Hi,
Paisley is 8 months old and a great dog. There is a but....I am getting frustrated for a few reasons. One is, we did two courses of puppy school, puppy kindergarten and puppy countinuing. He did GREAT! However, eventhough we still practice the skills, he is having a hard time using them in everyday senarios. Like "OFF" he is constantly nipping (hard actually) at our ankles, elbows and wrists...I want to get him to stop this bad behavior because I don't want him doing this to others. He is a VERY socialized dog, but still I want him to know it is not right. We say OFF, and NO and redirect, but still he does it. Also, ummmm, he humps :P He is fixed, but still humps....us. That's all I have to say about that. Last, potty training, he never tells us when he has to go. But he knows what it means when we have the leash and say "You want to go out". We are outside in our neighborhood all the time, more than any other dog owner (we don't have a fensed in backyard). We tried the bell, didn't work. if we don't take him out, he will mark our house. Oh..but he can hold it all day when we are at work. Anyways, thanks for letting me vent, I have been wanting to write this for a while. Any suggestions would be great. I appreciate it.
The loving mother of little Paisley,
steph