How to correct dogs’ bad habits of picking up food (such as eating garbage and eating feces)?

 8:55am, 16 July 2025

From the moment your dog enters your house, you have trained your dog to eat only the food in the bowl. A person feeds a dog after a meal, which helps train a dog to learn to accept obedience orders, so that it understands that a person is more important than a dog. Don't put food where it can reach, don't feed the food from the dining table, and the trash can should have a lid.

1. Dogs like to pick up food from trash cans

1. If a dog picks up food from trash cans and lets it for food when you are present, once you see it, you should strictly order it to leave so that it understands that this behavior is not allowed.

2. Cover the trash can with a lid, spray non-toxic and bitter spray on the trash can, and then let the dog sniff the sprayed trash can. The disgusting taste works better than the reward.

3. Conduct related training: During training, first place the food in a clear place, and then lead the dog to take a walk. When the dog is close to the food and wants to eat, immediately use a threatening tone to issue a "no" command, and use a stimulus of pulling the traction belt to stop it. When the dog stops picking up food, a reward is given. Repeat and train multiple times.

2. Dogs eat feces from other animals

1. Use standard compliance training to stop your dog. If you see it interested in other animals' feces, command it to "no". If it picks up, order it to "let it down".

2. Eating animal feces may cause gastrointestinal parasites, and can cause bacteria to reproduce in the digestive tract, thereby causing chronic diarrhea. To correct this behavior, you can apply chili oil to the feces, so that the dog thinks the thing tastes bad.

3. The dog wants food while raising the table

1. It is annoying for dogs to raising the table

. Giving it food once a while from the dining table is worse than giving it every time. Fixed habits are easier to correct than occasional habits.

2. Train your dog and it can only be eaten when you allow it. When you are ready to give it food, order it to sit down first, but remember: be sure to leave the table when preparing food for it.

3. Put the food on the floor. But still keep it in the sitting position until you release the command with "eat" or "good".

4. Dogs are animals that love to eat and will not actively refuse food given by others. This is a very dangerous behavior and requires relevant training.

1. During training, the assistant naturally approaches the dog and gives food to the dog. When the dog wants to eat, the owner immediately issues a "no" command and taps the dog's mouth. At this time, the assistant will give the dog another food, and when the dog still shows that it is about to eat, it will give it a stronger stimulation.

2. At this time, the owner issues a "kow" command and fakes the assistant to cheer for the dog to arouse the dog's active defensive reaction.

3. When the dog barks to the assistant, the assistant should take the opportunity to escape, and the owner should reward the dog.

4. You can also ask the assistant to throw food in front of the dog. When the dog wants to pick up or pick up food, the owner should immediately issue a "no" command and thrust it hard and give it stimulation. If the dog does not pick up food, a reward will be given.