumping on the counter. I really don't want anything that could hurt her, and I only want real answers please!
Thanks so much!
2007-09-15 16:28:39 · 21 answers · asked by sam.i.am 1 in Pets ➔ Dogs
We already scold her for going up there, she just keeps doing it. And most of the time we don't have food up there, she's just looking for something to chew on (papers, magazines, newspapers, etc)
2007-09-16 03:13:21 · update #1
Consistency.
you have to tell him off!!!
do not play with him or praise him when you tell him off. you have to be firm and consistent.
2007-09-15 16:36:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-04-25 11:35:39 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Remove the counter stands out as the easiest method to get a dog to now not jump on it lol i assume the one thing you can do is to train him to not leap on there by using giving him treats when he sits down via the counter as a substitute of leaping on it. Like might be put something on the counter and have him stay through the counter, then depart the room. If he does not do it inform him (with out shouting) that he's been a bad canine, but if he does give him a treat.
2016-08-04 16:22:01 · answer #3 · answered by rabern 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a 5 year old Lab mix. If it is on the kitchen counter and if she can fit it in her mouth, she will. First, I keep the kitchen counters cleared of anything small and chewable. (I do the same for the rest of the house before going to work.) Second, I put up an expandable pet gate so that she doesn't have access to the kitchen when I'm gone. Petsmart sells a variety of different heights and widths of gates.
As my dog and I have gotten to know each other, I know most of the things that she will take off the counter. Such as napkins, paper towels, anything paper, cigarettes, bottle caps, FOOD, individual condiment packets, etc, and the list goes on. Like I said, if she can get it in her mouth, she thinks that it's hers.
SOLUTION: DONT LEAVE IT OUT.
2007-09-15 16:59:24 · answer #4 · answered by chok.init 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you can buy an alarm (switch it on only when your not there) that will go off if she climbs on the counter
the sound will annoy her (wont cause any harm) and she will jump off. next time she will remember the sound and wont do it again (may try a couple times but will eventually get the idea)
or you could buy kiddy gates for the kitchen and keep her out of the kitchen unless you or someone else is in there with her.
also whenever you catch her in the act scold her in a loud voice. your dog needs to stop climbing on the counters because even if she doesn't eat a poisonous food she could fall or hurt herself getting up when she is older. for her safety i suggest the above and if nothing else works just keep her out of the kitchen .
2007-09-15 16:34:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make sure there is no food left on the counters - if there were nothing of interest to her up there, she'd probably stop.
Training would be a good idea too - when the dog gets on the counter (or table or furniture), say 'off!', gently lead her down, then praise her and give her a treat.
2007-09-15 16:43:47 · answer #6 · answered by daa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-04-21 15:21:15 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
do away with the counter may be the least difficult thank you to get a canines to no longer leap on it lol i assume the only ingredient you're able to do is to coach him to no longer leap on there by ability of giving him treats while he sits down by ability of the counter fairly of leaping on it. Like perhaps placed some thing on the counter and characteristic him stay by ability of the counter, then leave the room. If he would not do it tell him (without shouting) that he's been a foul canines, yet while he does supply him a take care of.
2016-11-14 13:41:02 · answer #8 · answered by hinajosa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could by a little alarm and stick it on the counter, so that if you're dog comes, it triggers and the dog leaves. It doesn't hurt the dog, it's just a little alarm that is very irritating to the dog. You could try a spray bottle or a gate and close the kitchen.
2007-09-15 16:39:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get thee to a training class. Jumping on counters, especially for such a big dog, is a huge no-no, and she seems to have trouble defining boundaries as to whats ok and whats not.
2007-09-15 16:36:14 · answer #10 · answered by Kimberly A 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If she is jumping up on the counters when you are in there, keep an aluminum pie pan handy and bop her on the head without saying anything. Don't show her you are holding it either. Sounds strange I know, but it is the sound and the touch that make it effective. She will likely think "what just happened to me?" and stop jumping up. Now if you don't see her do it, that is a much harder thing to brake her of and I don't have much to offer with that.
2007-09-15 16:41:29 · answer #11 · answered by Suzan 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋