Ilovebrits,
Why do insist that your dog overcome an
instintual behavior ? You are the "giver of
treats", so you choose when or if she has
them at all.. If you choose to give the
meaty bone,than give the dog time to be by
herself to enjoy it.Why would you want to take it back ? After awhile ,if you want to put the bone away, I've learned another treat such as a piece of cheese or a dog bisquet is all that's needed to distract the dog when you retreve the bone..
You say the dog is Great in all other respects , then why try to 'control' her
this way ?
While I respect all my Pet Talk friend's
thoughts on using the crate for training
purposes, in this instance, it's just not
fair to the dog.. Just seems like the dog is
being 'set up' to fail & be punished...

[ December 02, 2001: Message edited by: lizbud ]