Thank you very much for your suggestion- yes he probably thinks I'm barking back at him. I'm just so upset because i have two roommates (BOYS) who just DON'T UNDERSTAND! One of them (let's call him MEANIE HEAD) always says "well he wouldn't be like this if he was trained better" and he is kidding (i think?) but it really hurts my feelings because i DO try hard to train him. It's hard because neither of the boys are do what I ask when it coes to acting around the dogs. My boyfriend wants to hit him on the snout when he's bad and I don't want that and meanie head just yells at him all the time and I don't want that either and neither of them will listen to me when I tell them how I want him to be trained (and he's my dog!!!!) I can't stand it. arg........... so i'm venting.
And I don't want THAM to train him- it's just Oliver can't learn consistancy if I'm doing one thing and both the boys are doing something else in reaction to Oliver behaving (or not behaving)
Sorry!!
Anyone have any other suggestions about this nipping/barking? when did your pup grow out of playful nipping?
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