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Originally Posted by PattiNumber_H  I do hand feed his kibble treats to him, and he does good until he's rough-housed with his toys, soon after he becomes nippy at everything, even when trying to take him out of the crate  Then, I say "That's a NO", but I haven't just walked away. I will. I will say "no" and wait 5 minutes before I try again. Should he have a separate time out area, apart from the sleep crate?
He has learned 3 commands, sit, come, brush. He is smart and capable, it's just the part where he has gotten aggressive with toys, then for example, I'll hold the brush and say "brush" he'll come over and let me brush him but then I go to put the treat in his mouth and he nips? I suppose once he nips, say "no" put him back, but then the "brush, sit, or come" command is lost in the confusion It is almost like he needs a reset button before I ever attempt to train/reward him. |
Awh know this one well. Don't let him have the treat if he nips. Say gentle, In fact say gentle before you treat him. Use a closed fist within which the treat is held. Gently command, if nip, no open of fist for treat and say NO bite!. Re offer treat Do over and over and over again until he takes treat gently. Then give him two treats! and a big Good Boy!!!!
But with what you have described is a_ he obeys come over and brush command, then you brush him, and you go to reward him, and he nips. And no if he has come when called for brushing, you do the brushing, and then the treat, he will not link back a discipline for no nip when you treat him.