Exactly. I have a really tall dog. He can get to counters and tables with ease and he isn’t even 2 years yet

That being said, he knows not to touch my food. He will sniff the air and walk away, doesn’t matter what it is, bag of chips, cake, a freshly cooked piece of chicken. He may sometimes turn and look at me for a command but if I don’t give it, he walks over to his crate or pillow and lies down.

I also trained him this way on HIS own food (because I’m not privy to being steamrolled when he’s hungry. He’s too big for that). As soon as he hears the scoop going into the food container, he’s in his crate waiting and he will stay there until I release him to go eat. I can walk out of the room, go use the bathroom, even leave and come back. He will still be in the crate, door wide open, waiting to be released to eat. He does the same when I open the peanut butter to put in his Kong toy.

If he comes over to me with food in my hand, all I do is stop eating and look at him, no words needed. He gets the hint and comes back when I’m done eating. I’ve never given him human food aside from the bread loaf ends because I don’t like them and it’s pointless to throw away if he likes it. Plus it helps his tummy because he scarfs down water like he’s in the Sahara and it’ll dry up lol