Comments on: Don’t Harm Your Dog With Food – Stop Your Dog From Begging

By: Mrs. Code Jammer

Mrs. Code Jammer — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 22:45:19 +0000

I really like this blog. I just hope this will help people understand the seriousness of overfeeding animals, not just dogs. Even if an animal doesn’t necessarily “beg” doesn’t mean you should give them food whenever you eat or feed them wayyyy too much table scraps. When i was a child, my parents had a bulldog. I LOVED that dog, thank god he was a picky eater, because my dad would offer him so much food during our meal times, even snacks or late at night. He didn’t die from being overfed because he refused much of the scraps due to his finickiness. When he died (due to being an older dog) we got another animal, a little “wiener dog”. When we got him, he was lean, skinny, ran around all the time, he was healthy. Well, not surprising that didn’t last long. My dad severely overfed him, leading to him hardly being able to breathe, walk normally, or be a normal dog his age. He was so round he looked like a balloon about to take flight. The obesity issue led to sever health problems which did kill the dog WAY before his time.
People, I know you love your animals, but if you love them so much PLEASE remember that they are animals. They have different health needs and SHOULD have different eating habits than we do. PLEASE STOP overfeeding your animals. It is the worst thing to do to your pet. If you love them so much, treat them the way they need to be treated and ONLY feed them the amount of PET FOOD needed to keep them healthy and active. It will make your pet live a longer, healthier life with you, rather than facing pain, health issues, and other problems. Its not difficult to say NO. Remember the HEALTH of your pet next time you go to throw them half of your sandwich… Not only is it better for your pet, but you too. Instead of losing the animal after a few years, you could live with them for much much longer. Please remember NOT to overfeed

By: Josh

Josh — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:25:37 +0000

My dog stays at my mom’s house. He is an inside dog. But my mom started feeding him leftovers everyone night. Now he will not touch dog food if you take it out there and if your try to mix the food up he digs through the dog food the get to the leftovers. Don’t know how to break him of this.

By: dogcollars

dogcollars — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:19:37 +0000

Thank you for this great information!

By: Pets and Animals

Pets and Animals — Mon, 04 May 2009 09:21:50 +0000

It’s never nice sitting there eating your dinner with your dog gazing at you. I totally agree with what you have written here. It amazes me how many times I’ve seen dog owners feed there dogs whilst preparing for dinner.

To top it all though, I actually knew someone that let their dog lick their plates after dinner )

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 01 May 2009 03:20:48 +0000

Lots of good information, keep up the good work!

By: Donna

Donna — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:27:26 +0000

These are all very good tips and should do the trick. I only have a couple of other options to consider for those that do not want begging dogs.

If necessary you could send your dog to his crate or another room at meal time, making sure he has something to do while confined. Or put your dog on a leash and use the “Down-Stay” command during meals.

Try feeding your dog at the same time as you sit down to eat, in a separate
location. This will sometimes work because he will be fully occupied during mealtime.

Make sure everyone in the household is on board for the no feeding at the table and no feeding when begging at anytime rules otherwise it won’t work.

Prevention by training your dog from day one is always the easiest and consistency as mentioned above.

Punishment is never appropriate, your dog will only be confused.

By: Three Dog Blogger

Three Dog Blogger — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:10:20 +0000

Lindsay, it’s strange you should comment on this post. We were just talking earlier how great it is that the Dogs basically never vibe us for our food. Exactly because we have never given them scraps whilst eating or cooking.

So different to our previous Dog Sam, who we used to give to on occassion and have the same problem you now have have.

I would jusy tell everyone it is absolutely forbidden. In a while Ace will get the idea and stop begging.

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:02:49 +0000

My dog begs very very bad. The first few months I had him he did not beg at all and I never fed him my food - not once. However then others began feeding him. Maybe a potato chip here, a bread crumb there. It upset me and people did it anyway. Then I started getting more lenient and would feed him rarely but enough to reward the begging. My dog now has a huge begging problem now and will be in my face staring and drooling unless I tell him to go and lie on his bed. Putting him in a sit-stay on his bed works, but I wish I didn't have to do this every time I am in the kitchen. Lindsay’s last blog post..Great reasons to re-home dogs

By: Nine Ways You Can Kill A Dog | The Three Dog Blog

Nine Ways You Can Kill A Dog | The Three Dog Blog — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:35:25 +0000

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By: the three dog blogger

the three dog blogger — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:41:25 +0000

Hi Tara.

It definitely makes for a nice relaxed mealtime if your Dogs are trained not to beg. Sorry you are getting crazed by your sisters Dogs!