When Staffy is on a
dog lead. When you walk down the street take your Staffy
on the dog
lead, it will be much easier to control its actions. As
soon as you see that Staffy wants to pick up from the ground –
pull the dog leash and give the command "Leave it". If Staffy
does not obey, it means that you`ve pulled the dog leash not
enough. If Staffy picks up from the ground again you give the
command " Leave it" and give it a slap on the bum with a palm.
Remember that Staff should feel your pulling. It does not mean that you should pull too hard, but also not too slight. Staffy more likely won`t respond to slight pulling and hard pulling will do much harm to it. However remember if you pull the dog leash and think that you do it hard and Staffy continues picking up from the ground, it means that you pull really slightly.
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When you walk
Staffy without a dog lead. When Staffy is without the dog
lead and it tries to pick up food from the floor, your task is
to give it the command "Leave it", then to come up and to give a
slap on the bum with a palm. If you really want to wean your
Staffy from picking up from the floor/ground, then it is
necessary to do it each time when the dog tries to eat from the
ground. Don`t give your dog any chance and don`t let it eat from
the ground. In the beginning it is better to walk with the dog
leash as Staffy can run away on the distance before you will
give the command and punish it if your dog eat something from
the ground.
There is also a
variant to throw the dog lead to Staffy at the moment when it
ran away and you couldn`t catch up it at once. But this variant
is not always effective as you can miss the dog.
Self-tuition. You can speed up the process of training
your Staffy not to pick up from the ground. For this purpose
choose a small ground about 3 per 3 meters and throw delicacy on
all the surface. Then having fastened Staffy on the dog lead
walk it on this territory. If Staffy starts to pick up from the
ground, punish it at once. You should punish it in such a way
that the dog did not want to pick up from the ground any more.
The procedure should last for 5 minutes.
After teaching step
away from this place and start Staffy training within 30
minutes. After dog training walk again through the indicated
place and if the dog wants to pick up something from the ground
again, punish it and don`t allow to pick up. It will be good to
repeat your teaching for few times a week to make the dog
training effective.
Choose also dog food which Staffy likes to eat so that it
attracted the dog. Also don`t forget to change food and place of
teaching the dog.
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