Dog Health Questions: How to I get my dog to be good?

I have three dogs. A 180 lbs newfoundland, a 17 lbs shih-tzu, and a shih-tzu puppy. The other dogs are older but the puppy is almost nine monthes. It has never taken us this long to train a dog. He's the worst we've ever had. Dog training classes didn't help; we have a few tactics but they don't seem to be working. He doesn't understand that you can't go to the bathroom everywhere, (we have pee pee pads set out.), he bites everyone a lot and it hurts a lot, and he howls and cries when we put him in the crate and its such a loud horrible noise it makes you want to rip your ears off. He has gotten so bad that my mom is thinking of giving it away if he doesnt grow out of this. The biting is the most important thing because he could really hurt someone. Please help me deal with these things...! Thank you!

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Peeing.
Take him out every 2 hours when you are trianing, and a half hour after he eats, and when he goes to the bathroom outside you have to praise him with lots of treats and sayiong good boy

Crate.
When you need to put your dog in a crate you have to let him know that being in a crate is ok and that you will come and let him back out.
Put his favorite toys and mabe a kong ball filled with peanut butter in his crate ( but only let him use the toys that you put in his crate when he is in the crate) You should start off by putting him in his crate for a few seconds leaving the room than letting him out and praising him and do this over and over again and lengthen the time after he doesnt start to cry.

Biting.
If he bites someone say no very loud and sternly then take him into an enclosed room away from people. After a few minutes take him back out and if he bites someone again take him into the enclosed room again. (it is easier to put his leash on and walk him into the room) After a while he should understand that biting means no attention and
being alone, also dont put him in his crate if he bites, because he will think that being in a crate means he did something bad. Good luck hope i helped!

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• Try spray him with water when he pees in the house and then make him smell his pee. Take him out to pee every lil while so he doesnt have to pee when hes in the house. Or maybe he just hasnt adjusted to your house and gets nervous so he pees haha.
  
  When he bites yu hes probrably just playing. Yell at him or smack him on the nose when he bites you.
  
  When hes being loud take him outside everytime he does that until he stops. Or have fun with it and howl with him ;)


• Watch the Dog Whisperer your probably confusing the dog by your body language, because animals do not respond to words, if your yelling at him that you love him he will only take it as being yelled at.
  Try imagining what it would be like to not understand anything but the way you act (body language).


• there are lots of different ways to train your dog, training your dog to go in the house, even on paper, is not advised. try googleing training techniques and find one that works with you. there are a ton out there.


• first you have to not scream to them and then try to calm them by petting them and hugging dogs love to feel the warmness since they miss there parents even from big.. hope this helps


• by smacking him every time that he does something bad


• Try taking him to a training place.
  
  there's schools for dogs!
  
  :D


• Get it trained!


• hit it OVER 9000 times


• train it creeper


• get a trainer


• idk


• ok so you put pee pads down in the house then get frustrated he pees in the house???
  
  ok then.
  
  sounds like you need to contact a trainer not just a class


• It sounds like you haven't crate trained properly. You need to reintroduce him to the crate and associate it with positive things. Put his favorite treats/bone, toys, and blankets in there. He will walk into the crate on his own. Keep doing this every day..when you see that he has gotten more comfortable with the crate, start closing the door and leaving him in there for a few minutes. With each day, increase the amount of time he is in the crate.
  
  Why do you have pads on the floor? You should take your dogs out for walks every day. Your other dogs may have not needed much training but this one needs it. He may also be bored from being cooped up in the house all day. When he bites, say NO firmly and give him a bone/toy to chew on.


• You have a number of problems and each needs to be handled.. See if you can find a local trainer who will help. Or go to www.cesarmillaninc.com and do some serious reading.
  
  Dogs respond to your body language and cues. not punishment.
  
  1) I personally think the pee pads are just training them to pee in the house. He is an infant and he does not understand the pad situation.
  a. take him out to pee hourly and praise him when he does go.
  b. leach him to yourself when in the house so you will be reminded to watch him closely for signs he needs to go out.
  c. take him to the same spot and call it something ! We say, "lets check the back" that is a sign to them that I am asking if they need to pee. If they need to go, they will all head for the back door.
  d. don't yell, don't punish, just reward. and take up the pee pads.
  
  On the biting. Don't punish. When they bite make a loud yelp, and turn your back to them and lift your hands and arms out of their reach.
  Biting means no play and no fun and no attention. They will learn really fast.
  
  And make the crate a fun place. leave the door open and put in treats and toys don't force him into it. Make sure it is big enough to be comfortable and let him come and go. The crate should be a place of comfort, not punishment. You can close the door when he goes in but open it again. Eventually he will allow you to close the door for longer periods of time and doesn't fear being left there.
  
  It takes time to properly train a puppy, but worth the investment for a beautifully trained partner.


• I know it seems very difficult when you have two other dogs that are apparently well behaved. When a new puppy (is the other shih-tzu a parent?) is introduced into the pack it is often hard for him to "find his place" and therefore acts out. The only way a dog knows how to get your attention when they want it is to howl, bite, and do things to get you to give them the attention they deserve. He is probably very insecure. You don't mention if the other dogs use the pee pads or do they go outside and are they crate trained? If the puppy is being treated differently than the others then he can resent this. If he is Truly aggressive to everyone my guess is that his socialization skills toward humans has been affected in some way or another. How old was he when you got him? All of these are the reasons why he may behave this way and if you start looking at how you respond to these behaviors you will then know how to fix them. As Cesar says "Calm and Submissive dogs require Calm and Dominant Humans". It is not what has happened in the past its how you change the furure. Good Luck