I have a 2 year old male rescue. He‘s only been with me a few weeks and over all he’s a good dog, crate trained and housebroken. He’s a mix, best guess is Shepherd/Husky/Hound or something. He is constantly sniffing obsessively outside and literally screams at bunnies and squirrels so I know his prey drive is strong. The thing that’s been most challenging though is his behavior inside when we have certain foods, he literally goes nuts sniffing and jumping uncontrollably. Not with all foods but we had pizza one night and I made sausage another time and it’s like he is in a trance and nothing (I’ve tried all the high value treats) can break him out of it.
I’m really concerned as he’s a jumper and no baby gate can stop him even if I wanted to gate him from the kitchen I can’t. I don’t want to crate him, as he is just starting to go into the crate without any protesting so I don’t want to associate it negatively
Thanks for your advice.
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