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[quote=Anonymous]How do I deal with this?  She is almost 5 years old and is a lab/hound mix.  She only started doing this in the past year or so -- never used to do it, and we've had her for 3 years.  She has always had a habit of occasionally chewing up a kids' toy if it's left on the floor while we're gone, but she's learned remarkably well since we got her which are her toys and which are the kids'.  In the past year, she began to occasionally start jumping up and eating things off the table while we were gone if we left anything there (like, if we left a bowl of pretzels on the table while we were out, or if we didn't fully finish cleaning up dinner before going upstairs to put our kids to bed).  I always yelled at her for this, but we mostly just changed our behavior to try to prevent it, and it hasn't happened much as a result.

However, most recently she's begun actually jumping up and eating things while I'm not far away.  It doesn't happen often, but today, the doorbell rang while I was giving my toddler lunch, and I got up with him in my arms to sign for a package.  The front door is within steps of the dining table, but I did step outside to sign for it.  When I came back maybe 30 seconds later, she had eaten the chicken nuggets off the table.

Whenever this happens, I yell at her, and she looks remorseful.  I try to point and show her what I'm upset about, and she obviously understands.  I also often put her outside right after yelling at her, although this is not really a "punishment" because she loves being in the yard and just goes out and has fun chasing squirrels.  She's very high energy and loves to play.  She follows commands well when I have treats for her but not particularly well when she wants to do something else and I don't have food.  What else can I do?  I have no idea how to train her not to do this, and she is obviously not getting the point from me yelling at her.  I pretty much never catch her in the act of doing it, so that makes it even harder.[/quote]

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