Dogs with Bad Manners

Originally Posted by Freelance Wolf

As for food, put some hot sauce/chili in the food (don't give it to her directly, but leave it on the floor or whatever), and once she eats it, she won't want to do it again.

I'll vouch for this one. Our yellow lab used to be pretty bad about snatching food off of the counter (pretty easy for him since he's so tall), so we put down some crackers coated in hot sauce halfway off the countertop. After trying to eat one or two of those he's been pretty reluctant to grab anything off of the counter (do the same thing at the table).

Also, if you are, never feed the dog from the table, then they'll expect it.

Finally, if you ever try to get them to do something, don't give up until they do it. If they know they can get away with something by putting up enough of a struggle, they'll do it forever.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

We tried doing the water gun with our dog. He'd just open his mouth and chomp down on the stream of water having fun.

There's nowhere I can't reach.