puppy is driving us crazy

ystalyfera

even though the door is open and what ever he's done he gets a fuss always.Praise though not treats.

Fire_Fox

ystalyfera wrote: »

:huh: so whta are you supposed to do then...the pup as to know he's done wrong or he'd being running all over the place doing what ever he wanted.Or is this what are trying to say leave them do what ever.Like the youngster of today doing what they want to such and extent you can t even correct them now without you ending up in court or police round your house etc......

POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT. Puppies are not ASBO homo sapiens they are immature canis lupus familiaris; a puppy has the reasoning capability and IQ of a very young child not a teenager. If you honestly think your dog understands the difference between right and wrong why not simply explain to him that you'd prefer he didn't !!!!!! on the kitchen floor because it stinks, full of bacteria, slip hazard, gunks up your dustpan and brush? :rotfl:

ystalyfera

Fire_Fox wrote: »

POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT. Puppies are not ASBO homo sapiens they are immature canis lupus familiaris; a puppy has the reasoning capability and IQ of a very young child not a teenager. If you honestly think your dog understands the difference between right and wrong why not simply explain to him that you'd prefer he didn't !!!!!! on the kitchen floor because it stinks, full of bacteria, slip hazard, gunks up your dustpan and brush? :rotfl:

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Person_one

ystalyfera wrote: »

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Sigh. Just don't get a dog. Please.

ystalyfera

Person_one wrote: »

Sigh. Just don't get a dog. Please.

i have one thanks and had a lot of help apart for the scarky comments here.this is the whole point of me asking here but wont again thats for cert........Cheers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fire_Fox

ystalyfera wrote: »

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Bless.

ystalyfera

sorry for spoiling your thread "D" but the Ego's here are way to big for me:mad::mad::mad::mad:

Darlyd

I could not possibly just leave the door open for him, he is only a baby..

So far so good, he is such a good boy where the toilet is concerned. But biting everything is doing my head in, not toys that is fine, its my arm/hand/fingers/toes. And the little sod made my husbands nose bleed (sorry I was in hysterics with laughter), he is evil! lol...

I am the only one who can calm him down, and I love that feeling. Molly hates him coming towards her, she tells him everytime, he just does not get the hint... So we are having to keep them seperated as much as possible. Molly is on the rug now, and Alphy is beside me on the sofa asleep. (I calmed him down). When he wakes up we will call molly up on the sofa to give her some peace... lol

Caroline_a

OP you are teaching your dog that it's ok to plague your older dog by trying to keep them apart. She will sort him out, and is probably doing this in her own time. By putting him on the sofa with you, while Molly is on the floor, you are saying that he is higher up in the pecking order than she is, so giving him carte blanche to keep pestering her.

They have to be allowed to sort themselves out - 'giving her some peace' wont help at all. If she wants to get away from him she will do so.

If he is nipping, then when he does it you need to ignore him, turn away from him and push him away. Puppies thrive on attention, and by ignoring him, walking away, or alternatively I had a lot of success with the compressed air sprays in stopping bad behaviour, but make sure you don't laugh at him and pick him up. That's the best way I know to keep him doing it.

ali-t

darlyd wrote: »

Molly hates him coming towards her, she tells him everytime, he just does not get the hint... So we are having to keep them seperated as much as possible. Molly is on the rug now, and Alphy is beside me on the sofa asleep. (I calmed him down). When he wakes up we will call molly up on the sofa to give her some peace... lol

My youngest was 18 months before I would leave him alone with the oldest one who is an illnatured grump when other dogs are around. She loves him now but I took it very slowly as she is a staff and could have really hurt him. He is now 3 times the size and weight of her and respects her rather than being frightened of her.

You will have to introduce them at a pace you feel comfortable with. If I had a couple of poodles or yorkies where one was not accepting of a pup I could have rushed it more but in my case I had a staffy and a rottie so time was required.

From your pics it looks like you have 2 staffy's, if the older one is really intolerant she could really hurt the pup. Can you use stair gates to prevent the little one annoying her but she is still aware of his smell and noises etc but can't nip her?