Chico my pup. My boy, this pup. Has learned some of the commands via marker training, we have done some training with distractions in different environments (big stores with lots of pedestrians; On the trails with soldiers training lots of movement and distractions; On our walks cars passing and noise etc, etc).

I have been noticing thou, He has a tendency to not get motivated if there is no food. He's actually I think handler aggressive to some degree. Biting normal for a pup, but actually snapping at my leg when pull back on a walk, can't have this, I am disable, and hurting. I believe if I don't get him settle down now, I will be in trouble at 60 pounds or 80 pounds.

So today at cleaning some junk out of his ears, his teeth snarling, and biting some natural defense on his part, I had to nip it in the bud. So we got down and dirty. I got his ears cleaned. and after we trained with leash and tog in hand, and we play after each successful obedient command. This is a dog training for schutzhund. And PPD if it is in him. No babies in house, granddaughter from time to time, which means crate or leash supervision. I am doing what I think I know, and what I observer on the ground. Marker training is still in effect, But I will not tolerate disobedience as aggressiveness.

Trainers any input?, Do you understand? I want to do this right. bond, respect, But most of all compliance. I will go back to square one if need to be. I know he is still a puppy, we are together most of the time, lots of exercise, training and play Please Help? Dan

Sorry to hear you are going through this Dan.

How old is this boy again?

Niomi, my Chico is four months, 35lbs. I have taken him out twice since our first session for some OB, food and toy in hand, made it fun, playful and short. looked OK. I also spent some time with him with just petting and good boy, my plan is to do short OB, play and just be together. Once I see bad behavior, I will correct, and put him up. I will use ED 5-5-5 and go back to my videos. we are no at the end, we are learning. Thanks, Dan

If you're correcting and then putting him away...
What memory of training do you think he's left with?

Always end on a positive note. ALWAYS. That's the number one rule of all training.

If you got sent home from work each day being told "You're a real piece of shit Danilo, I don't know why you even bother showing up", how much would you look forward to getting up each morning to go to work?

Dan,
So he got pissed off about the ear cleaning? How were you cleaning his ears? There is a good way that does not get them mad at you, I learned this the hard way.
Or
likes to bite at you if he gets frustrated?

I don’t correct and put the puppy away, I like to make sure they understood what they were being corrected for, forgive them and move on with life. Remember he is a too young for corrections during OB.

Dan, from ME Focused Heeling DVD: "If the puppy tries to bite me I ignore him. He does not get attention for this behavior and because he does not get any reaction from me it does not get reinforced. The puppy abandons his attempts because he does not get anything out of it. Of course, with an adult dog you cannot just ignore biting and you'll have to correct it. Hahahaha." ... or something like this

I was having trouble with my ACD pup growling and nipping when I was trying to bathe him, trim nails etc. A person on here recommended that I give him food treats as we were working.
It felt wrong to me---like I would be rewarding nastiness. BUT it turned out that he was perhaps AFRAID of the grooming, something I hadn't considered. Anyhow, now I can brush him all over, Furminate him, and bathe him, with an intermittent piece of cat food. It changed his focus from trying to avoid my grooming to waiting for a reward for being patient about it.
Maybe try a treat or two during the next ear session, see how that goes. It really helped my pup.

Correcting, and making sure compliance, and a play session, all of this in minutes, then put away, for next. session. Dan

Point well taken. Always end on a good note. Thanks. Dan