Recent content by racingfan

That was really helpful, Maxi! Thanks for the thorough post! We'll sure give these methods a shot, cause what we're doing now obviously ain't working! Thanks to everyone who has posted -- I'm actually relieved to hear that the dominance theory isn't accurate -- all of our alpha dog techniques...

Will he at some point outgrow these moments where he won't listen or perform his obedience tricks (like "sit") and start listening regularly? I'm watching him have one of his biting fits now and we're all getting tired of these wild moments where we can't get through to him.

Yes, a very bad breeder, I now realize. *sigh* It's almost made me wonder if I should return the puppy to her, cut my losses, and find one with a better temperament, but for one thing, I'm getting attached to the little fellow and I believe he's getting attached to me (right now he's curled...

Point taken. We praise him when he backs down, if that's what you mean? Problem is, he doesn't stop until you remove him, so not sure what you mean... Wow, I'd always been told that taking things from a dog was the right thing to do, to teach them submissiveness. Oops. He won't walk...

Sorry, I missed your question. Actually, our breeder's advice was to hit him -- hard -- when he bites and that was about it. She's been pretty useless. I have a feeling I didn't buy from the best breeder -- it was one of those cases where we drove an hour and a half to see the puppies and hubby...

All I know is what I've read about dominance in different articles. I know there's a lot of debate on that topic and I'm not really concerned with debating it. My main objective is to make life easier with this puppy and to redirect his behaviors before it gets out of hand when he grows up and...

Maybe I wasn't clear in my last post. I do not consider biting "dominating behavior." As I said, it's the bolting through doors, the standing on top of us, the growling when we discipline him and take his toys to be dominant behavior. I had read that article before, but re-reading it was...

Hi, I'm new to the forum, and obviously in need of some puppy help. I apologize in advance if this ends up being a little long. My husband and I got an English Springer Spaniel puppy about a month ago. Charlie is 13 weeks now, and we're having some issues with his training. He has no problem...