My puppy climbed on the table and ate my daughters Mac n cheese?

The site was something to laugh about :) however I dont want her doing that.
What is the proper way to handle this? I didnt want to crate her, because I dont want her to associate crating as punishment and I didnt want to put her outside because I didnt want her to associate being put outside as punishment either.
Answers:
He he he.

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You have to correct her as soon as you catch her in the act by saying no or down very firmly. Next time let her have the opportunity to try again but stop her as soon as you see her make an attempt so that she knows it's not allowed.

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Our male Cockapoo is always climbing on the table and instead of hitting him or yelling at him we taught him by clicking our fingers and saying repeatedly"Get down down down now now now!" and then when he does get down we praise him by saying "Good boy, good Snowball, good boy!" and pet him . It's worked so far, but sometimes he just gets so excited over visitors or from us coming home from work, he works himself up and back on the table.

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if i was in ur situation, what i would do is to put him/her in another room for a couple minutes to let him/her know that what he/she did is wrong. Also, you can get a trainer. But if you dont want to get a trainer, you should watch these two shows that are on ANIMAL PLANET. the two shows are:
It's me or the dog and Divine Canine
they really help you with tips on training dogs. Good Luck!

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Word of advice. I read some of the advice you got, but do NOT repeat a command right away when you are first teaching it to her. It will teach her that you can say it alot and you dont want that. You want her to do as you command when you first say it. Say it first wait for her. If she does not do it, wait a while, and then say it again.

Good luck!!

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You need to establish that it's not okay to be on the table.
Whenever your dog does this, or anything else you don't like, you should immediately respond in a way that makes the dog realize that the consequences of such an action are not desirable. So, when he jumps up, spray him with a water bottle or smack a rolled up magazine on the table/floor behind him so as to scare him. NEVER hit the dog. This is a great alternative to putting him outside, because by the time you do this, the dog no longer realizes what he's done that's wrong.
Be firm but gentle with the dog. Say "No!" is a strong voice to accompany the squirt/magazine when the dog does something wrong. He'll learn fast, and there won't be any hard feelings!

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practice putting irresistable tidbits on the table and act normal, stay in the room and don't "tease" your dog with the food or try to "make" it go for it...just ignore the dog and if he/she goes for it give a firm "NO" leave the food there until the dog moves away from the area, as long as the dog is focused on the food, it is simply trying to "wait" you out. You need to "own" the table %26 the food on it so to speak. If your dog doesn't listen to the "no" or is too fast for you to correct, leave a loose long (6 ft or so) leash on it and then you can give it a leash correction.

Do this several times thruout the day/wk when ever you think about it till the dog gets the message. Also, I got a feeling your kid is probably sneak'n scraps to the dog (wink, lol) you need to make sure the dog is NEVER NEVER NEVER fed period from the table ANYTHING. If you have left over scraps you want to give the dog remove them from the table and take them to a different room or area and give it to the dog or put it in its dish. Make sure the kids follow this rule to.

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Smart puppy! ***Never use any form of intimidation with any dog. Smacking a newspaper to scare her is NOT OK. ***
How about this : answer these questions. Does your pup think that her crate is a *great* place to be? Does she readily fly into there and await the rewards you've been giving her for going in there?
If you said an unhesitating "yes!" to both of these, then it is OK to escort her - wordlessly! - to her crate for a time-out. BUT. When you take her out of there, make a conscious decision to put at least 5 positive "deposits" into your relationship. Ask for simple behaviors that she knows, that you can reward her for doing quickly. If she knows just 1 or 2 things, that's OK. But, be sure to always 'counter' the time-out with lots of Good Stuff. This maintains the great relationship you have with your dog.
Great question! I can see that you care about your pup a lot.

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You can only correct her bad behavior as soon as she does it, a swift pop or flick on the nose and a very firm No! will let her know that it isn't fun to steal people food. Alot of people won't agree with the pop on the nose, but my dog went from living in a doggie crate to being house trained in a week, as I would pop her whenever she did wrong (she had lived in a crate or outside for 2 years), so she learned something in that week.

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lol when my dogs do that we just tell them bad go hide and they run in the back and hide under bed and they know not to do it anymore! when we didnt know how to ounish them we put them out side and they loved it and they di it agian so we told them go hide in the back and bad dog and they hide and dont do it anymore! hope this all helps!

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She should NOT be allowed near the table when you are eating! Period!

Start with obedience training so that this dog can understand your commands and OBEY them. Then you can tell the dog to down, and stay OUTSIDE of the dining area until you are done eating.

But you need obedience training now, and someone should have commanded that dog OFF the table LONG before it could start eating your dauighter's MEAL.

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Puppies are like kids. You can tell them the same thing a hundred times and they'll scowl at you and whine, but the 101st time they'll suddenly listen.

Someone suggested setting up traps and then reprimanding her when she falls into them. A bit deceitful, but... It doesn't sound like a bad idea. But don't repeat the same command over and over - get her away from what she's doing. If you just say "no" over and over, then no eventually loses its meaning and, at the very best, she'll just assume that when you don't say "no" (or aren't there to say "no") it's OK. Then there's the basic sit/stay, etc... which, once embedded into her brain, will keep her from even trying to steal the food.

But dogs love being around when you eat - it's the ultimate in bonding, it seems. I don't see the problem in it... by all means, let her stay with you when you eat. My dog sits by my side when I eat... when he was a puppy, we gave him a seat at the table. But... he doesn't ever try to steal food, even when left alone with it (in fact, he chases the cats away when they try to steal it)... so obviously it works. I also feed him from the table sometimes, and since he expects something, he doesn't try to steal (actually, part of why he chases the cats away is because he thinks if he's guarding the food, he'll get a reward). By all means, if she goes an entire meal without trying to steal anything, then give her a little something - it'll reward her for being good, and she'll stop *stealing* food in exchange for being *given* food as a reward (ie: establish that you're in control of the food, the table, and the situation, and she gets what you say she gets when you say she gets it).

Like with kids, be firm and establish that you're in control, but still show them the respect and care that they deserve. There's something to be said for letting them know that you trust them (being loyal/pack animals, they don't like to betray that trust once you get them to that point of understanding).

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get a spray bottle and fill it with water and squirt her when she does something wrong it is not harmfull and it does not hurt her . I hope I helped.