Cocker spaniel pup driving us mad at mealtimes!

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Can anyone advise on the best thing to do?

My cocker spaniel pup (6 months) is a pain while we’re eating our dinner- she jumps up and tries to snaffle things off the table. As a result, we now put her in the hall while we eat- she can see us, but is separated by a stair gate. She now barks throughout our dinner because she wants to be let in! In frustration we moved her into the conservatory this evening, because the barking was incessant, where she carried on barking, until we finished our meal and let her in.

I have tried giving her a chew/ treat as we sit down to eat, but she wolfs it down and we still have the same problem 30 seconds later! I can't really afford to provide a long lasting chew at every single meal time.

Thoughts? Thanks in advance

Maybe a slow feeder bag or snuffle bag or lick mat might be a distraction

There's a jumping up at the counter advice guide in the DTaS on Facebook but basically what you need to do is practice with pup on a mat and occasionally toss treats (close enough together so he doesn't jump up but then space it out). Eventually you should get to a stage where he'll lie there whilst you eat with a promise of a treat at the end.
And no it doesn't encourage begging - you're just letting pup know what to do when you're sitting to eat,
Might be to begin with someone focuses on throwing treat after treat (or use his kibble from his dinner) all whilst lying on a mat.
I think Sally Bradbury recommends starting with a jar of smoked sausage first!

Does she have a crate? Training sending her to her crate or her bed at mealtimes and learning to keep herself calm can work.

Another option is to leave her to bark it out, if you don't give in eventually she will learn it gets her nowhere (painful depending on how long this takes though)

Does she know "settle'?

@Claudia84 advice is pretty much what we did. Took about a week of us taking it in turns to eat while the other tossed treats on the bed. And we never fed her from the table. She just goes to her bed now when we eat.

The in laws on the other hand…when they are round you can’t get her away from the table. As they encourage her begging….