Buddy can do this, I taught him ‘touch’ where I hold the treat in my hand and hold the back of my hand to him, he touches it with his nose and gets a treat, this might help. But I guess someone would say that you are then treating something different to what he has done prior, but by teaching this, he snatches less even when I mark a certain behaviour and don’t do ‘touch’. This might help?
I hold the treat in my closed fist and open it when his mouth is closed, with my palm up and the treat on my palm. He then scoops it up, rather than munching on my fingers! He can also now catch treats in mid air.
If th dog does not have bite inhibition by 8 weeks, then you will need to remind her to be gentle each training session. She does not get the treat until she takes it gently. Then yes plus treat. One other way is to "flick" the food treat into her mouth using the end of your fingers and thumb. @Chewies_mum's suggestion will work too. If you are worried about the slobber, then carry around with you in your treat pouch baby wipes.
I used to hold the treat in my closed hand against Plum's nose, so the back of my hand would rest gently by her nose, and she'd only get the treat once she stopped nosing my hand. I taught this at home, first as a method on its own, not in relation to another trick; so repeated efforts with treat in closed hand, resting by her nose, treat delivered with a "YES!" as soon as she stopped nosing and moved her nose away from my hand. She learned very quickly. And after a while I stopped saying "yes." Once she learnt it at home, in a quiet space, I then I took it outdoors. I still do it now (she's 2) just to encourage her to chill her boots a bit when she's a bit overexcited about the treat and trying to munch my hand.
Thank you all. When giving treats I would hold it by the tips of all 5 fingers. I found a little trick that works good. I hold it with just the tip of my thumb and index finger with the rest folded in.
We have the same problem with Dakota. I also do the closed fist thing, but very often she just starts pawing at my hand, which can hurt just as much.
my hands are full of scratches at the moment due to training Kyko he doesn't really take the food rough but will paw at my hand when doing a down. Also is pretty heavy handed giving a paw & a high 5, he also needs to hold on when begging still so end up scratched. On the rare occasion he snatches at the treat I take it away from him and say ah ah gently & he doesn't get it till he's gentle
Kyko has definitely started teething now, he's gnawing on all his toys thankfully not really on us or of he does it's pretty gentle most of the time. I have started giving him frozen kongs when he's really bad, 2 hours he chewed on one the other night it was so peaceful . His favourite kong fillings are banana & peanut butter (his bedtime kong that he can't wait to get hold of) & we usually freeze some cottage cheese mixed with kibble that goes down well too although the smell of cottage cheese turns my stomach
That's awesome. Ours go nuts for frozen Kong too. I'm home everyday with but if we need to go out for a few hours they each go in their crate with a frozen Kong. I'll have to try the peanut butter and banana with a little kibble.
We have only just started leaving Kyko 2 days ago, we set up a camera & go and sit in the car the is. The first time he was quiet till his kong was gone, then got quite stressed. Yesterday we left the door of his crate open & let him have the hall to wander in too, apart from having a wee almost straight away he settles much quicker. We are making sure we only go back when he's quiet & upping the time we away every day
My puppy did this at first as well. Then I started closing my hand and saying "gentle" and he wasn't as inclined to nip for the treat. When you close your hand, he should sniff around for it, with out nipping. Make sure to keep your hand closed and don't give him the treat until he is calm. They get it pretty quickly. If they are rough, they don't get the treat. Simple as that.
