Dog (8 months) just counter-surfed a loaf of bread

[Anonymous]

How do I train the counter surfing behavior out of this dog? Obviously we try to put food up most of the time, but I can't have him jumping up if I have to step out of the room for a minute while making dinner. I had dogs growing up but they were sled-dog types and always kept their front legs on the ground, so this type of jumpy behavior is new to me.

[Anonymous]

Dogs will be dogs. Get a breadbox with a latch.

[Anonymous]

LOL !

My son had cats that loved bread.

Recently bought this Rubbermaid bread container.

[Anonymous]

OMG I would be so pissed. Training, I guess. Spray bottle if he jumps?

[Anonymous]

You might need a trainer in your home. There are some youtube training videos. In our training classes we learnt how to teach our dogs - off, leave it, take it. Take it is the only command for them to eat ever. It was extremely successful with our first, but not the dog we have now. Just last night she gobbled up a corn cob from the garbage in a split second. She vomited this morning. Now I have to watch her and decide if she needs a vet visit. All our garbage cans have lids and I can't leave anything out anywhere - very difficult with a family to keep track of everything. This one also will eat dirty socks, etc. so hampers are all closed too.

The first dog learnt so well! My kids would leave a hotdog or something on the counter for hours and she didn't ever take it. She was bad at holiday time though with extra food out and if we were busy. They were both lab mixes and that's part of the breed unfortunately. Dogs are scavengers and it's part of their DNA. Best to work on it while your dog is still young - Good luck!!

[Anonymous]

pp here. We sometimes use popcans with pennies inside - dogs hate the noise they make. You can set a can or 2 on top of food on the counter. When the dog tries the take it, the sound startles it. Our trainer said to be careful not to use this very often. Dogs are smart and it they know you are setting it up, it could cause distrust issues by using cans.

[Anonymous]

We had a counter surfer. He never did it when we were home. 16 years... And we trained him to not do it when we we were home.

We watched him through a window one night, going along the counter on two hind feet, searching for the good stuff.


He was a smart guy, and always sought the reward. Gosh, I miss him

Key : if you cannot train the people (who are supposed to be so smart) to not leave stuff out of reach, don't figure you can train the dog to not look for it.

[Anonymous]

Our dog stole pork chops from the sink and bread from the counters. We had to put everything in the fridge, oven, cupboards and on top of the fridge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:pp here. We sometimes use popcans with pennies inside - dogs hate the noise they make. You can set a can or 2 on top of food on the counter. When the dog tries the take it, the sound startles it. Our trainer said to be careful not to use this very often. Dogs are smart and it they know you are setting it up, it could cause distrust issues by using cans.

What is a popcan?

[Anonymous]

Soda can.

[Anonymous]

Never heard the term "counter-surfed" before.
I had a picture of a dog getting some momentum up there and sliding the length of the counter.

[Anonymous]

Or,

[Anonymous]

But I guess you meant:

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our dog stole pork chops from the sink and bread from the counters. We had to put everything in the fridge, oven, cupboards and on top of the fridge.

We do this too. Our dog will take anything within muzzle reach on the counter. She has trained me not to leave things there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our dog stole pork chops from the sink and bread from the counters. We had to put everything in the fridge, oven, cupboards and on top of the fridge.

We do this too. Our dog will take anything within muzzle reach on the counter. She has trained me not to leave things there.

+1 same for us!