How do you teach your dog to be incorruptible? - Page 1

I've always wondered how people manage to teach their dogs not to accept food from strangers. Here's a video demonstrating what I mean http://youtu.be/LGjjr-Olb_g 

and ultimately teach the dog to only accept food from a family members.

Maybe by teaching the dog he cannot take food if he is doing a job (like down/stay). 

Secondly by not having a dog like a Labrador Retriever.........

I know of only one method that has been used for guard dog training and it is pretty awful:
 
Puppy would be exposed to 'treats' and good smelling food from different people, some very friendly, some hostile. Sometimes 'treats' and 'food' would be left for this puppy to find on his own. Every time that pup would eat the 'treats' and 'food' it would make him gag (special additives). The only time the food was good to stomach for the pup was from the owner. It didn't take pup long to be totally incorruptible.
 
But I think you have to be very desperate to go this route? It worked, if you didn't want to risk your dog to be poisoned and there was a high chance of this happening.
 
I feed my dogs well, they get the best tasting food from me and there is always something special. They watch me prepare it for them, they smell all the good things that go into their bowls, I also prepare their treats myself. Yesterday, when I served one-pot dish to my kids, they asked me "Why are we eating dog food? 
 
My dogs don't need treats from others. None of them will take anything from strangers by default. If I ask them to take it, they usually do it to be polite, turn around and drop it on the floor... Maybe if people offered cheeseburgers - the case would be different...
 

My dog will only eat in his run - he won't even take treats from me outside the house, nevermind strangers... I didn't teach it, it's just how he is.  If I'm away and hubby feeds him he looks at him like he's trying to poison him!

The only thing I've heard of in this regard is when guard dogs - for junkyards, bus lots, etc etc - are trained to not pick up anything off the ground (it's sickening, but there are a lot of people who throw poision over fences to kill them).

It's not hard to train. Have also seen dogs trained this way when they are poop eaters. Put treats all around a large area, and shock them with an e-collar everytime the dog goes to eat it. They learn quickly not to eat anything off the floor - only from a hand or a bowl. I’m sure you could take it a step further and train the dog to take food only from your hand.

I trained one of my past gsds like this who LOVED to eat poop.... It was lovely.

There is a conditioned training technique used in the ringsports in order to pass the "food refusal" exam that is easy to teach. In the following video you will see a dog that has been left in a "down stay" and when the handler is absent out of sight 4 pieces of food are tossed to the dog. There is absolutely no compulsion necessary to teach this method to most dogs. When the dogs are taught this method they usually refuse food from strangers outside the sport field context. Stating your dog using this method will make positively proofing him for all situations much less compulsive as the basis of "food refusal" is already established.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xavye5_refus-d-appats-cronos_animals

In the Ring 2 and 3 exams there are pieces of food laying on the field while the dog does his OB and bite work.

"Secondly by not having a dog like a Labrador Retriever......"

LOL, this made me chuckle as my Lab is a prime example of one who would never dream of passing on a meal/treat.  Maybe she could have been trained, but I can't even imagine it.  Totally different than my GSD.
 

 LO

I had a Beagle who would barf to just eat one more time... he was a weirdo, but very cute.

Koach,

 Can you share the technique to teaching the food refusal? I've only seen it taught with compulsion.


Pack,

 Funny story.