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SUP3RNOVA

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Am I the only one that refuses to feed my dog any human food?

As a puppy, I'd yell at her (not like a psycho) if she even sniffed at my plate. As a result, she never once begged for food, and I could even drop food on the ground in front of her and she wouldn't even sniff it.

But holy shit, getting other people to respect that is literally impossible. They'll ask me if they can feed her their scraps, which I politely reply by saying no, I don't give her any human food. Only dog food and dog treats by the plenty. But I've caught at least 5 people sneaking her food, and I'm sure there have been more.

With me, she'll still be on her best behavior. But now she's starting to beg other people for food, and she annoyingly begs the one's that have fed her. I've told my grandma at least 10 times not to feed her, yet every time she comes over she asks if she can. I say no, and then 2 minutes later Penny waltzes in the room licking her lips.

Why can't other people not only respect my wishes with my dog, but understand that it's for the benefit of the dog's health and behavior? Am I just a nazi?
 


puppy method: "I'd yell at her (not like a psycho) if she even sniffed at my plate."
guest method: "I politely reply by saying no"

train your guests like you trained your puppy. be 'the guest whisperer'.
 
I always give my dog table scraps, bits of lunch meat, pizza crust, parts of the people I murdered and have in my fridge, etc.

She doesn't beg though. She knows better.
 
drave said:
puppy method: "I'd yell at her (not like a psycho) if she even sniffed at my plate."
guest method: "I politely reply by saying no"

train your guests like you trained your puppy. be 'the guest whisperer'.
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When I find out, I do get angry with them. Doesn't change it.
 
Yeah, I agree, nothing more annoying than training a dog and then other people undoing all the training.

Please, for me, buy a taser. Have a human food = human gets tasered policy.
 
I don't think you're a nazi. I would just closely monitor the situation and perhaps consider an intervention as a last resort.
 
I know that feel bro.

but I only got one thing to say to you...

don't get mad when you find a big pile of poop on your living room floor.
 
My room mates brought home a puppy and I promptly trained to stay off my bed and other furniture, walk next to me instead of pulling on the leash, stay calm when I'm leaving and entering, etc.

This girl comes over and insists on picking the dog up and cuddling it and giving it unearned affection, my room mates let him walk around with no discipline and lay on the furniture. I no longer want anything to do with the dog because all the work I put into it gets undone.
 
OT: music4mic, just noticed your sig. My roommate is at this very moment trying to argue with me about Ayn Rand and how instead of being real about are self-interest we should all just be fags and give free handjobs all day.

Sorry, not trying to derail this awesome thread about dog training, just saw an opportunity to vent...
 
Ummm, my dogs generally get dog food (dry & canned), but about every 2 or 3 days will get a good human meal. They'll get the same protein as I'm cooking for us, whether that's chicken, steak, pork, fish, whatever. I just cook it separately, so they don't get all the spices & sauces. Then I make sure they get some veggies, like carrots, broccoli, whatever... and some carbs like pasta or rice. Mash it all up, and they love it!

As for OUR food though? They don't go near it, as they know the difference between our food and their food. If it's not in their bowl, it's not theirs and they're not allowed to touch it. Of course, if nobody is around, and somebody left a plate of ribs or something out, then, yeah...

They'll politely lay down with a huge smile and tongue hanging out while we eat, but will never actually beg for food. They know if they do, they get smacked across the head, yelled at, and sent upstairs into the spare bedroom which according to them is worst than hell. It works!
 
Here's one for you,

I just moved into a condo - first week in went to the balcony to chill, noticed a strange odor of lingering piss... figured a neighbor had a party and someone pissed right on the balcony, and it drips down to the lower levels.

Week later it happens again, I complain to management, figuring now it must be a dog. I write a semi nasty note to and leave it in the door of the guy above me figuring it's him and I can't catch him every time I knock.. He finally comes downstairs and say's it's not him it's from above - his furniture and patio shit and plants etc are ruined, and I'm only getting the leftover piss dropping from his railing which conveniently collects it into a big puddle and I'm on a drip tap of piss now :).

We decide to go hunting floor by floor, narrow it down to two floors, management finally knocks says sorry for their behalf and that it will stop.

It doesn't - I now know which unit it is and I'm fucking pissed as it's happening more and more, I'm cleaning piss daily, and it's like literally driving me crazy (first scent in the morning, last thought at night, open my balcony and piss aroma comes flying into the condo).

I finally wake up one day to see the drips again coming from the ceiling and I fuckin' lose it - still half asleep I throw on clothes and motor up to the unit - in the elevator I notice a woman with a dog, and the 8th floor is pressed/lit up - cool I'm going there, wonder if it's her. She' like "It's going up!" I'm like "Cool, me too!".

We ALL get off on the 8th, I ask if anyone here lives at 8x8, and sure enough it's the "going up!" chick. WOW - finally!! Right in front of 2 of her neighbors from separate units I start fucking giving it to her. No apologies to date, no offers to clean the piss, no stopping just more and more piss, no respect..." Her neighbors are stunned just standing in the hallway watching this unfold I think they were scared for her lol.

Told her animal control will be visiting (yes I really called, unsanifuckintary conditions for all of us), management has given her final notice signing, these are 350-750K condo unit's not shitty/pissy rentals, and that if I see piss one more time I'm going to vandalize her property, get together with her neighbor (balconies attached, it must reak there) and just sue for all damages/inconvenience/cleaning/furniture...

It has stopped, for now, the dog was a cutie but this bitch, I can't imagine inconveniencing others like this and not giving a fuck, not apologizing, not making it stop. She tried blaming an imaginary room-mate that JUST moved out who kept leaving the balcony open... even after repeated warnings.

Sorry OP - since we're ranting about people/pet owners there's my story and now you don't have to feel so bad, your life doesn't smell like piss daily which isn't even your pets nor do you have control over the scenario.
 
ncmedia said:
Here's one for you,

I just moved into a condo - first week in went to the balcony to chill, noticed a strange odor of lingering piss... figured a neighbor had a party and someone pissed right on the balcony, and it drips down to the lower levels.


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Get yourself some pvc pieces with couplings on one end of each until you have enough to reach her floor, put a 90 on the top piece. Be sure you have the right floor. Get some plastic tubing and attach it to the top piece following the shape of the 90 and put some kind of nozzle on it. Attach the other end of the tubing to a deck wash sprayer and make some nasty smelling mixture, maybe with some fish cheese bait or something.

Next night/party start putting pvc pieces together letting the hose run up with it until you're sure you are at her floor and pump that nasty up there. Or make friends with a person above or next to her and commence from their place.


OP, don't know what to say, either don't have food when these people are over or put the dog in another room and explain to them that since they can't abide your wishes the dog will be banished to the bedroom while they are there.
 
When I had my German Shepard I fed it nothing but "human" food. Unless you buy the uber expensive dog food brands it's mostly complete shit. Nothing but corn and other very low quality ingredients. Now, I never fed her from the table or before I ate, bc it's more about how you feed them rather than what you feed them.

It's almost comical when people say they don't feed their dogs "human" food. WTF? See those big ass canine teeth in your little buddy's mouth? That's for eating flesh. Canines evolved eating other animals just as humans did. Feeding your dog nothing but dog food is kinda like eating nothing but McDonalds as a human.. fucking stupid.

If your the type to just go to Walmart and pick up a bag of Pedigree and only allow your dog to eat that, then your're an idiot and I'd venture to guess that you eat like a retard yourself, therefore it stands to reason why you think dogs should only eat dog food.

Even the expensive dog food can't compete with feeding your dog a big t bone and some veggies. You should try actually nourishing your dog and feed it real food.. or human food, whatever you want to label it. Or you could keep thinking that it's good for them to eat nutrient lacking corn meal bull shit mixed with horse hooves and other processing byproducts. Whatever.

You can feed your dog real food and still have it disciplined to not beg for your food.
 
Yell at the humans, not the dog.

lose lose win said:
Unless you buy the uber expensive dog food brands it's mostly complete shit. Nothing but corn and other very low quality ingredients.
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If you're looking for a top quality dog food I highly recommend Orijen. It's what we feed our dog daily, but she still gets some meat scraps, fresh fruit and carrots, yoghurt and other bits and pieces.

http://www.orijen.ca/

INGREDIENTS
Fresh boneless chicken*, chicken meal, fresh boneless salmon*, turkey meal, herring meal, russet potato, peas, sweet potato, fresh boneless turkey*, fresh whole eggs*, fresh chicken liver*, fresh boneless lake whitefish*, fresh boneless walleye*, sun-cured alfalfa, pea fiber, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols), organic kelp, pumpkin, chicory root, carrots, spinach, turnip greens, apples, cranberries, blueberries, licorice root, angelica root, fenugreek, marigold flowers, sweet fennel, peppermint leaf, chamomile, dandelion, summer savory, rosemary, vitamin A, vitamin D3, vitamin E, niacin, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, d-calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine, folic acid, biotin, vitamin B12, zinc proteinate, iron proteinate, manganese proteinate, copper proteinate, selenium yeast, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Enterococcus faecium.

* DELIVERED FRESH, preservative-free and never frozen.
 
Fatbat said:
Yell at the humans, not the dog.
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Of course you yell at your dogs, when appropriate of course. They generally don't understand the words you're saying, but definitely understand your tone of voice. That's how you communicate with them. Through tone. For example, grunting sounds are just as effective as actually talking to them.
 
Kiopa_Matt said:
Of course you yell at your dogs, when appropriate of course. They generally don't understand the words you're saying, but definitely understand your tone of voice. That's how you communicate with them. Through tone. For example, grunting sounds are just as effective as actually talking to them.
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I don't think he was saying that you shouldn't yell at a dog to properly train it, just that in this particular instance yell at the dumb fuck human.
 
Fatbat said:
Yell at the humans, not the dog.



If you're looking for a top quality dog food I highly recommend Orijen. It's what we feed our dog daily, but she still gets some meat scraps, fresh fruit and carrots, yoghurt and other bits and pieces.

Orijen
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Yep, I do buy orijen. Good quality food. If they served this for school lunches I guarantee obesity and a host of other chronic diseases would drop across the board.

Problem is, most people are too stupid to not eat fast food everyday, so of course they buy Ol Roy dog food. Then wonder why little fluffy isn't so fluffy anymore.
 
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