RB Max was only able to eat people food in his first eary or so. But that caused major problems. He would beg & if u didn't give him some, he would just take it. He jumped up on my 6'6 friend & stole the slice of pizza as she was eating it. Boy did RB Max get scolded for that & for all the other times too. His agression towards food got worse & worse & worse. Then we banned him from getting people food. Then he couldn't keep any people food down if any fell onto the floor.

After we delt with his stealing food agression problem with fly swatters. We all started to hate him sitting there & begging for food. It reminded us of him bitting us (RB Max was a horrible puppy, he bit alot!!) so everytime he would beg we told him to go to his chair & if he refused (he did alot), we would grab him by the collar & drag him to his chair. We kept doing that until he got the message.

& then we started kicking him out of the kitchen, while cooking & eating.

His dessire for people food from us had pretty much vanished, except for cheese & ice cream. He was always good for these foods & was rewarded if he sat outside with us & didn't beg.

But he was still a food theif. He would take things off the counter & trash can. But when he started to get horrible off of most people food & almost died from a deadly alergic reaction to nuts, we said he needs to fear people food at all costs unless its in his dog bowl or given to him.

We would leave food out in the open & keep a fly swatter near by & swat his butt good & hard (we had to or he could have died, god knows what else he was alergic to, & the vet said to do it this way too, fast & quick way of learning).

I would put used bowls on the floor & just wait for him to try & touch it. if he got close, he was swatted. If he was offered a plate or bowl, he was swatted. if he was offered cheese that was ok. If he was offered anything else but dog treats or cheese he was swatted. I would hide & leave food out & if he went near it I would jump out & swat him.

After a month, he never stole food again & the begging had stopped. It was sooo hard to swat him all the time, I felt soooo bad, but I really didn't want him to die.

As he got older he still wasn't a food theif, but he would ask for food & we would tell him no & he would walk off or lay down. But the kitchen was off limits while cooking & eating. He would lay at the door waiting for us. If we dropped something he would look at it, but not come in. If it was a carrot, we would say Max have & point at it & he would come in grab it chomp on it (making a mess) & then leave the kitchen & lay back down.

So becareful the dog doesn't become allergic to anything, cause the first time might not be too bad, but the 2ed time could be deadly!!

Also aggression could be a problem. Feedim the dog peole food only in its bowl might reduce this factor & might also reduce him becoming a theif. But allowing a dog to beg is 1. annoying as hell. 2. teasing the dog, which could lead to aggression. 3. ANNOYING!!!