Pup On Counter/in Trash
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mancin
Boxer Insane
If he's getting something from the counter or out of the trash, he's actually being rewarded for his behavior. 
Not intentionally of course, but his goal is to get something and if he does, he's accomplished what he wants. I would recommend either keeping the trash out of reach or behind a closed door. As far as the counter goes, that's a tough one, especially if he's successfully gotten something from there before. He may not be responding to "leave it" because you are not as interesting as whatever is on the counter. When you ask him to "leave it", you need to have something more enticing than what is on the counter, and reward him for complying. The main key to this is patience. He's not going to understand right away.
Not intentionally of course, but his goal is to get something and if he does, he's accomplished what he wants. I would recommend either keeping the trash out of reach or behind a closed door. As far as the counter goes, that's a tough one, especially if he's successfully gotten something from there before. He may not be responding to "leave it" because you are not as interesting as whatever is on the counter. When you ask him to "leave it", you need to have something more enticing than what is on the counter, and reward him for complying. The main key to this is patience. He's not going to understand right away.
Cami
Boxer Insane
Remove everything of interest to him off of the counter and try a smaller under the sink in a cabinet type or closed off in a pantry sort of trashcan. After many failed attempts at not finding any rewards on the counter he will eventually stop the behavior. All it takes is one time of discovering a "goodie" and they remember and will continue to keep searching for something else of interest. It may take weeks but he will grow tired of not finding anything. I would also consider hiding favorite treats in places that he is allowed....under his bed, off in a corner or some other area that he is allowed access to. Also, remember to praise him when he does the right thing! He will enjoy returning to those areas and not get to things that he isn't allowed.
Good-Luck!
Good-Luck!
courtney323
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LEAPCHEN -
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Cami and Mancin both have great advice. Remove everything from his reach on the counters, and keep a close eye on him at all times (crate him when you can't). I echo the advice that when you tell him "leave it" you need to redirect his attention elsewhere to show him what he should be doing.
First of all, you need to post your Introduction. A copy of the Rules can be found at www.boxerworld.com/rules
Cami and Mancin both have great advice. Remove everything from his reach on the counters, and keep a close eye on him at all times (crate him when you can't). I echo the advice that when you tell him "leave it" you need to redirect his attention elsewhere to show him what he should be doing.
Indy's mom
Boxer Insane
Never could break either of our first 2 boxers from going in the trash can. Our solution was to buy a 'potato bin' from a craft fair. Makes the perfect trash can. It's wooden, so it's attractive. Closed so 'danger dog' cannot get at the garbage. Easy solution worked for us.
Constantly up on the counter
My six month old Bruin is constantly up on the counter. He has grabbed bacon right out of the frying pan as it is cooking, bread out of the toaster, and food off the table. It is very frustrating. He is in to everything. My two year old Sydney was never like this. AAAGH!!!
My six month old Bruin is constantly up on the counter. He has grabbed bacon right out of the frying pan as it is cooking, bread out of the toaster, and food off the table. It is very frustrating. He is in to everything. My two year old Sydney was never like this. AAAGH!!!
Lovely Rita
Boxer Booster
my rescue girl rita was like this for the entire time we had her. we did mounds of research and we tried every method ever invented by mankind! none of it worked, so eventually we had to give in. here's what we did:
kitchen garbage - inside the cupboard door, with child locks on the cupboard door with the garbage, and the cupboard doors on on both sides of the cupboard with the garbage.
counters - we learned to have a very clean kitchen. this involved a lot of trial and error, some examples being two raw chicken breasts, some freshly baked banana bread, an entire bag of multi-variety freshly baked bagels, a brand new package of cheese, and a 1lb loaf of bread.
basement garbage #1- this one was tough. it took us quite a while to find a foolproof method. we ended up wedging the garbage bin between a big desk and a huge shelf, with a broken fragment of a brick wall (don't ask) shoved against it. we then had to buy a new garbage bin that was really tall, because rita was tall enough to reach in and grab something from the top of the bin.
basement garbage #2 - since all the corners were taken up by random pieces of furniture, we put this one between the couch and a wall, but this little area is also my dad's office. he spent many a day too terrified to move, afraid that when he returned he would discover the mutilated remnants of yesterdays lunch strewn about the basements in a particularly gruesome way.
bedroom garbages, and other random things in bedrooms - bedrooms were off limits to poor rita after a couple of extremely upsetting accidents, one of which included my entire collection of easter chocolate and a lovely trip to the vet.
bathroom garbage, and other random things in bathrooms (don't ask) - this garbage was rita's particular favorite (i won't bother to elaborate) so she was willing to go through a spectacular variety of stunts in order to get to it. in the end, we put the entire garbage bin on the counter, and prayed. oh, and we were VERY careful to ALWAYS flush.
so theres our little strategy. i hope you find some of these things useful!! :D:D good luck!!
kitchen garbage - inside the cupboard door, with child locks on the cupboard door with the garbage, and the cupboard doors on on both sides of the cupboard with the garbage.
counters - we learned to have a very clean kitchen. this involved a lot of trial and error, some examples being two raw chicken breasts, some freshly baked banana bread, an entire bag of multi-variety freshly baked bagels, a brand new package of cheese, and a 1lb loaf of bread.
basement garbage #1- this one was tough. it took us quite a while to find a foolproof method. we ended up wedging the garbage bin between a big desk and a huge shelf, with a broken fragment of a brick wall (don't ask) shoved against it. we then had to buy a new garbage bin that was really tall, because rita was tall enough to reach in and grab something from the top of the bin.
basement garbage #2 - since all the corners were taken up by random pieces of furniture, we put this one between the couch and a wall, but this little area is also my dad's office. he spent many a day too terrified to move, afraid that when he returned he would discover the mutilated remnants of yesterdays lunch strewn about the basements in a particularly gruesome way.
bedroom garbages, and other random things in bedrooms - bedrooms were off limits to poor rita after a couple of extremely upsetting accidents, one of which included my entire collection of easter chocolate and a lovely trip to the vet.
bathroom garbage, and other random things in bathrooms (don't ask) - this garbage was rita's particular favorite (i won't bother to elaborate) so she was willing to go through a spectacular variety of stunts in order to get to it. in the end, we put the entire garbage bin on the counter, and prayed. oh, and we were VERY careful to ALWAYS flush.
so theres our little strategy. i hope you find some of these things useful!! :D:D good luck!!
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