Quote: walter chong

At this moment Junior is on flat collar, when I needed to correct him using a flat collar he is totally no respond to my command, and he is fully understand what "NO" mean...

I am using marker training him since I got him.

And mentioning about biting my son, 99% of the time is out side the house when Junior saw my sons then he will charge on them and he will go directly onto their legs.

Inside the house, he is well behave dog, just not out side!!!

If he is good inside but chases the boys outside - that is something controllable. The boys may simply not be able to be outside running when the dog is loose - or the dog needs to be under control when they are playing. You could begin by having the dog on a leash and working him on one side of the yard (obedience/marker training) with the boys playing quietly on the other side of the yard. You have to make yourself MORE exciting than the boys - get out that rag/tug whatever and keep him engaged and playing with you and begin learning to ignore the boys. If his prey drive is high, the boys running is too much for him to handle at his level of obedience. You can be pro-active about this and plan for training sessions where you have the dog under control and your boys are "helping" by doing something a bit farther away.

I learned early on that sometimes I thought Falcon "knew" something but he only knew it in a particular setting... Example: he knows "bring it" when we are playing with his flying squirrel and responds perfectly to it. I asked him to "bring it" inside yesterday on a completely different object and he looked at me like "duhh?" He associates the word with that one action right now and I have to train him that it also applies to other areas. You dog might know "no" for one behavior, but it could mean nothing in other situations. (Especially when he is in high drive chasing your boys!)

How is the marker training working for you? What behaviors/actions does he know? I ask because I also found that asking Falcon to do something he KNOWS instead of telling him "NO" - helps a lot... If he is nosing around in a potted plant, I have much better success telling him "Sit!" than I do with just no... Maybe because he learned with treats and knows he gets praise goodies when he obeys and nothing fun happens with a "no"??

I think Steve's encouragement to seek professional advice might be a great VALUE in the long run... Yes, you have to pay a trainer but that training may prevent something far more "expensive" (and damaging) from happening.

Don't give up Walter just be really, really careful with your boys and pup right now.

It may also help if you have the boys do some of the fun marker training like the touch game and simple OB like sit and down. My girls are older, but they are supposed to make the dog sit when they come home from college and open the front door rather than let the dog jump all over them. Rules in the backyard are "NO CHASE" but we all can sit in chairs and hang out and throw the kong when she brings it. Kind of calm?

I want to add that Maggie is over a year and still interested in ankles from time to time - but it is made clear to her that this is NOT acceptable, she goes on the leash or in her crate for infractions.

 Quote: marcia blum

Rules in the backyard are "NO CHASE" but we all can sit in chairs and hang out and throw the kong when she brings it. Kind of calm?

I like this idea - assuming your pup is "high drive" and not aggessive - letting the boys help burn off his energy without THEM running might be a good idea. WITH your supervision.

Good idea Marcia!

 Quote: steve strom

Theres a real good chance Walter, that you allowed this to get started without realizing it. He was probably focusing on your sons and building up some frustration and now your seeing the outcome of it. I'm guessing this based on you saying he's fine in the house.

It sounds like your boys behave differently inside then they do outside, no running in the house etc.... But now you better pay attention there too, because its going to escalate. I would guess he doesnt really respect your sons.You need some help with obedience Walter. You have a problem now and need to work with someone. This is serious and not something you should look to save a buck on.

Read all the stuff here and watch the videos, it will help you understand what a trainer is having you do and why.

I believe it get started when during the 2010 world cup game month, everybody is into soccer, so do my both sons. I remember one day when my son is playing soccer out side the yard and I have Junior on the leash, when Junior saw my sons kicking the ball he is so hyper and barking at my sons and pulling the leash very hard, at that time I reel him back to me and have him sit right beside me, after a minute also he race to my sons and bite my both sons angkle, of course I did give him a hard correction with the flat collar but it doesn't bother him at all. From that day on every time when Junior saw my sons either in our backyard or outside the yard it doesn't matter my sons running or not he will just go after both of them.

From tonight on, I'm going to have both my sons take turn to feed him with either me or wife supervision.

And today I went to petsmart pick up a prong collar, and I promise you Barbara, I will not using the prong collar to abuse my dog... My plan is when Junior is out of the crate I'm going to put prong on him, it just to let him to get use to it.

Walter, I think Steve if far more experienced in giving you advice for your dog, so I'm going to step out of this discussion. I wish you only the best with you and your dog, and your sons. I agree with Steve that seeking the advice of a professional trainer is going to be of real benefit in this situation.

JUST having your children feeding the dog and adding a prong collar is NOT going to solve this situation.

Have you read the suggested links???

Again, best of luck. Please keep your dog under control around your boys.