TV's own 'Dogfather' Graeme Hall has spoken out about what to do if your dog likes to steal food from others.
On his recent podcast, the top dog trainer discussed how you should deal with your pet if it is being mischievous and enjoying snacks that isn't theirs.
The star of Channel 5 series Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly provided his expert advice to one listener, Eleanor, who was fearing the summer months with her 11-month-old Dalmatian as the pair live in the city and Eleanor is scared when walking through local parks with BBQ's and picnic's too tempting for her pup.
Another audience member on Talking Dogs, Naomi, had similar problems with her dog, Leyla.
She said her miniature schnauzer is very greedy but needs to teach her to stop eating everything she sees outside as there have been concerns of toxic products being left out.
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Graeme shared that the key was having a good recall.
To build on this, you should start practicing your recall with no distractions and then began to add more and more as you go.
He explained: "If stealing food is the biggest distraction ever, you could set up little bits of food in the back garden, when you've got a really good recall, do a test. He has a bit of food there but when I call you and you come away from it, you get something even better when you come back, rewarding them."
Graeme says this helps tailor your recall to this particular problem.
Another suggestion was by using your dog's favourite toy if they have one.
If your dog learns a command which's means for them to open their mouth and let go of the toy - they will always associate this command with that action and therefore dropping food they shouldn't have in their mouths.
The 54-year-old added: "The third sting on my bow I would probably have them on a long line, so that actually they don't have the ability to wave fingers at you and disappear into the distance with a scotch egg."
He admitted that teaching your dog not to eat everything can be hard as they are inquisitive, especially younger dogs.
The Yorkshireman advised: "I would start at home with two (closed) hands with food in them and put your hands out.
"The food you want them to refuse in the right hand, the dog goes to sniff and nibble at your fingers and as they give up you add in your command, 'leave it', the dog backs off and you open up the other hand with a treat."
This shows that if the dog tries to force their way to steal food they get none anyway, whereas if they back off, they got praised and food - "a double whammy."
Once the dog is comfortable you can switch up the hands so it is more random and then they will learn, 'leave it', as their command.
A third listener was struggling with his cockapoo inside in the home rather than out and about. Kiernan says he has tried feeding Sutee before, during and after the same time he eats but nothing is working as the 9-month-old just cries.
Graeme mentioned how at this age, dog's hormones are raging as they need to build a body. However, if it isn't their age, it can be because someone feed them from the table.
To fix this issue, Graeme explained: "When he is jumping up at the table, carefully but firmly, brush him off and he just needs to learn that it doesn't matter what he tries, it doesn't ever happen.
"Just get through the optimistic stage to the point where he says you know what I've given this everything I've got and they never ever feed me from the table.
*Series 2 of Talking Dogs with Graeme Hall podcast is available on all the usual Podcast platforms
