How to train the Scottish Terrier to learn to refuse food?

Nowadays, there are many people who keep dogs in the city, and we generally have the habit of walking our dogs. As owners, we must train our dogs well to prevent them from picking up things to eat on the road, which can be detrimental to their health. We often see in the news that dogs die of poisoning because of indiscriminate eating, this thing needs to draw sufficient attention to owners, today I will take the Scottish Terrier as an example, to share the experience of training dogs to learn to refuse food. 1, from the Scottish Terrier puppy stage, start to stop some of its bad behavior, such as barking, chewing furniture, etc., once found these behaviors, immediately reprimanded it, so that it to the master 2. When you start the food refusal training, let your friend approach the Scottish Terrier naturally and throw some food to it, then the dog will have the action of preparing to eat, the owner should immediately reprimand it “non” and pat its mouth with the palm of his hand. 3. The dog will then make a defensive move or even bark, identifying the stranger as a “bad guy” and not eating the food given. 4. When it wants to eat with its mouth, immediately pull it back, and with the “non-” muzzle, repeated several times, after the dog hears this muzzle will subconsciously do not eat the food of strangers. Scottish Terrier is very smart, and has the characteristics of confidence, cautious, are generally used in the training method of conditioned reflexes, the owner needs to have enough time and patience, but also according to the dog’s performance, to do the reward and punishment, so that the training will be more efficient.

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