Puppy Training Q&As

I have a puppy ( 4 months old ) that was raised with a family rather than a kennel so they would be socialized. Unfortunately whatever happened there has created a life time submission pissing and not liking of children We do behavioral training no hitting positive reinforcement and encouragement training, so with all my skills I'm at a dead end here. and very frustrate as a trainer, this happens at no apparent time mostly when she thinks she's in trouble. We just go on and act as though ...

A friend of mine told me he is having problems with his 8 month old pug mix (male) he said he corrected him to hard after he had an accident in his house and now it seems every time he is corrected (and he claims even when he isn't corrected) but his name is called, he rolls on his back and begins to urinate. How do I help him break this? I value your opinion. Thank you for your time. Is there any book on the market you recommend that will help me understand dog behavior better? Si...

Dear Ed, First of all your tapes and products are outstanding and I recommend them to anyone who has a dog. My pup is now 9 months old. I crate trained him from the very beginning when I brought him home. Everything that you said in the tape "Your Puppy 8 weeks to 8 months" is true. He seems to be doing fine without supervision and does not tear into the couch cushions, shoes, etc. He seems to be very well behaved after being in the crate for 8 months. Question: When ...

I read all the info on your site, but didn't see anything in regards to my particular problem. I have a 16 week old Australian Shepherd, Lab mix who is completely house trained and crate trained. She now rings a bell on the door when she needs to go out. However, she needs to pee very frequently - about every 2 hours or so (but can hold it all night). So, when I have to leave her in the crate for over 2 hours, at a certain point she cries and cries. I believe because she simply cannot hold...

Hello, I really hope you can provide me with some guidance in housebreaking my puppy. I have an 8 week old Yorkshire Terrier mix and am confused as to what I may doing wrong in attempting to housebreak him. No matter how often or long I take him outside to eliminate he will not do it, but will wait until we get back in the house to go. Even when he's showing obvious signs inside the house that he's about to go, and I direct him outside he still does not go until he returns in the house (n...

What is the best technique to have my 5 year-old (Female) G. Shepherd relieve herself in one area of the yard only? Are there safe products available to attract her to a certain area ... should I construct a 'sand pit' for her to use? Any ideas? Thanks, Jerry

We have a 9-week-old Lab, and use the crate in the garage at night. For a solid week, our dog pooped 2 or 3 times during the night and was a terrible mess by morning. He goes in his crate at 10 and is out at 5. I am concerned that he will lose the natural instinct to keep his sleeping space clean if he sleeps in it each night. We decided to make a space for him to come out and poop on paper, by blocking off a small area just outside of his crate. It has been working. Are we wrong on this,...

My pup will sometimes not make it outside to pee when I let it out of the crate. It gets excited and either pees on the floor or on the way to the door. What can I do?

Please help!! I purchased an 8 week old Yorkshire Terrier and kept him for 3 weeks without crate training. After too many "accidents," I've decided to use the crate (I had tried it several times during the 3 weeks, but could not stand the constant whining and barking), I hope I'm not too late. I'm dedicated to seeing this through this time, he's 11 weeks now. I have some very specific questions. Last night, I took his water up around 6 pm and took him out to pee at 8 pm and 9 pm to crap (...

Hi Ed, my 3 year old dog has been eating his own feces lately pretty much right after he goes after I let him out when I get home from work. I believe he has just started this behavior. He always does it after I get back in the house. I've tried to watch him from the inside and caught him doing it a couple of times. I yell "no" and get out immediately to correct him with his prong collar. However, tonight he just did it again and the circumstances are the same (doesn't even try it in fron...

We have an 11-month male Papilla. He has been doing a great job of going to the bathroom outside until recently. We will take him outside and he will urinate outside, but we bring him back in, and he sometimes goes inside also. We have been giving him more love and attention, and he will still sometimes go right in front of us. He knows that when we wake up in the morning we will put on our shoes to take him out. One morning we went to put on our shoes, and there he went. What can we do t...

One of us is on our way out the door. It's either my 4-month-old Shepherd or me. If left up to my wife she would keep the dog, so I thought I'd try contacting you once more for your help. I have followed your instructions on your video explicitly, and this puppy pees & shits inside more than out. Size of the kennel: a mosquitoes' hatband can't fit in there with the dog. Food up at 4:30, water up at 5:00. Outside at 11:00 and again at 6:00 AM. He's fine as long as we wake him up, bu...

I have a young pup who has a bad habit of eating his own poop. What can I do?

My name is Tera and I recently purchased a miniature dachshund. It is 5 months old and is doing well with its house training. The only problem I have is that in the mornings, when guests come over, or when I come home from work, the dog gets excited and will let out some urine. Will this eventually go away or does my dog have some sort of problem?

I have a 12 week old female shepherd (German of course) and she is probably the smartest dog I have every worked with. There are just three things right now that I don't know how to correct, 1. She pees on the floor when ever someone comes to visit or if she gets very excited. 2. She just started this very disgusting act of peeing on our children when they lie down on the floor 3. She bites at our faces when we play with her. She is pretty much house broken, with the exception of w...

I have a 12 week old female beagle, who wants to go to the bathroom 3 or 4 times a night. I don't feed her after 6 pm., yet she is still able to go lots. Is there anything that I can do? Feeding Pedigree Puppy food 3x per day. Anna

I just picked up my GSD pup 8 days ago. He is a magnificent dog, very intelligent. After just two day he was asking for the door to relieve himself and was asking when he was hungry. A friend of ours let us use your video, 'Your Puppy 8 Weeks to 8 Months'. It is great. But none the less we have a big problem with the pup. He does not tolerate the crate. He keeps crying and barking all the time. I mean all the time; he does not get tired of it? We follow your training to the "T." It does n...

The techniques we have used to train our 5 month old shepherd have come directly from this web site. Unfortunately, we were unable to locate an article with a similar subject that addresses our particular issue with our dog. Our dog is definitely an alpha dog however my husband has managed to gain the title of leader in our pack. Our dog seems to like my husband, but I'm definitely his favorite because I spend all day with him. With this in mind, the problem we have is: When my hus...

Wow! You have certainly made me think about a few things. Several items have my concern. My daughters and I just adopted a beautiful male German Shepherd from the shelter. He is approximately 2 years old, and a sweetheart. We have had him for one week. He has not shown any aggressive behavior at all, as a matter of fact my daughters call him a "wus." We found him last Monday, a very sad sight in the shelter, laying in the pen, and no response. The guy at the shelter said that he walked li...

Hello! My name is Ray. I am in the U.S. Navy stationed in Spain. First let me say thank you for your web site and training articles, info, etc. that you provide. I am a constant visitor to your site as I have used your site for help in training my 2 yr old male Rott. This is the best site for dog training! My question has to deal with training a 2 1/2 year female Rott that I have just adopted from a family friend. Now my male Rott is completely obedience trained. But my female Rott...