Originally Posted by Mikebits

How did you get him to show his teeth on command? Good trick.

He was very protective of his food. I could take anything away from him, even reach in his mouth if he picked up something on a walk. He'd complain, put on a good show. I just start saying 'let me see your teeth', and reach for his food. It just started to work anytime, any place, no food needed.

My lab use to get into the garbage...but then we put it in the cabinet and she never bugged again. Now she sleeps under the kitchen table at every meal (after she eats) and never bugs for food or anything. The only thing she will ever bug for is green beans. She loves them and if she smells them she bugs a little..haha

My dog won't even bark..haha

The only time anyone will ever hear her bark is at cats and only if they are too close to the house.

I can take her food away without any problems..but if my sister would she would growl at her in a sec.

By Harvery:
This is Camel, my last dog, Rottweiler mix. Beautiful dog.

WE also used to have a Rotty mix, Buddy. He had Rotty, pirenese mountain dog, chow-chow and bull mastif blood, purple tong the lot.
Predominatly brown, like your camel.
He was big, heavy and could be rather scary at times. People in the area had huge respect for this dog.
If he stood on his hind legs, he would look most of my friends in the eye, just staring them in the eye, they also had great respect for the dog.
He once chased a friend of mine on his 50cc motorcycle, my friend thought he was lunch, he would look on the speedo, doing nearly 60 km/h with this huge Rotty snapping at his number plate.
We still laugh about it.
He unfortunately went blind as he got older, so we had to put him down. The problem being, we could not keep up with repairing and replacing gates.
He could not see them, and used to run the gates right out their hinges, welding them fixed did not work either, two days later he would be through the gate again, tearing the metal of the weld.
Needless to say, he also got hurt from that.

Yes, funny.

When the dog was still small, it had a pink tongue with a few purple dots on it, and as he grew the purple spots grew, until the whole tongue was purple.
It was an amazing dog, also ate an amazing amount of food every day.
I will never forget him.
And marrow bones, it was amazing how easily this dog would crunch'em up.
We could never believe it, yet it happened right in front of us.

But he had a knack. Strangers had to be very weary of him.
I always suspected he saw them as marrow bones.

We also never had problems with neighbours.

At 7 months old, Camel was about as big as most adult dogs, but very much a puppy. The lady I got him from was going to take him to the pound, just too much dog for her to handle. I knew he would likely get put to sleep, rather then be adopted. I could also tell from her stories he had a lot of potential, very smart for his age. Didn't have any experience with large breeds, and working a lot of overtime. It was rough going at first, he had almost no training. I just kept him focused on the basics and hope for the best. Turned out great, left most people and animals alone, didn't wander off. Could have easily escaped the backyard, never even tried. Really miss that monster dog, especially after just cleaning up the mess Jack made this morning while I was at work. He was doing pretty good for a while. Not real pleased that he gotten an interest in electronics, had parts scattered all over the house, even on my bed. Chewed up the foot rest on the old recliner (use to belong to my grandparents, don't really sit in much). And of course he got in the trash again, only paper, plastic, and coffee grounds. The parts kind of upset me, been working on a toy for him.

What about just putting weights on the lid of the garbage can? That way he can't push it up too easily. The only problem is he might still not get the point and hurt his nose.

If he goes on like that, he'll be the first robotic dog

Ahhhh, what will we do without our four legged friends. Life would really be boring.

I'm going to put a latch on it this weekend. Also considering putting a vibration alarm on it, so he gets a loud noise if he tries tampering with it. He learned to use the lever to pop the lid, probably learn how to work a latch. Kind of suck if I had to put an actual lock on it...

Originally Posted by rjvh

stop puting his food in the garbage can

ever thought of puting a chock device on the garbage can it keeps bulls in the padock so it should keep dogs out of the garbage can

Robert-Jan

what about the rat zapper device you did create ever tried that one????

Have been tempt to hook up a shocking device, but I don't want to hurt him. With the rats, I tried to get a lethal charge. For the dog, I'd have to really down size it.

Going to try spraying a tiny amount of ammonia in there before work, hopefully he'll find the scent unpleasant enough to leave it alone, or at least, mask anything he might be attracted to. I don't have much of a kitchen, and very little cabinet space. Under the sink, is where I store chemicals he definitely shouldn't be playing with.

Yesterday, he got into the trash while I was out mowing the lawn. Took him out and put him on a 20 foot chain while I finished the job. He actually showed some signs of knowing he did something wrong. Anyway, it's something I need to be patient with, he's still kind of young. Being a big dog, it's tough to remember that he still needs to develop mentally. I won't beat on him, don't want to cause him an pain. Kind of sucks right now, but he'll be a better dog later. I don't want him to respond out of fear, but because he knows its right. The last one turned out great, think this one can do even better. Just a matter of time and patience.

I really hate getting shock myself, don't usually mess with stuff that might bite if I'm a little careless. An electrified trash can is just begging to zap me.

Thinking maybe it's not the food or the treats, but maybe a little boredom. He doesn't seem to be the least curious about the sound toy so far. Need to make it louder, and work on the frequency range a little. Wish I could figure out some sort of puzzle box full of treats for him to figure out. Unfortunately wood and plastic are no match, and metal would do more harm then good. Something to think on.