Please stop doing the flip (alpha roll) on your pup. The monks that created this method of training have reversed their thinking on this and all you are doing is putting more fear aggression in your dog. There are many trainers who do not agree with the pack leader process. How much do you walk your dog? How much excercise do you get? What toys to stimulate him? Does he do any tricks for you? It sounds to me that he is just bored and wants someone to play with him a great deal. How much time do you devote to him with working on commands?
I am guessing you have a Yorkie with a strong terrier background and is high energy.
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Originally Posted by Rocky-Baby  He does bite me - but is usually easily corrected. If I GASP, which is usually followed by a flip and then a "NO BITE", he begins licking the part of me he bit in self-correction (or as a plea like 'please don't flip me i'm sorry i'm sorry!") - but with hubby he jumps at his face and he does this to others too - which I've never seen with any of my other dogs before. I've trained pups before - and I've never seen a dog accept the average rules of "no hurting the human" with one particular human, but the rest of man is doomed when crossing? As for the trainer comment - my trainer came to the house where both me and hubby were part of the session - so that's not the issue. Every person who comes in contact with Rock have the same rules taught to them to use with him (meaning the same trade mark words - "no bite", "no face", "no bark", "be nice", "sit", "lay" - his 'universal' commands) - but he picks and chooses who to listen to. What's strange is that he's NOT a guard-type dog with all this 'aggression'! When a stranger enters he doesn't bark or make a peep! He tries to show off, to get attention or to play with him/her! He just behaves in such a strange way - and I've had dogs my whole life - from toys to bigger terriers all the way to rotties and even a malamute! He just overwhelms me. It's always one step forward, one step back =( |