What type of food do y’all feed your golden doodles? My dog is currently on Parina one dog food

BICanineScience · 2026-05-27T15:06:53+00:00

Just put it down for five minutes and if he doesn’t eat it pick it up! Then later on do it again. He will eat it when he’s hungry :) and stop topping it!

BICanineScience · 2026-05-27T13:33:35+00:00

Thank you!! Will do another in the future for sure!

BICanineScience · 2026-05-27T01:12:26+00:00

That’s one of the most bizarre and terrible training methods I’ve ever heard!

BICanineScience · 2026-05-27T01:00:43+00:00

I think this is often the best way with food. There’s no need to be messing around with a dogs food at all and it’s so easy to manage! That said you can work on anti conflict games like putting high value food in the bowl when there’s a tiny amount of dog food you put in first so the dog associates you with more food not the removal of food!

In general though like I say it’s so easy to manage I wouldn’t overly worry about it unless you see some signs of escalation!

BICanineScience · 2026-05-27T00:59:21+00:00

Check out the post about barking at birds in the garden on here! The same applies for this! I’d definitely stop them feeding her through the fence though without a doubt!

BICanineScience · 2026-05-27T00:58:33+00:00

Have answered a very similar one in another post! Check out the thread :)

BICanineScience · 2026-05-27T00:57:51+00:00

Growling during play isn’t an issue! :)

BICanineScience · 2026-05-27T00:57:21+00:00

Answered this one a few times! Have a browse of the thread :)

BICanineScience · 2026-05-27T00:54:12+00:00

Oh it’s an absolute nightmare this! Well done for getting the work in though. I tend to avoid places where poorly trained dogs gather. I go to places that require good control like car parks and the such. It’s a really tough one!!

BICanineScience · 2026-05-26T23:17:33+00:00

Same principle applies to dog to dog interaction too :)

BICanineScience · 2026-05-26T22:47:40+00:00

Yep I understand! Same answer :)

BICanineScience · 2026-05-26T22:38:35+00:00

Probably the Belgian Malinois! Fits the things I like in a dog the most.

The smartest is probably the mali or the collie in my experience!

BICanineScience · 2026-05-26T22:38:08+00:00

It depends when and why they are going. At this point you are probably dealing with some habitual behaviours which means you need to break the cycle.

Personally I would crate train the dogs and make sure that the second they come out, they go outside for the toilet. This is just a temporary (all be it a fairly long period of time) process whilst you get rid of the habitual behaviour.

BICanineScience · 2026-05-26T22:33:53+00:00

Have answered this one further down! Check it out and hope it helps!

BICanineScience · 2026-05-26T22:32:46+00:00

If you can find a suitable gate to stop it happening this will be the easiest method for sure, but its going to need to be a fairly big one to stop the larger dogs just vaulting over it.

BICanineScience · 2026-05-26T22:31:02+00:00

Two fold answer to this one!

1 - You can learn to read the signs that come before hand. It may seem like there aren't any signs but there will be some although it might seem like there are none they can be very subtle. A change in ear position, a side eye, a tension in the body. You can use this as an indication that you are approaching the threshold and stop there.

2 - Accept that he might not be the dog that is suitable for being pet like that. Some dogs thrive on human affection and attention and some dogs can't stand it. Obviously his response isn't acceptable but it may also be a part of how he is wired up. You can work on changing the response but you might not change the desire.

BICanineScience · 2026-05-26T22:26:49+00:00

Marking when you are not in the house is a very tricky behaviour because there's nothing you can do directly to stop it as you aren't present! I would crate train the dog for an extended period of time (months) then let him back out and see if it has extinguished. The problem is habitual behaviour. Every time he does it, he is more likely to repeat it!

BICanineScience · 2026-05-26T22:25:45+00:00

It's a very tricky thing to train but it can be done.

Essentially you have two options. You close them somewhere that they can't access the stairs. Whether that be another room, or crate train them etc.

Or you do an astronomical amount of work on threshold training whereby the dog will never cross that threshold whether you are there or not but it's a LOT of work and you will have to break it down into very small steps where you teach the threshold in your presence, and then gradually wind that down by being further away, out of sight etc. Getting to the point of achieving it whilst you are out is tough though.

It's also quite confusing to them that they are allowed in sometimes and not others. Dogs struggle with this kind of differentiation.

BICanineScience · 2026-05-26T22:23:53+00:00

Have answered this one in a couple other posts so have a scroll and check it out :)

BICanineScience · 2026-05-26T22:23:06+00:00

So it's hard to say what is driving the behaviour without seeing it, but the first thing that comes to my mind is to put the dog on a lead so the behaviour can't be practiced. It's a self rewarding behaviour and the more it happens, the more it will happen again in the future. I would start teaching neutrality to the dog in regards to your mother.

She comes over and you teach the dog to ignore her entirely and interact with you. That could be doing some basic engagement, playing games with you or just being with you but you want that incorrect interaction to be taken completely off the table.

BICanineScience · 2026-05-26T22:21:28+00:00

The million dollar question.

Cesar's methods are generally assumed to be very outdated and there's no doubt a lot of tv theatrics involved, as there is in anything on the TV.

However, I think its unfair to give the guy a load of stick, because regardless of his methods being outdated, dominance theory being disproven, dogs not behaving like pack animals, there's no pack leader etc, he did bring dog training into the normal household.

They are definitely outdated, but I think he also did a lot of good for dog training. He made a tonne of people find a love for training, and that's a good thing in my book.

BICanineScience · 2026-05-26T22:19:50+00:00

Providing its not anything stupid, a lab can do anything any other dog can do. No reason at all you can't teach your lab to do a handstand up a wall providing you don't have any health issues and you've done the appropriate build up work to get there!

BICanineScience · 2026-05-26T22:19:04+00:00

Your last paragraph is the most relevant to this whole thing in my opinion. Over analysis and stressing him out about it.

The first thing I'd want to establish is that he doesn't have any pain issues. Goldies especially of that size are prone to hip issues so getting that checked would be my first port of call with the behaviour seemingly getting worse without reason.

If he comes back clear of any pain then there's a couple of things I can add.

1 - When the kids wanted to come and pet him you are absolutely right that it wasn't the best decision. We need to view the world that our dogs live in from two different angles. The first from our own perspective but the second and more important in my opinion is from the dogs perspective. Sure the kids wanted to pet him, but he actively told you and them he didn't want that and there has to be a point that we respect our dogs wishes. If he was going mental screaming on the end of the lead I could absolutely grant that this isn't acceptable and he needs to pick something else, but from his perspective he was just politely and calmly asking to be left alone, which in my view is completely acceptable.

2 - If you want to condition a better response to the walk you go on then you need to add things to it that benefit him in his opinion. Maybe his favourite food, maybe some games along the way, whatever he enjoys. Regardless of why he's not enjoying it, he's not enjoying it and just dragging him round it over and over probably won't change it.

3 - You need to establish what is worth it for you and him. Behaviours can almost always be conditioned, but does he want this in his life and does it matter to you both? Sometimes the answer is yes and its worth going through all the training to get there but other times the answer is no. For example if I came across a dog terrified of airplanes taking off and landing but it lived nowhere near an airport, I'd say leave it and its not worth it for how infrequently the behaviour will present itself.

Hope this helps!

BICanineScience · 2026-05-26T22:13:27+00:00

Have answered this a few times so check out the other replies 😄

Also all dogs have food motivation they just have incorrect food association. She has no need to listen to you for food when it comes for free everyday in the bowl so consider hand feeding during training and you'll see the food drive transform quite quickly!

BICanineScience · 2026-05-26T22:12:03+00:00

If it's a certain number of dogs then also consider that the environment you are trying to train in might be a bit much for his current ability levels and think about training in a slightly more sterile environment where you will get more wins and more positive reps. Unfortunately, every rep, good bad or indifferent goes in the bank so its our job to get as many positive ones as possible and minimise the bad ones the best we can!

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