habit of picking trash & eat

Question
how can i train my dog named bruce.habit of picking anything and eat.can this bad manner refined or change?and when walk along with him,why he keeps on hurrying and almost brake his chain?kindly advice me.before my dog get RUIEND. . . . THANK you,keep it up and GOD BLESS. . .  

Answer
Goldens may even be worse about that than Labs.  The best thing to do is keep things picked up in the house and any fenced yard.  You are right to be concerned about this.  I once listened to a talk by a vet on goldens, and she covered things like what a mess of their insides a bottle cap makes.  

If your dog is at least 4 - 5 months old, start with a good 6' leather
leash and a sturdy slip collar, the metal chain ones with the rings on each
end. You want the shortest one that will go on and off easily. If you walk
with the dog on the left, pull the chain through one loop forming a "P".
Facing it, slip it over its head. The free end should come over the neck to the leash, and the other end should drop slack when there is no pull on the leash.  Before 4 months use a conventional flat collar to protect the tender young neck.


Easier dogs will give up their pulling with a few good snaps of the leash
combined with a stern "Bad dog!".  You can work up to forceful corrections
with the leash doubled up in both hands and your whole body behind it.   But
you don't want to use any more force than you need.  One gentle technique I
like is to just stop when he pulls.  He wants to go.  If you move forward when
the leash is slack, and stop when he pulls, he should quickly figure out the
only way to get to go, is not to pull.  This is about teaching him not to
pull, not getting somewhere.  The man that taught it to me said "If in a half
hour you haven't made it out to the front walk, fine, you have taught him a
lesson.

Still, you may want to switch to a head collar.  The leading brands are Promise,  Haltie, and Gentle Leader.  They have a strap going around the dogs nose looking something like a muzzle.  They work by pulling the dogs head around.  No other way gives you such great control with so little force.  The prong collar is now a
dangerous relic of value only for its macho looks.  Do not consider using one
without hands on instruction from somebody with plenty of experience with them.

If you dog goes to forage something when walking it tell it ''No, leave it!'' in a quiet, stern voice.  Give it a snap if in an slip collar or a steady pull in a head collar.  when it quits straining towards whatever, praise it and go on.