Dog Health Questions: My dog never listens to me, What do I do?

Hes 2, Hes so hyper active and I take him for runs sometimes but a lot of the time hes a real hassle, he poops downstairs because he thinks nobody goes in that room down there, and every day I have to let him out in the middle of the night. I loved him alittle too much as he was growin up and I didn't teach him enough about respect and discipline. Sometimes when he gets out he runs away and we chase him but he doesn't come, He eventually comes back when he wants to but thats if the dog catcher doesn't get him. I never beat him that often, every once in a while ide get really mad and hit him with a newspaper but thats because I'm native and I see him as an equal just as i see every being. Neways I need some tips on dog training, and Im not getting rid of him because I love him even though hes an azz. He sings too, every time i play certain songs like I dont want to set the world on fire he sings which is great!

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A few things are going on here:

1. There is no respect for you because you have allowed him to get away with a lot
2. Pooping in the house is a no no! That is no excuse to allow him to continue to poop in the house. Again, no respect for you.
3. Hitting him DOES NOT WORK!!! He doesn't understand that you are hitting him for pooping in the basement 4 hours ago

You need to teach him that You are the alpha and here are a few suggestions to get that going. Keep in mind that being alpha does not mean being mean! Being alpha is all about respect.

First-ASK HIM TO SIT BEFORE YOU DO ANYHING WITH HIM! Give the command once. There is no need to repeat the command "Sit". If he knows what that means and doesn't perform the first time, he heard you and will know you mean business by being persistent. ONe way you can get him to sit on command is to reward him with a treat. A good treat can be a soft treat that you can break up easily. Ask him to sit, if he doesn't do it, put the treat up to his nose and say "wrong". He is going to try everything right to get that treat. He might get frustrated and not sit at first but as soon as he does sit, say in a excited voice "Good sit! Yay!" and immediately give him th treat. The goal here is to reward him for good behavior. Now you are to ask him to sit before you put the leash on him, beofre you open the door to let him out, before you cross the street with him, before he eats. Why? Because you are alpha and have to establish yourself as such.

Pooping in the house=time for crate training. If he is pooping in the house he does not deserve to have access all over the house until he can earn it. How? By confining him to the kitchen, for example. Lets say you just fed him and you take him outside to do his business, you reward him again as above with same excitement in your voice and a treat. Bring him in the house and allow him to have access to more of the house. If me makes another mistake, confine him again until you can catch him going potty outside and rewarding him. remember that you are rewarding him for good behavior period!

Try these new techniques immediately. Don't yell at him, don't strike him. It's all about respect. You need to re-train him BUT you need to be persistant or this will not work! I cannot emphasis this enough!!! Peristance will pay off!

Good luck!

Cooperative Tips on Dog Training

• He's an "azz" because you spoiled him rotten and didn't train him! He doesn't poop downstairs because he "thinks nobody goes in that room", he does it because you didn't house-train him properly. Sign up for an obedience class & learn how to train him (and stop hitting him with newspaper-it's useless!)


• Just approach him calmly and coax him into listening to you with food. Don't feed him unless he sits down or something.