This was us in June:-
Ok Toby at meal times.
Have decided to break down the "leave him in kitchen whilst we have meal in dining room" into stages as having a meal with a dog howling and scratching the door isnt working!!
So last night i put Tobys towel (he has one in front of his crate) on floor about 5 ft from table and prior to meal said "bed" and when went to towel he got a treat. When he got that we moved to "bed, sit down" for treat and abit of "bed, down" for treat.
Meal gets dished up and family sit down and i would say for 60% of meal he was on towel.
Aim is to move towel away in stages until it is in kitchen .... mmm a five year plan by the sounds of it!!
Am I making hard work of this? Would you brazen out the dog shut in kitchen noise or do it in stages??
SaraJust wanted to share progress end August and also to reassure new pup owners that patience is a virtue!
So we tried the “towel with command bed” for a while but he kept coming into dining room from lounge (we have through rooms with arch between but no door).
So then we decided on a general command of “away” – progress seen but Toby would only respond to hubby doing this (mmmm my heart not in it but there you go!). When I did it Toby would bark and “answer back”.
But we kept at it and today was progress !!!!!!!!!! We took our lunch to the dining room table and – with that spaniel look – Toby sat on settee and stayed there all lunch time! No command for "away" or nowt!
Phew
………. But worth the perseverance !
