Dog Health Questions: Is dog training a good thing?

We got a trainer for a dog we just got to help her stop doing her business in the house.
(We have 2 other dogs, so 3 altogether.)
And now, the trainer is telling my mom to feed them at 5-530pm, and at 6, take the food away.
And same thing in the morning.
And at night, around 9-10pm, we take away their water and put it up.
So then we know about what time they will do their business.
And the trainer was saying "would you leave breakfast on the table for your kids if they didn't eat it".
But humans can decide when they want to eat.
Animals can't just pull something out of the cabinet and eat it.

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The trainer is absolutely right.

You shouldn't let dogs free feed; if you do, they'll end up having to go potty all day. Same thing with water at night, you don't want them waking you up to go out.

Would I leave breakfast on the table if my kids didn't eat it? Nope. If they're not hungry, they're not hungry.

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• trainers are a very good thing and the trainer is only making this temporary to help teach your dogs to recognize when they have to go potty and let you know. they wont go hungry or starve. kind of like teaching a new born baby to adapt to your schedule. your dogs will learn eventually and get the hang of it. be patient, takes time... :-)


• your trainer is very right. you should take away the food so they know that when food is given to them, they eat it and don't wait all day to eat. but i have to disagree with taking away the water. they should have the water out just because water is defiantly essential and dogs probably need water more than food.


• Taking the food away is to train your dog to eat at fixed times. As a result your dog will need to go at certain time to, so you can program (yourself) when to take him out.
  
  A more efficient way would be to learn the dog is it wrong to poop in the house. There's tons of good training manuals on line, so I don't need if you really need that expensive (?) dog trainer...


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• This procedure is widely used in dog training. You are not denying your dog just teaching it to eat when the food is there . Its just behavioral modification. You don't want your pet to pee and poop in the house forever !


• i think ur trainer is wrong the dog will learn at his own paste but taking away the dogs food? u wouldnt like that if someone did that to u now would u?


• na, just let it **** all over your house.


• you should feed your dog at certain times so your dog won't be spoiled and so you could teach your dog that he/she has to eat during that time and even though your dog won't eat when the times up you take your dog's food away. When your dog needs to use the bathroom he/she will give signs like sniffing the ground, going in circle, digging the ground or corners, etc. also whenever your dog gives off signs or whenever you walk your dog look at the time so the next time you will know what time to feed your dog and when to walk him/her. Or you could put a dog bell on your doorknob and train your dog to ring the bell w/ his/her nose or something to let you know that he/she need to use the bathroom.


• I personally leave my dogs food out. It is always fine if you leave it out because it gives a dog choice on when to eat. But if you notice it becomes a problem that the dog is constantly eating that could cause obesiety and that is a serious problem! so what i do with my dog is i give him to cups of food a day one in the morning and one at night its the perfect diet for my dog. but you could also go with the training. but training could effect the dog at first. I personally think the best thing to do is food in the morning and take it aways before work or school (which ever one you have) and than when you get home give him/her food until bed time! [: hope i helped!