Why no picnic thieves? – Safety first<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Now, you may think your humans don\u2019t want you to raid other people\u2019s picnics just because they are mean, or that they don\u2019t want to upset the other people. There seems to be more to it than that and some of it is in your interest. Their first concern is that we don\u2019t eat things that will make us ill. Lots of family picnics include foods that can make us very ill. Some could even kill us and with that in mind it probably doesn\u2019t do any harm to sit your human down and suggest you work on this together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dogs for Good Instructor Katie Steel has worked with Dogs for Good for four years and is the charity\u2019s autism instructor. Katie said: \u201cConsider free-running your dog in different areas that are more likely to be picnic-free. Instead of town or country parks that are the first choice for picnics, you could take your dog to canals, woods or much bigger open spaces where they can enjoy their free run and you\u2019re not worried about him or her making off with a cocktail sausage. You could also take high-value treats with you on your free-run \u2013 their very own picnic! Cheese and tasty meat treats are largely irresistible and will encourage your dog to come back to you for something yummy instead of raiding someone\u2019s picnic.\u201d She sounds my kind of person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Katie\u2019s other tips include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Take different treats each time to keep us interested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Keep your eyes peeled and put us back on a lead before we have chance to realise what we\u2019re missing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Take our favourite squeaky toy or ball to distract us with and play with us so we don\u2019t feel fed up about having to skirt around a picnic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you can\u2019t change our walk time or location, go a different way around to keep us on our toes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you can take us out and times less likely to be favoured by picnicers or better still in the rain \u2013 we like that but people having picnics don\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Practice recall with both voice and whistle to cover all eventualities. We make it a game and play tag. Mum calls \u2018tag\u2019 and we have to run and put our noses into her hand. She then praises us and gives us a treat. She does it at all sorts of random times, even in the garden so we see it as a fun game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n We get hundreds of press releases and don\u2019t tell you about most of them. This one though not only interested us because of the advice but they really seem to be an awesome charity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dogs for Good provides expertly-trained assistance dogs to people with physical disabilities and families who have a child with autism. The charity also supports people with learning disabilities and dementia to help them lead a more independent life through the help of a trained dog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Puppies-enjoying-a-free-run-in-the-park-1024x901.jpg\")
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