Well in my experience, tapping and yelling do NO good. I found the best way is to do the positive reinforcement. When he goes on the pad you need to praise him and give him treats. Make a big to do everytime he does it right and ignore when he doesn't. They really seem to respond better to this.
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Originally Posted by tonyismybabyboy For some reason whenever my pooch pees on the carpet and I tell him "NO!" he gets really excited and runs around. This is of course pushing me and my boyfriend over the line. I want my little boy to have free roam of my apartment, but he has turned my comefy chair into his firehydrant. It is off to the side and he is so small, we don't even notice him by it. Also, he loves peeing on the garbage can when he is gated in the kitchen. He is learning #1 and #2 on the pad when he is gated off in there (he will hit the pad maybe 2x a day), but he always goes on the can at least once. (he really needs to leave my garbage can alone, it did nothing to him).
After he goes somewhere he isn't supposed to go, I tell him "NO!!! BAD BOY!!!" and accompany it with a tap on the butt, then he runs to the corner, looks sad for like a split second then runs back at me jumping around like nothing ever happened. PLEASE HELP, HE HAS A SEVERE CASE OF PUPPY ADD and it is very frustrating because I am doing what I am supposed to do, but it won't work if he doesn't understand right from wrong.
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