Do you have a dog who acts fearful when you cook lamb? If so, you may want to know what to do about this behavior. Some dogs may even refuse to eat lamb meat after all the negative associations. Following are several tips.
Have a person walk your dog when you are cooking lamb. This way your dog is spared from the whole sizzling and smoking event.
Keep your dog in a different room with a helper. Your dog may still smell the lamb, but at least hes not fully exposed to the full-intensity situation.
Distract with something tasty. If your dogs fear of lamb meat is mild, chances are, hell be able to become distracted if you offer him something tasty like a Kong stuffed with goodies or a bully stick.
Open all windows and doors. This way any smoke will escape and not trigger your fire alarm.
Use the silent button. If you have a standalone smoke detector, press the test/silence button. Usually, after silencing the smoke alarm, a red light will flash every 5 seconds to remind you its in silence mode.
Remove the battery from your smoke alarm. Remember though to put it back on once youre done cooking! Have a person remind you just in case.
Train a lets go outside, cue. I used this with my Rottweiler. I trained her to respond to a lets go outside cue, the moment there was smoke in the house. This behavior is great as a fire drill as it could have come handy in case of a real fire!
References:
Gkarane, V., Brunton, N.P., Harrison, S.M., Gravador, R.S., Allen, P., Claffey, N.A., Diskin, M.G., Fahey, A.G., Farmer, L.J., Moloney, A.P., & Monahan, F.J. (2018). Volatile Profile of Grilled Lamb as Affected by Castration and Age at Slaughter in Two Breeds. Journal of food science, 83 10, 2466-2477 .
Can Dogs Eat Cooked Lamb?
Dogs can absolutely eat cooked lamb.
Make sure the lamb is cooked all the way through, with no pink left.
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