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My dog already cant be in the kitchen. She’s still a baby but so far its just no licking her face
I typically kick my dog out of the kitchen because he's a big boy and lies in the way, so he's a tripping hazard. If we are eating he's not allowed near us, he's not allowed table scraps but a few occasions. He's a gassy boy and that stuff messes him up. If we decide to eat elsewhere, he will try to be close but I don't allow it. He's a great boy, and there have been times of temptation for him with food in my kids hands where he will sniff it but he has never actually taken from them without permission. I also don't allow them to touch him while they are eating, as this can confuse him to thinking hes allowed their food and also that's just gross, imo.
Our dog is a total sweetheart and doesn’t really care about anything. We let him in the kitchen (no way to block him out anyway unless he’s outside) and he usually just sits under the table near her chair waiting for her to drop things. We don’t let him lick her anywhere but the hands (and she gets cleaned up afterwards) just because we live in the country and we’ve seen him go for animals. We all play together and he does great. He really doesn’t care what she does to him and we let her feed him so they have a good relationship
We had to start a rule of keeping the dog out of the dining room when we were eating as our son started to throw food down to her on purpose. But once we’ve all finished she comes in and can have whatever is on the floor. She often gets the leftovers from our plates too but they get put in her bowl along with her food. If we’re eating a snack in the living room or somewhere else she will just sit there to see if she gets any. Sometimes she does sometimes she doesn’t. Depends how much we like it 🤣. Depending on the snack my son has, we have started to ask ‘do you want to give any to Bella’ and sometimes he’ll say yeah sometimes no.