Pit Bull Begging

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How to get my pit-bull to stop begging
A common complaint or question I always overheard from dog owners around many dining table is “How to stop your pit bull from begging?” Many dogs owner’s find this habit challenging and a tough task to break. If you are one and searching for a solution to this problem, relax and read through this article.
I believe you will agree with me that your pit-bull didn’t born with this skill. They actually learn it from you or any member of your family as he grow, many dog owners don’t realized their contribution to this unhealthy habit. One of such is when you place a kind of human food under your pit-bull nose during your meal time. He become a slave to that taste, this is the origin of that bad habit problem.
Dog’s in general are notorious for begging for human food, even though they never tasted anything but kibbles. The reason …show more content…

First of all don’t begin to feed your pit-bull from the table, also tell every members of your family to quit giving your pit-bull food from the table, from the couch, from the chair and from the desk etc. Your pit-bull should only be eating from his bowl.
Secondly ignoring your dog is another possible solution to get rid of this habit, don’t even look at the dog or even making eye contact which is a form of attention, which rewards the behavior you are trying to eliminate. Remember your pit-bull are relatively simple creature who understands behavior, if they perform a certain behavior and that result in rewards, they will repeat the behavior expecting reward in the future.
Also when you are eating, place your dog in a sit or down position and have him remain there until your meal is finished. If your pit-bull don’t sit or stay down, calmly get up and return him to the stay position, command him to “Stay” and walk away. But should in case you want him in the room with you, its better you tethered him to something

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