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Ok I'm having a number of issues with my puppy at the moment.

1. He will not stop barking, he barks at everything! I tell him 'no bark' and he ignores me and runs down the stairs growling like a chicken.

2. He will always pee outside in the garden but when it comes to poop generally it's in the house.

3. He hates all other dogs, big dogs, little dogs, friendly dogs, the neighbours dogs. All dogs.

He is a training nightmare at the moment, and he will be 3yrs old in November. I've tried every training method known to man and dog and he just won't do any of it!

Arghhhh!!! Help me, I am fast losing hope! :(

I saw an episode of 'me or the dog' with Victoria Stilwell with an excessive barker. She gave the no bark command (she used quiet and hand signals) and then gave the dog a small piece of chicken. After the dog figured it out, he was better.

Not sure about the second or third. How long have you had him? I adopted a 3yo female last week. She was doing the same thing but now has it figured out. I have another dog and I think that helped.

he just won't do any of it!

That's the problem
It's not his choice to make ;)

1. The barking ... just telling a dog ESP A YORKIE just to stop barking
is a big waste of time
What is he barking at?
That's where you have toi hit the training
Do your training sessions with each item that gets him to bark .....
and when you see him start getting keyed up .... distract him
by body blocking
by saying.... Uh! No Bark!
or by stopping his stare with a treat

2. Pooping is generally easier to train than pee
so you're better off with thuis than the other way round t
Clean the areas where he's been going with dog odor desanitizer
and start watching when he goes..... either after he eats or after he plays and time his walks accordingly

3. He needs to be socialized properly with other dogs
this is done by bringing a dog OUTSIDE within sight distance and treating your dog
and slowly over time bringing the dog closer and clioser when they are leashed praising him all the time when he doesn't react
so he associates good things when a dog is around
when the dog is within smelling distance have them walk side by side
and then let your dog smell the other dog
this is a slow process and needs to be repeated over and over dn

Did you recently adopt him? If not, has he done some especially egregious that has prompted a need for re-training?

I think to stop the barking the easiest method is "pennies in a can". I use a tin can and fill it half way up with pennies; it makes a loud noise, and gets Joey attention, even when he's in a frenzy of barking at other dog. Say, "no" and shake the can. The important part is always say no and shake the can, one more time then he barks. Don't get mad, don't scream, "no", in fact, any agitation on your part, escalates his barking. I had to have several cans around the house when Joey was a puppy. I wanted to immediately correct the behavior. Remember, it won't stop overnight, you are trying to reduce the barking behavior, you can't really eliminate it; it's just too wired into them to bark. However, they can learn to follow you command. After a while of this, I would the put my finger to my lip, with the can in the other hand, and say "sh". I'm now able to just put my finger to my lips and say "sh" and this stops the barking 99% of the time, if he continues to bark, I get the can out. He knows I will not give up, and so he gives up before I do. In the beginning you might have to shake the can 20 times or more, but if you give up once, you will teach him to be persistent, and he will ignore the can. Concerning Victoria Stilwell method of reinforcing not barking, this is much harder to actually accomplish, if not done exactly right, the dog will think you are reinforcing the barking, and bark more. While it's possible to reduce unwanted behavior with positive reinforcement, this has been found to be the slowest, and most unreliable method of learning.


A puppy class at Pet Smart might help with his unsocial behavior. It's not that he doesn't like other dogs, he feels threatened by them.

Thanks guys for the tips, will try pennies in a jar. We don't have pet smart here in the UK but have enrolled him in obedience classes at a private school.

Our first class is today and they are going to help me work on socialising Tiny.

Will let you know how it goes!!! :animal36

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Our most successful potty training tip is "catch him in the act" when he's pooping. Pick him up-aren't you glad he not a mastiff?-saying no and bring him out to where he's supposed to go.

The pennies in the jar worked for a while for us and I've found he became accustomed to the sound. Maybe we used it too much...BUT...you know the rest. We also use a spray bottle-on "stream"-to squirt water with a little lemon or apple cider vinegar near him, not in his face. Another Victoria Stilwell tip that has worked is the can of compressed air-again toward him, not on him. Johnny tends to get used to certain tools so we mix them up.

Went to our first class today, there were around 20 other dogs there of all different sizes including an irish wolfhound, oh my word are they the size of horses!

Tiny took one look at it and must have thought I am going to be a snack for that dog!

We went through different commands, sit, stay, down, and wait. Also did some walk to heal exercises where we passed other dogs.

He didn't interact with any of them, barely even looked at them! But all round I think that he did really well considering and I'm sure after awhile he should start to realise that he is, in fact, a dog and not a human!

Lol, you need to get one of those shirts that say, "I'm not a dog, I'm a Yorkie." Sounds like he did pretty well for the first day. Joey had a class at Petsmart, and he loved going to it. Now he gets so excited when we go there just for the shopping. He'll never be "Mr. Social," but he's much better.