He is a 4yr old huskey. I have begun training him the way you showed and he is more attentive and following commands better...thank you. He will bite if he is sleeping and he thinks you are bothering him or if you try to get him into a crate or outside if he doesnt want to go.

I'll give it a go. My pit lab mix was an angel as a puppy, I could leave my plate sitting on a couch with him next to it and he wouldn't touch it. (food has never fallen from the counter and hit the floor)...so he's constantly giving the 7 month old malinois puppy confused looks as to why she's jumping to counter surf.

Our dogs table surf. As soon as one of my kids get up from the table, the dogs will snatch their food. I've been so frustrated, I've been crating the dogs when we eat. Now that I know there is a way to fix this, I'm going to add this to our other training. Both are still young dogs, 1.5YO and 6mo.

thanks we're going to try this

Spot on. Screw the "positive only" holier than thou people. Balanced training is where it's at. There need to be consequences for inappropriate behavior. Aggression, running away, and stealing food are not acceptable.

Well done! I'm a Trainer and have used other methods for counter surfing, but I think this is excellent and will start to use it. Thank you.

My spaniel counter surfs and I really need help I don’t know how to train it out of her it’s getting to a point no one can have food on the side

This is great! How do we adapt this to get my dog from taking everything from the counter not just food (if you place a remote down, he will steal it, sunglasses, a pen, you name it. whatever you set down he will steal)

Thank you for this clear concise training session will definitely try it with my berna sennen

We had a rash of poisoning, awhile back, in our neighbourhood, so I trained our dogs to ONLY eat from their dishes (inside the house), our hands, or when we 'okayed' it (vets, groomers, etc.) You could throw a steak into the backyard and the dogs wouldn't touch it ... unless they were starving!! No doubt it frustrated them, but it made us feel a lot better :)

What would you do if the dog will never steal from the countertop while you're there, but will always raid the counter/pantry when we're not home? It's a foxhound, very food driven like you suggested.

thanks for this, but what do you do to correct their behavior if you come out of a different part of the house and for example, the compost is all over the counter and the floor? what is the correction?

Looking for a German Shepard for a friend for our Golden Doodle.

I have a 5 year old Aussie... And a 3 year old kid. The Aussie KNOWS she's not supposed to take food, because she only takes food when we are out of sight, and if I walk in while she's in the act she RUNS out of there, tail between her legs and hides because she knows I'll be mad. It's only gotten worse. I'm just at a total loss. We trained her since she was young, she doesn't take food or even show interest if me or my wife are around, she knows not to take food when it hits the floor and won't do that, she knows "wait" and "leave it" etc.... Extremely good dog otherwise, but this taking food off the counter thing has gotten ridiculous. I'm at. A loss man. I don't know how to change it. My toddler is going to put her half eaten sandwich on the counter, and I can't sit and watch her eat. I don't have the time. But it's almost daily now that my dog steals my 3 year olds food. For the time being, the dog is exiled outside.

We came into a 4th dog recently and now all of ours race to get counter and even kids food as they’re walking. Can you train them one at a time or do you need to train all of them in a row? I’m concerned that working one at a time will be ineffective with a competitive atmosphere.

Okay, now how about a cocker spaniel that is deaf and mostly blind? In-laws younger dog started stealing food from end tables a while back, and my older cocker followed suit. And now we have another younger dog too, and she has also started, and she's super fast and sneaky.

My dog is at the point where she knows she should not be on the counters/ desks so she waits till I am well clear of the room. For example, dog is upstairs. I come upstairs with food, she then she will go downstairs to check the counters. Any advice on how to tackle this? She will jump onto the counter and walk around it just to check.

my dog is food aggressive and counter surfs so once he gets something food or other things he doesn't want to give up, you can't get it back without a food bribe. he will bite if you try to take something he claims. what can I do?

I’d reverse the opportunity for success tactic. Start far and get closer

Tho video sucks, had to rewatch it 3 times to actually tell what you did

Would be great to direct camera on dog rather trainer to see what’s going on in the kitchen

If the dog was standing at counter eating. You come in kitchen, say "Down"! The dog turns to you, gives you whale eye and growls at you....then what?