We have an 11 month male pup, recentaly added a 3 mon. male old. They seem to be getting along fine, however i have a few question perhaps some of you most experienced dog owners can help.

1. House breaking has been very challenging, the 3 mos. boy pup gets very distracted.

2. We are trying to promote setting the dominant factor for Lucas(11mos0, we feed him first, greet him first, etc. what else can you reccomend.

3. How can we determine what is rough play from aggressive play.

4. Also, Lucas(11 mo.) has always grunted/protested when we pick him up from his basket bed, to place him in the crate over night. He does not protest tothe crate, he protest to been removed from his basket. Infact last night, my 12 yr. old, whom he has favored sinced day 1. tried to pick him up and he grunted and snapped at her.(Let me tell you as she was doing picking him up, she was giggling/laughing, she was being silly-about his grunting) at that moment he protested and nipped her.

I immediately reacted and pointed my finger to correct him, along with saying no biting. Was did correct, or should I have done something diffe <img src="http://www.leerburg.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />rent?

Angelica,
Have you read Ed's articals on rasing multipule dogs in the same house?
Ed would recommend that you keep these two dogs seperate from one another. That would be the first recommendation that would be made. I assume these are going to be pets here.
Read Eds artical on House breaking that will help with question number one.
I am sure that you may be able to estiblish pack order on your own, but two males are going to try and figure that out between themselves, if they are always running and playing together. Once again sepetate them and raise them as two seperate dogs until they both know that you are the PACK leader with no questions. Then you may be able to bring them togethet but reads Ed artical on raising more than one dog in the same house.
Question 3 Nope they should not be playing together.
4 This dog does not see you and your kids as the Pack leader, Read Ed's artical on becoming your pups pack leader. This can lead to a very dangerous thing, your dog should not growl or nip at you in protest. Yes they can in play but not in protest. Read and then listen to Ed's Groudwork.

I am sure those are not the answers that you wanted but that is what most on this board are going to tell you.

I SO agree with Jay. Mini Schnauzers can be really tough little dogs, you need to set the ground rules right away.

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I SO agree with Jay. Mini Schnauzers can be really tough little dogs, you need to set the ground rules right away.

Me too.

Here are some podcasts. I'd start with the multi-dog podcast and the puppy groundwork podcast. There are articles that correspond, also on Leerburg.com. You can fix your errors. :>

http://leerburg.com/dogtrainingpodcasts.htm

Here's the housetraining: http://www.leerburg.com/housetraining.htm