Obbessive Counter Surfing

[Debbie and Thomas]

I checked out past forums and took note of the advice there, but nothing seems to work. Our 5 1/2 month old GD is obsessed with the kitchen counters. He is very large and can reach to the middle of the counter already! We have never fed him food from off the counter but he knows that is where all the good stuff is. We keep the counters clear when we are not there to supervise. I have tried two sided tape. He likes it and peels it off with his teeth and takes off with the long strip! The beast! We are at our wits end. I don't want to have to guard my counters for the next 15 years. Shouldn't he learn now that this is not allowed?? He is a very well trained dog and is in intermediate obedience and knows all of the commands. He is a smart, good boy, but for some reason it is like training a brick wall when it comes to this. I think it is time to consider some serious measures. I saw a device at the store that looks like a TV converter-you push a button that emits a high frequency noise only the dog can hear when they do something inappropriate.The dog does not like this at all and will stop the unwanted behaviour. Is this mean to do? I also saw some pads that you lay on the counter. If the dog jumps up, they are gently zapped!! I don't know about this one-we'll probably get zapped more than he will. Someone told me that there are indoor "Invisible fence" set ups which is probably similar to the counter pads I was talking about. Any help here would surely be appreciated.

[fergie11]

Do you really have that much patience?

[fergie11]

I use the zone system thing. It works with my invisible fence collar but I know you can buy it with its own collar. It works so wonderfully. Its made by Innotek. google Innotek zones. - try e-bay. Anyway you put this disk on you counter and you can set how far it zaps. It gives a 3 second warning and then a little zap. Its only a small disk so it doesn't get in your way. Doodles learn so fast - one zap and thats it. If you remember the standard poodle i had for awhile, I taught him to stay out of the cooking part of the kitchen in 2 tries - He was only 3 1/2 months old. After that - no problem. I could take the zones away and puppies will not go anywhere the areas i taught them not too. Highly recommend it. This is not mean at all. Plus - it works when your not home or your not watching them. Also - you're not connected to it. You are not the bad guy correcting them all the time. I love it.

[Debbie and Thomas]

Wow, Thank you so much!!! I think this is worth investing in. My poor guy is getting yelled at all the time now-our patience is running thin plus I have had the flu for a week and have absolutely NO patience. I am googling this device right now. Its as much for him as it is for us- he is a really good boy aside from this. I don't want to chatise him all the time. Thanks again for some great advice.