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Originally Posted by Janus'sMom 
As of yesterday I started dropping in a tid bit size treat to show him that a hand in his food dish while he's eating leads to something special to eat. I have a 3yr old child in the house...
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I agree. Since they were pups, I've occasionally petted during meals. You raise a good point. You have every right to do this as children, are still children. They forget.
This is a somewhat different topic though. The OP has more than one pup. Leaving the bowl, means their food is at risk from the other pup.
That's the part that is unfair. "The grass is always greener" thinking may force them to be at odds with each other. Calling plural dog
s away, could concievably create problems.
Now with more than one pup, could the OP or should they pet or put hands in or out of the bowl? They could. I have no problem with keeping children safe. Still, it's a different situation. I tend to
leave mine in peace while they eat. There are no children in my home on a regular basis.
Another tangent: I do work with "out" and "drop it" in other areas instead. Toys during play for example: ball tossing, frisbees, bungee snakes, tug ropes. Since mine have dropped old marrow bones into my lap,
I began "asking" for and old one here and there. I made it a GAME.
My idea here was to be able to take something away that had potential for harming my dog: a dead squirrel perhaps? Fortunately I have NOT had that pleasure!
