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I apologize if this has been covered before (I'm sure it has) but I did a forum search and couldn't find what I was looking for.
Here's the deal... our new dog (we've had for not quite a month) is suddenly going absolutely bonkers anytime me, my wife, or stepson are eating. It's the worst at dinner time when the food is particularly tasty and aromatic. The first few weeks he would bark at us a bit when we ate but would typically settle down pretty quick. However for the past 3-4 days he just goes insane. He barks. And barks. And barks. He does these crazy hyper rolls into our legs and the side of the couch. He bites the couch (which he NEVER does otherwise). etc.
We've tried taking him outside to play before we eat. Unsuccessful.
He is always fed before we eat so it's not like he's starving or anything.
We've tried putting him in his crate while we eat. He just barks as loud as possible the entire time.
Last night, as we were sitting down to eat, my wife tried giving him a small plate of about 4 or 5 pieces of boiled chicken she made for him. I told her beforehand I didn't think that was a good idea as we want him to LEARN not to bother us while we eat. Not have to distract him with other food while we eat. She said she wanted to try anyway. Of course he ate that in 0.2 seconds and was immediately all over us again.
I should say that we do eat while watching TV on the couch. I'm sure eating at the dining room table might help. But we've always eaten on the couch and don't want to be forced to change locations just to be able to eat in peace. It's getting very frustrating as my wife and I both love to cook and more so ENJOY our dinner at our leisure. But lately we're having to scarf it down as fast as possible just because his nonstop shrill bark is so unbearable.
Any advice on what to do in this situation? We have NEVER given him table scraps so there's been no precedence set to make him think we might actually give him some of our food. And I should say that he doesn't actually try to snatch the food off the plate or anything. He's just sniffs around your tray/plate nonstop and is annoying as hell.
Sorry for the long post.
Here's the deal... our new dog (we've had for not quite a month) is suddenly going absolutely bonkers anytime me, my wife, or stepson are eating. It's the worst at dinner time when the food is particularly tasty and aromatic. The first few weeks he would bark at us a bit when we ate but would typically settle down pretty quick. However for the past 3-4 days he just goes insane. He barks. And barks. And barks. He does these crazy hyper rolls into our legs and the side of the couch. He bites the couch (which he NEVER does otherwise). etc.
We've tried taking him outside to play before we eat. Unsuccessful.
He is always fed before we eat so it's not like he's starving or anything.
We've tried putting him in his crate while we eat. He just barks as loud as possible the entire time.
Last night, as we were sitting down to eat, my wife tried giving him a small plate of about 4 or 5 pieces of boiled chicken she made for him. I told her beforehand I didn't think that was a good idea as we want him to LEARN not to bother us while we eat. Not have to distract him with other food while we eat. She said she wanted to try anyway. Of course he ate that in 0.2 seconds and was immediately all over us again.
I should say that we do eat while watching TV on the couch. I'm sure eating at the dining room table might help. But we've always eaten on the couch and don't want to be forced to change locations just to be able to eat in peace. It's getting very frustrating as my wife and I both love to cook and more so ENJOY our dinner at our leisure. But lately we're having to scarf it down as fast as possible just because his nonstop shrill bark is so unbearable.
Any advice on what to do in this situation? We have NEVER given him table scraps so there's been no precedence set to make him think we might actually give him some of our food. And I should say that he doesn't actually try to snatch the food off the plate or anything. He's just sniffs around your tray/plate nonstop and is annoying as hell.
Sorry for the long post.