[pyrnet] TRAINING: anticipating the correction

[EFPico@gateway.net]

    I have been training Pico using a choke collar for the past six months 
and he has been doing really well. However, he recently came up with a new 
trick and I am not sure what to do. He is terrible about picking stuff up off 
the ground and eating it if it passes his stringent guidelines. When I see 
that he has picked something up, I say no and give him a correction with the 
leash. He has learned to anticipate this and he now watches me to see when I 
am ready to give the correction so that he can jump in the direction I am 
pulling. He then stays right next to me, so I don't get a second chance. The 
first time this happened, I thought it was just a coincidence, the next time 
it happened, I could see him watching me so he could see what way to jump. Of 
course, during all this, he is busily chewing on his little tidbit so he can 
swallow it as soon as possible. Sometimes it is very hard not to laugh. 
    Does anyone else have any experience with a situation like this or 
thoughts on a better way to keep him from scarfing up whatever he comes 
across on our walks. One other thing, please don't say reach in and take it 
out of his mouth. I can do that, he will let me, I just don't want to pull 
out some of the things he has found. yuck!

Elaine and Pico AKA chowhound