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[quote=Anonymous]I have an open kitchen, but there's only one way in.  I have trained my dog to stay out of the kitchen.  First, I put some blue tape down on the floor to represent the line he is not to cross.  Anytime he crossed the line, I pointed and said, "Out of the kitchen". At first, he just looked at me, so I physically moved him across the blue line, and then said "yes," and gave him a treat. You have to do this every single time he crosses the blue tape.  The first day felt like I did it a million times.  By the 2nd day, he'd still cross the line, but if I pointed and said: out of the kitchen he'd do it.  Then I would say "yes" and toss him a treat.  By the 3rd day, he knew not to cross the line.  At some point (maybe day 4 or 5, I can't remember for sure), when I was confident he had it down, I removed the blue tape.  Also, I eventually started weaning down the treats I threw at him for not crossing the threshold.  Now I'll still occasionally throw him a treat when he stops without entering, but it's just occasionally.

No idea what to do about the cat, good luck. lol[/quote]

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