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Originally Posted by BlessedCheeseMaker
Last night my dog stole the last third of my fish salad wrap and hid it somewhere. This morning he is just carrying it around and lying looking at it. I am trying to get it off him as the fish will off by jow and i dont want him sick. He is usually very obdeient but there is something deeper over riding this and he will stay sit for a while before he does that jiggly butt thing and takes off with it. *sigh*
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When my dogs do this I offer them a more appealing treat - the thing they love most And when they drop what they have in order to get the new treat I can either take it right then or I toss another piece of their favorite thing a slight bit away for me so that they turn to pick it up. My dogs are pretty good about give but every so often they will get some treasure they don't want to give up like a rabbit they killed in the backyard. And although one feels like throttling the little beasts, I have found it is much more productive to praise them to high heaven for being such good boys when they let go of the treasure
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