Dealing With A Dog That Eats Trash

You would have noticed and been annoyed many times with your dog eating trash. Your dog might go around rummaging into trash cans spilling the trash around or putting any thing and every thing that walks along its path in its mouth. This can be disturbing to look at for you and also can be extremely unhealthy for your dog to do. There are many ways to cure your dog from the habit of eating trash. This habit can be cured through training or perhaps just constant persuasion. The temperament of your dog will play a vital role in curing such a habit.

In any case chaining your dog up or a muzzle is not a solution. You must first go to the roots of as to why your dog is rummaging through the trash. For this you must give your dog a sense of hygiene. Always train your dog to stay away from trash cans and other areas where there are trash. Keep your dog constantly clean. This will develop a sense of hygiene in your dog. Train your dog with a command on which it comes back to you. Repeat this command when ever you find your dog heading towards the trash. This will help your dog to start staying away from the trash.

Going further to the basic roots, your dog is probably eating trash because it is hungry. Therefore try to pamper your dog with delicious food. If the dog\'s taste buds are only accustomed to high quality of food then it would be scavenging through the trash cans. Also make a note of the pattern of your dog\'s routines. When you dog is showing sign\'s of going through the trash, immediately offer it tasty food. This will affect the psychology of the dog and only direct it towards good clean food. Avoid giving your dog processed food. This type of food rarely has any taste in them.

Try to prepare home cooked food for your dog. Once your dog is accustomed to high quality of tasty food it will stop by itself from rummaging into the trash. A dog needs lot of love and care and reducing its bad habits should be done with the same. Therefore make sure that at no point in time you are harsh with your dog. You can be firm but always show your dog the love and care that you have for it.