| Re: shock collar
I agree with feeding him in his crate - no variations. He sounds like a well behaved rottie who respects your direction and this may be the one area where you find it is best to remove him completely from the area, put his food in his crate, bring him into the room where his crate is and have him "crate up". Latch the door and leave him in peace until he is done. We have a 5 year old male rescue who came to us with much the same issues with food. We did this for about 18 months, and now can feed him in the open, after a sit, give paw, "wait" and release to eat. He's predictable, but so are we - he knows what to expect and he gets to eat in peace - no human or dog traffic around him, no distractions - just eat and then we get back to what we were doing. Good luck! He sounds like a good dog otherwise and I'm one of those people who believe that feeding time is private time. |